Logistics Systems Development Manager - Food
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: Coventry Store Support Centre - Field Based and Home, Coventry, CV1 1FL
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Logistics
Closing date: 20 March 2026
Requisition ID: 400053246
About the Team
You will be joining our Logistics Systems team, working at the heart of Sainsbury’s food logistics transformation. The team supports the development and deployment of modern warehouse management solutions that keep our supply chain running smoothly, efficiently, and with the customer at the centre of every decision.
More About the Role
As the Logistics Systems Development Manager – Food, you will lead a multi‑year programme to replace Sainsbury’s Food WMS across the network. You will represent logistics operations throughout requirements gathering, testing, and implementation activities, ensuring system developments are fit for purpose and aligned to business needs.
You will collaborate closely with operational teams and technology partners to drive standardisation, process improvement, and successful delivery of system enhancements. Your work will play a critical role in shaping the future operation of our food logistics network.
More About You
You will bring strong experience delivering technical change within complex logistics environments, with the ability to coordinate multiple concurrent projects. You understand warehouse management systems and the impact of change on daily operations, acting as a trusted partner across the business.
You are a problem‑solver with a continuous improvement mindset, able to simplify complexity and keep teams focused on the right outcomes. You build strong stakeholder relationships and lead confidently, fostering collaboration across logistics and technology teams.
Essential Criteria
• Ability to lead and deliver technical change within logistics environments
• Experience working with warehouse management systems (WMS)
• Proven ability to manage stakeholders across operational and technology teams
• Strong understanding of agile or product‑led delivery approaches
• Ability to coordinate and oversee multiple concurrent system development projects
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 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 up to an additional week's holiday, and we provide private healthcare. 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, 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).
