22 Oct
Sainsbury's
London
Job description
Why join us
This role sits at the heart of delivering our Next Level Sainsbury’s corporate strategy. As a business we have ambitious plans to delight customers by delivering transformation in our proposition, cost base reductions & an ambitious Plan for Better agenda.
The Strategic Sourcing Manager will lead complex cross-functional projects working across both our branded and own-brand supply bases.
The role sits within a team of talent, bringing together colleagues from management consultancy, industry and retail backgrounds, to support our trading teams in delivering their strategic goals.
This is an excellent role for an ambitious and motivated individual looking to gain breadth of experience.
The role offers the ability to work across a variety of categories rotating across the year;
for example, you could expect to work across our branded confectionery offering, our own-brand bread route to market and lead the charge on removing plastic from our produce fixture.
What you'll do
As the Strategic Sourcing Manager at Sainsbury's, you will play a pivotal role in driving our Next Level corporate strategy by leading complex cross-functional projects that span both our branded and own-brand supply bases.
Your focus will be on analysing the value chain of our own-brand products, from farm to store, in order to inform strategic sourcing decisions and identify opportunities for mutual benefit with our suppliers.
Additionally, you will manage the branded supplier investment process to deliver cost of goods reduction and introduce exciting new propositions in our stores.
You will act as an ambassador for our corporate objectives,
providing support and challenge to the trading teams and ensuring aligned decision-making through Steering Groups comprised of Category Directors and cross-functional leaders.
The success of your role will rely on your ability to programme manage multiple projects, hold stakeholders accountable, and collaborate effectively with teams such as Buying, Supply Chain, Ranging, Category Planning, Finance, and Packaging.
Throughout your work, you will demonstrate strategic thinking, commercial acumen, strong leadership qualities, and the ability to analyse data to generate valuable insights.
Who you are
As the Strategic Sourcing Manager at Sainsbury's, you are a highly driven and ambitious individual who thrives on leading complex cross-functional projects and driving impactful change within our commercial operations.
With proven experience in project and programme management, you have a strong strategic mindset and the ability to analyse data to generate compelling insights and drive informed decision-making.
Your natural leadership style and excellent stakeholder management skills enable you to build credibility with colleagues and drive aligned decision-making, while your commercial acumen and collaborative approach contribute to delivering cost reductions, exciting new propositions, and improved margin performance.
Your tenacity, resilience, and continuous improvement mindset allow you to overcome challenges and find innovative solutions, making you a valued member of our high-performing and motivated team.
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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 out in Food Commercial.
Whether it’s the product, proposition, packaging or price, or the fact that something tastes great, our team is responsible for all food items available in store, digitally and on demand.
You’ll discover it’s incredibly fast-paced. People here are in it together and not afraid to take risks. They’re enthusiastic too, and their amazing leadership team is right behind them.
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 food and just as hungry to learn, you’ll fit in perfectly.
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 get 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks.
This increases to 15% off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day.
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 additional holiday. 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, pay 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,
you will also be eligible for private healthcare too.
Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.
Please see for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).
▶️ Strategic Sourcing Projects Manager - Food
🖊️ Sainsbury's
📍 London