We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. For a FTSE business, we move incredibly fast. When we’re not handling projects, we’re helping all corners of the wider group with what they’re trying to achieve. And around here, you can see the results of your work as soon as you walk into a store, which gives you a real sense of purpose and responsibility. Better still, the team around you will listen to your ideas and opinions, and you’ll have every chance to try something new. The sheer scale and complexity of our set-up means there’s always something else around the corner, and we’ll help and support you every step of the way. We’re trusted to get on with it. So get ready to make things happen here.
Working as a Transformation Manager with in our cost reduction team you will be responsible for the delivery of key outcomes that contribute to the success of the strategy. You’ll be part of an agile team shaping and delivering our 3+year Transformation agenda led by the Director of Business Transformation.

Here you will work on our cost transformation portfolio where you will pull together & drive the right cross-functional team on programmes from ideation through to delivery working collaboratively with stakeholders across the business at all levels to accelerate change.

You will drive end-to-end thinking, employing an outcome-centric & hypothesis-led approach to problem solving & innovation. Your programmes will be set-up & run brilliantly to deliver change at pace, creating high-performing end-to-end teams. You will galvanise others to get behind the change, and champion a Transformation mindset.

What I am accountable for

Excellent thought leadership: Driving end-to-end thinking, employing an outcome-centric & hypothesis-led approach.

Drive clarity and simplicity from positions of ambiguity by framing the right business questions and employing an outcome-centric & hypothesis-led approach.
Be creative in bringing the right insights and people together to help solve our toughest business problems and make practical recommendations to the business.
Demonstrate curiosity to stretch business thinking end-to-end, challenging the status quo & driving innovative solutions.
Form clear & robust narratives & use storytelling to inspire change.
Leverage the power of Sainsbury’s, using your network to liaise regularly with subject matter experts to maximise our collective knowledge and capability.
Brilliant strategic programme management: Leading change at pace through excellent cross-functional working

Brilliantly drive complex programmes of work, including scoping, building cross-business support, engagement and investment, trialling, iterating, and embedding
Forward-thinking & proactive leadership, to shape the narrative as well as to manage/mitigate risks.
Employ an agile mind-set to break down & accelerate delivery of complex programmes.
Set up the right ways of working to galvanise change & support programme delivery at pace.
Support engagement at critical governance meetings to underpin the programme delivery.
Quickly build great relationships and high-performing working teams to land change at pace.
Underpin the plan with strong business cases that set clear outcomes & deliverables to measure progress against
Champion a transformation mindset and collaborative ways of working that are truly cross-functional and connected
Challenge and work with the business to ensure projects deliver at pace; embed the discipline to build the right scope, team constructs & end-to-end ways of working.
What I need to know

Essential Criteria

Extensive evidence of successful cross-functional working (across the breadth of the business) at scale (£20m+ benefits) and over a multi-year horizon.
Successful experience of working on shaping and implementing major Change projects/programmes.
Experience in partnering with Finance colleagues (preferably FP&A) to interrogate, challenge, and report back on how projects are tracking against committed cost reduction benefits
Strong examples of working with large teams of cross-functional stakeholders to deliver transformation
Strong examples of acting as a ‘critical friend’ to cross-functional stakeholders to ensure that risks and blockers to delivery are appropriately escalated, acted upon, and reported back to the business
Strong examples of distilling complex, end-to-end, long term activities into a clear and concise narrative for senior internal & external audiences (Divisional Directors, Operating Board, external market & investors)
What I need to show

A growth mindset
Strength in driving end-to-end strategic thinking, being outcome-centric & hypothesis-led.
Well organised with experience of working in change or programme management.
Curiosity & drive to identify & chase potential opportunities / challenges. (essential)
Role model positive, collaborative, and agile ways of working with all areas of the business.
Facilitate an environment for delivery at pace and celebration of learn and fail quickly.
Ability to innovate and implement, combining analytical perspectives with pragmatism.
Ability to communicate effectively and influence at the highest level of the business, forming strong working relationships.
#LI-MS1

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new — whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business – and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:

Starting off with colleague discount, you’ll be able to save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury’s, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. We’ve also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You’ll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 20% of salary, depending on how we perform.

Your wellbeing is important to us too. You’ll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy up to an additional week’s holiday, and we provide private healthcare. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, interest free car loan of up to £10k, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an Employee Assistance Programme.