Senior Project Manager

About the Opportunity

We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. Here, everything in our stores starts in Sainsbury’s Commercial. From product, proposition, packaging and price, to whether it meets our sustainability commitments or simply tastes great, our team is responsible for all food, non-food and Clothing items available in Sainsbury’s stores, online and on demand. It’s an incredibly fast-paced environment. People here are in it together and aren’t afraid to take risks. The knowledge and experience you gain here could set you up for career moves anywhere else in the business. So, if you’re passionate about your products and just as hungry to learn, you’ll fit in perfectly.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple change initiatives impacting the ways of working for hundreds of people across the organisation
• Adapt to challenges and deliver effective solutions in a flexible working environment
• Spot and prioritise opportunities for improvement and gain buy-in from key stakeholders
• Manage projects end-to-end, from defining requirements to embedding change and driving continuous improvement
• Build strong relationships across seniority levels and collaborate with cross-functional teams

About You

As a Senior Project Manager, you are a highly skilled professional with a proven track record in leading and landing change initiatives. With your strong organizational and change project management skills, you excel in planning, coordinating, and managing risks and complex priorities. You are equally comfortable stepping into the detail to map processes and run stakeholder workshops as you are thinking strategically when designing future ways of working or presenting to senior stakeholders. Your ability to build strong relationships and adapt communication to diverse stakeholders enables you to successfully collaborate across multi-functional teams.

Eligibility

• Proven track record in successfully implementing end-to-end change projects
• Strong organizational and change project management skills
• Ability to adapt communication to diverse stakeholders across all levels including up to senior management and collaborate across multi-functional teams
• Experience in embedding change across large complex organizations and highly effective in business problem-solving

Benefits

• Colleague discount, ranging from 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU, and Habitat after 4 weeks, increasing to 15% off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday
• Pensions scheme and life cover
• Performance-related bonus of up to 20% of salary
• Annual holiday allowance and option to buy additional holiday
• Season ticket loans, interest-free car loan of up to £10k, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans
• Pay advance, discounts from hundreds of retailers, Employee Assistance Programme, private healthcare
• Up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave

About Company

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 recognize 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. For a comprehensive list of benefits, visit www.sainsburys.jobs (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).