Senior Format Delivery Manager
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: Coventry Store Support Centre - Ansty Park and Home, Coventry, CV7 9RD
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Finance & Business Development
Closing date: 27 April 2026
Requisition ID: 400055813
We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. For a FTSE business, we move incredibly fast. When we’re not handling projects, we’re helping all corners of the wider group with what they’re trying to achieve. And around here, you can see the results of your work as soon as you walk into a store, which gives you a real sense of purpose and responsibility. Better still, the team around you will listen to your ideas and opinions, and you’ll have every chance to try something new. The sheer scale and complexity of our set-up means there’s always something else around the corner, and we’ll help and support you every step of the way. We’re trusted to get on with it. So get ready to make things happen here.
This role can be based from any SSCs (Store Support Centres - Head Offices - London/Coventry/Manchester).
Why join us
Joining Sainsbury's as a Senior Format Delivery Manager means being at the forefront of shaping the in-store experience for millions of customers at over 2000 stores in the UK. This pivotal role gives you the opportunity to lead a team that transforms buildings into vibrant stores, ensuring the seamless delivery of our brand principles and customer propositions. Collaborating with various stakeholders, you will play a key role in influencing how our stores physically represent our strategic goals, making a direct impact on our customers and colleagues' experience instore.
What you'll do
Leading the Format Delivery team, you will be responsible for translating our strategic goals into physical manifestations in-store. Your role will involve project managing the production of store-specific design packs, overseeing relationships with contractors, driving high performance within your team, and ensuring that all store investments adhere to design principles and legal requirements. You will play a key role in continuous improvement, seeking feedback to enhance delivery processes, and acting as the gatekeeper for approved design standards, ensuring consistent and high-quality customer experiences in our stores.
Who you are
You are a seasoned leader with a proven track record in retail delivery and project management. You’ll have the proven ability to drive high team performance, develop strong relationships with contractors, and ensure right first-time delivery of projects. With your expertise in managing cross-functional relationships and applying brand guidelines in retail environments, you play a crucial role in transforming buildings into customer-centric stores.
Essential Criteria
- Demonstrable experience leading retail delivery or store planning activities, working cross functionally and driving change through influencing others.
- Proven project management experience.
- Evidence of leading and developing teams, driving performance.
- Proven ability of managing and overseeing contractor/supplier/third party relationships.
- Ability to travel across the UK in line with business needs.
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: 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.
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.
Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).
