Project Manager
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: Holborn Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1N 2HT
Contract type: Fixed-Term Assignment
Business area: Non Food
Closing date: 12 June 2025
Requisition ID: 30664944
We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. From fragrance to car care, clothing and pots and pans, our General Merchandise team delivers all the non-food items for Sainsbury’s, Habitat and Argos customers. This multi-brand environment means you get to work across most areas. You can also be a pioneer, because the team believes in being brave, iterating and learning as they go. They also develop deep connections to other departments, which opens up a lot of different career opportunities for you. What’s certain is that you’ll spend time on the shop floor to get closer to customers, and bring a broad perspective and the full support of your manager with you wherever you decide to develop next.
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Why join us
Joining Argos as a Project Manager presents an exciting opportunity to utilise your exceptional administrative, organisational, and analytical skills. As part of our team, you will play a vital role in supporting our Director's work objectives, ensuring smooth operations, effective communication, and successful task prioritisation. Working closely with the Director, you will provide comprehensive support, including diary management, appointment scheduling, and managing email communications. Your role will also involve organising travel arrangements, coordinating events, and maintaining accurate records. With a focus on confidentiality, independence, and attention to detail, you will thrive in a collaborative and dynamic environment, utilising your computer skills and strong communication abilities to drive project success. Join us now and become part of a team that values professionalism, growth, and impactful contributions.
What you'll do
As a Project Manager at Argos, you will play a pivotal role in providing comprehensive support to our Director, ensuring smooth operations, effective communication, and successful task prioritisation. Your responsibilities will include delving into the Director's work objectives to support the delivery of their priorities. This will involve providing highly confidential services, such as full diary management and appointment scheduling, as well as proactively managing long-term commitments through collaboration with relevant business areas. In addition, you will assist the Director by managing email communications, prioritising key tasks and emails, and coordinating meetings, including the preparation and delivery of presentations for steering groups and forums. A crucial part of your role will be organising cost-efficient travel arrangements, both domestically and internationally. Building strong networks with Trading Project Managers, Team Assistants, and PAs within the business will be essential. Events management will also be a part of your responsibilities, including coordinating department away days, training sessions, and team meetings. Your ability to work independently, maintain confidentiality, and exhibit exceptional organisational and prioritisation skills will be crucial to your success in this role. Proficiency in Microsoft packages, excellent written and verbal communication skills, and analytical capabilities will also be important. Experience in minute-taking for confidential meetings and simplifying processes for multiple stakeholders will be advantageous. Knowledge of HR administration practises and processes is highly beneficial, and previous experience in diary management, presentation creation, and report collation is advantageous. You will need strong influencing skills to engage stakeholders at all levels within and outside the business. If you are ready for this fabulous opportunity to utilise your administrative, organisational, and analytical skills, apply now.
Essential Criteria
• Excellent computer skills (Microsoft packages to include PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Teams and Office 365) and knowledge of Sainsbury’s and/or Sainsbury’s Argos systems (or capability to learn at pace)
• Proven written and verbal communication, numerical and analytical skills
• Experience in minute taking for confidential meetings
• Proven experience of simplifying processes for multiple stakeholders
• Knowledge of HR administration practices and processes across the business
• Proven ability to organise and prioritise work for multiple stakeholders and work on own initiative with confidence
• Previous experience of diary management, presentations and report collation
• An understanding of commercial
• Appreciation and understanding of the wider business strategy
• Impact and influence skills with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels within and external to the business
• Interpersonal skills and ability to network with all areas of the business
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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 10% 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, 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.
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 www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).
