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Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Secondment
Business area: Food Commercial
Closing date: 29 July 2025
Requisition ID: 400008147

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 Sainsbury’s stores starts out in Sainsbury’s Commercial. Whether it’s the product, proposition, packaging or price, or the fact that something tastes great, our team is responsible for all food, non- food and Clothing items available in Sainsbury’s stores, 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 your products and just as hungry to learn, you’ll fit in perfectly.

Why join us

Joining the Sainsbury's team as a Technical Manager offers a unique opportunity to drive innovation and excellence in managing the technical aspects of Sainsbury's Brand products, ensuring safety, quality, and compliance while upholding the brand's reputation. As a key player in the product development process, you will have the chance to work collaboratively with various stakeholders, drive technical innovation, and lead projects that contribute to the profitability and sustainability goals of the organisation. With a focus on continuous improvement and professional development, this role provides a platform to showcase your expertise, make a significant impact, and contribute to the success of one of the UK's leading retail brands.

What you'll do

As a Technical Manager, you will be responsible for managing the delivery of all aspects of the Sainsbury's Brand product and technical plans for your assigned product area, with a strong emphasis on ensuring safe, legal, and high-quality products that meet specified standards and policies. You will work closely with suppliers, internal teams, and industry experts to drive the quality and technical agenda for your product area, ensuring compliance with regulations and maintaining the brand's reputation. Your role will involve setting quality standards, conducting detailed investigations on product issues, implementing complaints reduction action plans, and driving technical innovation to enhance product quality and sustainability. Additionally, you will play a key role in supplier management, project delivery, and development of technical excellence within the category team, ultimately contributing to the success of the Sainsbury's brand strategy.

Who you are

You are a seasoned professional with a strong scientific background and extensive experience in technical and manufacturing roles within the retail or supply base industry. With a proven track record of delivering results, you excel in managing the safety, legality, and quality of products while driving innovation and sustainability initiatives to meet customer needs and brand strategy. Your commercial awareness, attention to detail, and ability to influence and collaborate with stakeholders enable you to lead complex technical projects and continuous improvement efforts, ensuring product excellence and adherence to industry standards.

Essential Criteria

  • Project Delivery in Food: Demonstrated success in launching and delivering impactful projects within the food sector.
  • Supplier Collaboration: Experience working directly with suppliers, fostering strong partnerships and ensuring alignment on quality, timelines, and commercial goals.
  • Product Ownership: Proven ability to manage a product area end-to-end, including range development, performance tracking, and lifecycle management.
  • Factory Engagement: Confident in independently visiting and assessing factories, with the ability to build relationships and identify opportunities or risks on-site.

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 www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).

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