People Delivery Partner - LFC Operations Planning (Secondment)
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Secondment
Business area: Argos
Closing date: 27 March 2026
Requisition ID: 400052721
Location
Hybrid - Regular travel (approx. 60%) across our locations is required. A full UK driving licence (or equivalent) is needed to meet this requirement.
Why join us
Joining Sainsbury's Argos as a People Delivery Partner means becoming a valued member of a dynamic and inclusive team dedicated to driving positive change and delivering exceptional results for our customers, colleagues, and shareholders. With opportunities to work collaboratively on impactful projects, develop innovative solutions, and influence positive outcomes, you'll be part of a supportive environment that values accountability, continuous improvement, and human connection. Embrace our shared values, contribute to our strategic initiatives, and make a meaningful impact within a fast-paced and rewarding commercial organisation.
What you'll do
As the People Delivery Partner, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the successful delivery of people plans, including people development interventions, change / transformation projects, and cyclical people activities. Working closely with People Partners, you will help design, implement, and embed various people change initiatives, creating a positive colleague and line manager experience. Your responsibilities will include consulting and communicating with stakeholders to gain insight and buy-in, owning and planning cyclical talent and reward activities, analysing data to support the development of the people plan, and leading business change interventions. Additionally, you will collaborate with the wider team to drive efficiencies, share best practises, and continuously improve processes to deliver divisional and functional people plans effectively.
Who you are
You are a seasoned professional with a proven track record of delivering people plans and managing change initiatives within a fast-paced and complex commercial environment. With a combination of people partner knowledge, CIPD Level 5 qualification, and experience in project management, you excel in collaborating with stakeholders to design, implement, and embed people change initiatives and cyclical activities that enhance colleague and line manager experiences. Your strong communication and influencing skills, coupled with your ability to analyse data and drive continuous improvement, enable you to lead by example, foster effective relationships, and support the successful delivery of people plans and business transformation projects.
Essential Criteria
- Demonstrable people partnering knowledge and practice, evidenced by a relevant professional qualification (e.g. CIPD Level 5) or equivalent applied experience in a people/HR partnering role.
- Proven delivery of people plans and people‑impacting change initiatives, including collaborative working with stakeholders to achieve defined outcomes in a commercial and complex organisational environment.
- Demonstrable accountability for end‑to‑end delivery, including identifying issues, making evidence‑based decisions, and driving actions through to resolution.
- Ability to analyse, interpret and use data to inform decisions, track progress, and identify risks or delays across projects, programmes or initiatives.
- Demonstrable collaboration and stakeholder engagement capability, shown through effective teamwork, constructive challenge, and working with others to solve business problems and improve ways of working.
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Ability to travel between sites as part of the role. A full UK driving licence (or equivalent) is required to meet this need
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 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 up to an additional week's 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, 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.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).
