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Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Supply Chain & Logistics
Closing date: 30 June 2026
Requisition ID: 400066678

We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work/life balance. That’s waiting for you right here. Supply Chain and Logistics is the engine room that gets thousands of products from farms and factories, through the business and to millions of customers every day. We plan around everything from barbecue weekends to Sunday roasts, supporting those who want oven-ready cauliflower cheese and those who prefer to make it from scratch. Insight and data are everything. But so is judgement — when there’s an issue or ambiguity anywhere, we’re often the first to spot it. There’s a big transformation underway. It calls for people who champion change, bring others with them, and collaborate and communicate. Because those people can go a very long way here.

What I am accountable for 

  • Lead, coach and develop a team of Inbound Supply Controllers and Supply Chain Assistants to deliver availability, stock, GOL availability and CSAT targets.
  • Manage supplier relationships to maximise service, availability and sales, working with Commercial teams to deliver joint business plans.
  • Oversee stock flow planning throughout the full product lifecycle, using merchandising and logistics tools to meet availability and stock targets.
  • Own volume forecasting for your division, ensuring accuracy and alignment with commercial and operational plans.
  • Lead planning for promotional and seasonal events, ensuring decisions balance customer needs, operational feasibility and commercial outcomes.
  • Ensure successful and on‑time range launches by managing critical path milestones and resolving issues with suppliers and internal teams.
  • Maintain continuous stock flow through the JS network, preventing dormant stock and managing aged or at‑risk stock where required.
  • Identify and deliver Cost to Serve and efficiency opportunities across the supply chain.
  • Drive process improvement and strengthen cross‑functional ways of working to improve planning, collaboration and governance.
  • Analyse supply and range performance, providing clear direction to address issues and unlock opportunities.
  • Develop continuity‑of‑supply plans to mitigate long‑term risks and protect availability.
  • Own the stock budget for your categories, ensuring alignment with commercial and operational priorities.

Essential

  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence, challenge and build strong relationships across functions and with suppliers.
  • Strong analytical capability, able to interpret complex data and make informed, commercial decisions.
  • Experience leading teams through change, setting clear goals and building longer‑term strategies.
  • Strong understanding of volume management and processes, with the ability to coach others.
  • Supply Chain Experience, ideally in fast‑paced environments.
  • Strong commercial awareness, problem‑solving skills and confidence presenting to senior stakeholders.
  • Understanding of end‑to‑end Supply Chain and how internal/external factors impact routes to market.
  • High attention to detail and a diligent, structured approach to work.

 

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). 

 

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