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Supply Chain
Transformation
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From people and procurement to marketing and merchandise, our nationwide team protects the trust Sainsbury’s has built up over 150 years. We lay the foundations and come up with creative ideas to take us to the next level. Everything we do adds up to Sainsbury’s being a place where people love to work and shop – and where you can shine.
We make things better for everyone
Why you should join us
You’ll get a buzz out of working, learning and making an impact at the speed of retail. Free to challenge and encouraged to contribute, you’ll be part of big projects that result in making good things happen for millions of people across the UK.
How you’ll develop
Everyone here gets a development plan tailored to their role and future ambitions. Alongside this, you’ll have access to a whole load of learning on our online My Learning platform. And we have coaching and leadership programmes in place if you’re looking to move up.
Where your career could go
We’re a big business with a commitment to career development, so whichever team you join, you’ll find all kinds of opportunities to move forward. Explore a new area or stay where you are and focus on becoming an expert – it’s entirely up to you.
Channel Operations
We help create Next Level retail
We are the central support system for stores and colleagues across Sainsbury’s and Argos. We give our stores the support and activity plans they need to deliver an industry-leading experience – monitoring and evolving operating models, testing new initiatives and responding to threats to keep people safe. Passionate supporters of our retail stores, we also make sure their views are central to every business decision.
Get ready to:
Find solutions and make things happen at pace.
See your ideas through from start to finish.
Make a difference for all of our stores, customers and colleagues.
Why you should join us
The beauty of working here is the balance you’ll get. You’ll be supporting our high-level strategy and evolution while remaining connected to our stores and customers. And you’ll get the rare satisfaction of being involved in both strategic decision-making and the implementation of your ideas.
Good to know
Retail experience isn’t essential.
We support more than 1,400 stores across all brands and channels.
The 9m activities we send to stores every year are accessed over 56m times!
Customer Care
We create joyful experiences for millions
We are the customer champions and our role is to bring the Sainsbury’s purpose to life. We do this by connecting with and understanding our customers, and then making sure every experience they have with our brands is as good as possible. This means we make a difference across every one of the Sainsbury’s brands and channels.
Get ready to:
Turn insight into joyful customer moments.
Partner with the business to design and facilitate experiences.
Be as obsessed with getting things right as we are.
Why you should join us
The impact you can make here is remarkable. You’ll be part of work that improves things for our people as well as our customers, across every brand and channel we have. You’ll get to experiment too, because we’re always on the lookout for bright new ideas.
Good to know
We are the customer champions.
We set standards that the whole business follows.
We recently restructured to be even better.
Data Governance and Information Security
We build trust in Sainsbury’s
We help Sainsbury’s remain the most secure and trusted retailer out there. From setting data policies and training colleagues on our systems to running data clinics and working with regulators, we set a high bar. To put it simply, we treat data and information with as much care and attention as Sainsbury’s treats our customers.
Get ready to:
Provide advice and support to people all across Sainsbury’s.
Detect and rapidly respond to privacy and security matters.
Work with industry partners to bring in new technologies securely.
Why you should join us
Data Governance and Information Security is exciting here. You’ll help us respond to changes in regulations, industry standards and shape the future of the cybersecurity landscape. Every project you get involved in will make an impact. And you can broaden your experience across a range of areas, or focus on becoming a senior specialist in your field. It’s up to you.
Good to know
We protect data for millions of customers.
We protect data for 148,000+ colleagues.
We ensure the security of billions of transactions.
Finance
We shape and support Sainsbury’s biggest decisions
Our work sets our business up to succeed. From Manchester, Coventry, Edinburgh and London, we make sure Sainsbury’s gets better value from every pound. We transform our systems and processes too. The result is more resources to invest in improving the business, rewarding our people and offering customers better prices.
Get ready to:
Provide priceless insights and analysis.
Shape high-level strategic decisions.
Become a driving force behind our business.
Why you should join us
You’ll take your finance career to the next level. Our industry changes all the time, so there’ll always be new opportunities and risks to analyse and respond to. And the sheer variety of our roles and projects will give you endless possibilities to broaden your skills.
Good to know
We make an impact all across Sainsbury’s.
We fully support professional development.
Careers across the UK.
Food Commercial
We get the best range for our customers at the best prices
Our customers want to be confident in the quality of the food they buy, and where it comes from too. We make sure they are. Working with a huge range of suppliers, we source products and negotiate prices to keep a reliable supply of quality food on shelves nationwide.
Get ready to:
Make decisions that lead to customer satisfaction and our success.
React quickly and try new things, because our industry changes all the time.
Learn every day, because there’s always a new technology to work on.
Why you should join us
We’re a fast-paced and fascinating part of Sainsbury’s. In terms of the work we do and the directions you could take your career in, we’re one of the most diverse too. Whatever you’re interested in, there’ll be a role to match. This diversity also means that you’ll get to build a uniquely rounded career.
Good to know
We source products for 1,400 stores.
We’re an industry-leading team.
We make a difference on the shop floor.
General Merchandise and Clothing
We bring our brands and purpose to life beyond food
If Sainsbury’s sells it and you can’t eat it, it’s probably come from our team. Under brands including Argos, Habitat and Tu, we offer everything from furniture and appliances to fashion and electricals. And, apart from electricals, we design most of it ourselves – translating trends into products our customers love.
Get ready to:
Broaden your skills in a serious diversity of categories.
Get involved in the end-to-end process and work with multiple teams across the business.
Build relationships with teams across different brands and disciplines.
Why you should join us
It’s impossible to get bored here. We’re fast-paced and always busy, and the amazing diversity of our products means that you’ll always have something new to work on. You’ll never stop learning. And you’ll never run out of opportunities to put your new skills into action.
Good to know
We work across a range of leading brands.
We design most of our own-brand products.
Sainsbury’s is the UK’s second-biggest GM retailer.
Get ready to:
Work with a wide variety of stakeholders.
Tackle challenging and commercially complex work.
Support the continued transformation of our entire business.
Why you should join us
From shaping policies and resolving disputes to supporting commercial decisions and business transformation, the work here is interesting and varied. Tackling different challenges every day, you’ll broaden your experience and develop your legal skills. You’ll get real autonomy over how you work, too.
Good to know
We make an impact all across the business.
We work in small, expert teams.
We get to support in stores during peak times.
Marketing
We build brand love with every one of our customers
We share the stories of some of the nation’s biggest brands. We develop a deep understanding of what our customers want and really care about. And then, from online and on TV to in store and out in the street, we give them more reasons to shop with Sainsbury’s.
Get ready to:
Work with brilliant marketing minds.
Think strategically, creatively and tactically, all at the same time.
Develop skills in customer insight, brand building, creative development, measurement and evaluation.
Why you should join us
This is complete marketing. You’ll work across all of our leading brands, to deliver propositions and campaigns across every channel you can think of. Blending art, science, data and creativity, you’ll create work that gets seen by the whole country.
Good to know
We cover every customer touchpoint.
There are 600 talented people in our team.
We combine data with creativity.
Digital Marketing
We connect with customers, wherever they are
If it’s digital, about Sainsbury’s brands and builds customer trust, loyalty or sales, we’re behind it. We reach millions of people online. And, using everything from digital campaigns and websites to apps and social media, we make the customer experience even better. We also do a lot of work to support and engage our colleagues too.
Get ready to:
Think both creatively and strategically.
Engage with a broad mix of teams across Sainsbury’s.
Use data to reach customers in the right place, at the right time, with the right message.
Why you should join us
Your campaigns will be seen by millions of people. You’ll get to work with exciting and advanced digital partners and platforms, as well as one of the largest data sets around. And because our industry never stops, there’ll always be a new challenge to get stuck into.
Good to know
In 2023 our work drove 600 million visits to our websites.
Our 2023 Christmas campaign had 120 million+ impressions.
We recently won a Campaign Ad Net Zero Award for Retail.
Zest
We are the creativity inside Sainsbury’s
We are Zest – Sainsbury’s in-house creative agency. From sites in London, Bedford and Milton Keynes, our talented team comes up with captivating content for every one of our famous brands. We create end-to-end campaigns for every platform and audience you can think of. Visit our social channels or walk into our stores and our work is right there waiting for you.
Get ready to:
Develop the best campaigns and content in our industry.
Work with everyone from designers and writers to photographers and set builders.
Put your skills to the test on all kinds of projects and channels.
Why you should join us
We offer the fast-paced, innovative environment of an agency, but with the stability of a nationwide business behind us. You’ll get to do seriously good work that reaches a really big audience. And no matter how experienced you are, you’ll get the tools and training to become better at what you do.
Good to know
End-to-end creative and content production.
We have 120 talented people in our team.
We’re investing in new skills and tools to be even better.
Nectar 360
We create connections between our brands and our customers
We’re the in-house retail media agency for Sainsbury’s. We provide four services to our clients – loyalty, data and insights, in-store media and digital. Nectar360’s ambition is to be a world-class leader in loyalty, insights and retail media by creating valuable relationships between customers and their favourite brands.
Get ready to:
Make a difference from day one, because we value new ideas.
Be empowered to solve problems and find solutions.
Develop your skills in areas such as data strategy, digital media, client service and campaign management.
Why you should join us
We’re an amazing place to grow your career, where you can make a difference from day one. At Nectar360 you’ll be treated as an individual and trusted to deliver. We have a positive culture with a focus on recognition, progression and personal development. Add in our huge variety of teams and you’ll get plenty of opportunities to move up or across to develop your career.
Good to know
Over ten years old and still growing.
We’ve won many awards, including the Grocer Gold Awards for Technology in 2021 and 2023.
Over 210 talented people in our team.
People
We make the best team in retail even better
Proud, passionate and committed to excellence, our team brings the best out in colleagues, leaders and team performance all across Sainsbury’s. We shape the culture, build the capability and help our colleagues be brilliant and bring thousands of talented new people into the business each year.
Get ready to:
Help us nurture an inclusive and dynamic culture.
Create commercial and impactful business solutions.
Contribute to innovative projects that improve critical outcomes for our people and our business.
Why you should join us
We’re aiming high, so you can too. We want to be the most commercial and impactful People function in the industry so you’ll be encouraged to think bigger and push for better. The diversity of work means you can learn every day with the opportunity to grow your career in multiple ways. Our team focus covers People Partnering, Talent Attraction & Hiring, Talent and Performance Management, People Development, Colleague Engagement, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Wellbeing, People Services, Reward, People Effectiveness including People Analytics.
Good to know
We improve the experience of 148,000+ colleagues.
We hire 60,000 people every year.
We grow Sainsbury’s leaders of the future.
Property, Procurement and Smart Charge
We equip Sainsbury’s for the future
We are three distinct teams who share one goal – to give the business everything it needs to grow. Whether we’re expanding our estate in new places, expertly managing and maintaining our existing properties or delivering next-generation ultra-rapid charging in our car parks under our new Smart Charge brand, we aim for the very best.
Get ready to:
Solve problems and create solutions at pace.
Deliver business-critical projects.
Make sharp commercial decisions.
Why you should join us
Whether you join us in property, procurement or Smart Charge, you’ll be part of vital projects that support Sainsbury’s transformation and take our business to the next level. You’ll make a big difference with your work – and you’ll have the chance to develop your commercial and project delivery skills every day.
Good to know
We work closely with over 1,500 supply partners.
We have a hugely varied property portfolio.
With Smart Charge, we’re leading the way with EV charging focused on customers.
Property and Facilities Management
We give Sainsbury’s the space to grow
We’re the team behind the distinctive spaces and places that make up Sainsbury’s. Our work delivers next-level stores that customers enjoy shopping in, depots that are safe and efficient, and offices that help our brilliant colleagues be their best. We invest, update and innovate every day and we’re proud to support our ambitious growth and sustainability plans.
Get ready to:
Solve a wide range of complex property challenges.
Work at pace, to keep up with our ever-changing industry.
Deliver projects to a high standard, on time and on cost.
Why you should join us
The difference you can make here is massive. Becoming part of a huge range of projects, you’ll create results that make life better for customers and colleagues alike. You’ll sharpen your skillset too, as you work alongside all kinds of technical experts.
Good to know
We have a hugely diverse property portfolio.
We delivered tens of thousands of projects last year.
We’re opening at least 25 new Sainsbury’s stores every year.
Procurement and Supplier Management
We source, engage and manage the perfect partners for Sainsbury’s
Whenever Sainsbury’s needs to bring in external expertise or services, we’re there. Our industry-leading team identifies strategic partners who share our values and sustainability goals. As our categories include everything from marketing and technology to property, logistics and energy, the results of our work make a difference in every store, depot and office.
Get ready to:
Be curious and critical in your thinking, as this is vital to our work.
Dig deep into the numbers, to help Sainsbury’s make the right decisions.
Contribute to projects that are at the heart of change and transformation.
Why you should join us
There’s nowhere better to develop your procurement career and sharpen your commercial acumen. You’ll get to work with real industry experts and a huge range of suppliers. We also have tailored training to help you build and strengthen the skills you need to succeed.
Good to know
We work with over 1,500 supply partners.
We’ve won several awards in recent years, in recognition of our team’s industry-leading achievements.
We buy £billions of services and goods each year.
Smart Charge
We make things better for our customers and the environment
We’re a start-up in a 150-year-old business. Dynamic and agile, we support big sustainability goals by putting charging points where our customers are. And we never stop innovating, because we want to be the nation’s most trusted, convenient and rewarding ultra-fast charging network.
Get ready to:
Try new ideas, because we’re doing things that haven’t been done before.
Be curious, as we’re exploring new ways to serve and benefit customers.
Adapt to challenges brought by changing legislation and customer needs.
Why you should join us
EV charging is the future and we’re helping make it happen. You’ll be part of fast-paced work that changes our business and our whole industry. Our team is relatively small, so your voice will be heard. And the work’s really rewarding, because we’re doing great things for the environment and looking for long-term answers.
Good to know
Our team is passionate about sustainability.
One of Sainsbury’s newest teams.
We’re leading our industry.
Safety and Insurance
We keep our colleagues, customers and members of the public safe
Our policies and procedures reduce harm and complexity across every part of Sainsbury’s, from our depots and warehouses to our offices and stores. We protect premises, profits and, most importantly, people. Our work is hugely rewarding and we’re always looking for new ways to do it even better.
Get ready to:
Transform safety and insurance.
Create policies that make a real difference.
Challenge the status quo to make things better.
Why you should join us
You’ll become part of an ambitious team that has the freedom to decide and push for its own version of success. We consistently add value to the Sainsbury’s operation and the bottom line through our work and you’ll get to be part of that. You’ll be encouraged to try new ideas, innovate, fail fast and learn daily, all with the safety of people as a central mission.
Good to know
We protect 148,000+ colleagues every day.
We have some of the highest happiness scores in the business.
We have some of the highest happiness scores in the business, we help Sainsbury’s win.
Supply Chain
We make sure every customer can get what they need
We work with all kinds of stakeholders and external partners to deliver truckloads of satisfaction for Sainsbury’s and Argos customers. We use advanced forecasting and replenishment tools to make sure products are always available. We change things too – modernising our systems and making the business more profitable and sustainable.
Get ready to:
Network with a vast variety of stakeholders and sharpen your commercial acumen.
Use analysis and data to make decisions that deliver for the customer.
Make a direct impact on customers and the whole of Sainsbury’s.
Why you should join us
You’ll get to see the whole business from here. You’ll work across the multi-channel customer fulfilment network too, which means you’ll broaden your experience as well as your skills. Working in our team will set you up for success wherever your Sainsbury’s career takes you next.
Good to know
We manage over 30,000 Stock Keeping Units (SKUs).
We supply around 1,400 store and fulfilment locations.
We won the Availability category at The Grocer Awards 2023.
Transformation
We make sure Sainsbury’s is fit for the future
We understand where Sainsbury’s wants to be in the years ahead and create and deliver the change programmes we need to get us there. Our team solves the most complex problems and spots opportunities to make things better – supporting progress for our colleagues, our customers and the entire business.
Get ready to:
Do innovative work that helps Sainsbury’s deliver its strategy.
Team up with brilliant colleagues across the business to find powerful answers.
Look at the big picture and then forge the way forward.
Why you should join us
We are an entrepreneurial and ambitious team where you can experience an incredible variety of products, suppliers and markets. You’ll also get to develop your skills in areas like supplier management, negotiation and leadership.
Good to know
We have a strong culture of innovation.
We help Sainsbury’s compete and win.
We’re helping take Sainsbury’s to the next level.
Asia
We find a world of products for Sainsbury’s
We are the Sainsbury’s Asia sourcing hub. Part of a global supply chain, our team finds, negotiates and supplies good quality products for Sainsbury’s and Argos. We go in search of the very best – finding products that our customers will love and making sure they’re available at irresistible prices.
Get ready to:
Work with a huge network of suppliers.
Set strategies and spot trends.
Build your skills and work with a vast range of products.
Why you should join us
The impact you can make here is remarkable. You’ll be part of work that improves things for our people as well as our customers, across every brand and channel we have. You’ll get to experiment too, because we’re always on the lookout for bright new ideas.
Good to know
There are over 280 people in our team.
We’ve won awards for flexible and smarter working.
We work with one of the widest product ranges out there.
What it’s like to work here
We want you to be happy that we’re the perfect place for you and your career. So here’s a look at life and work at Sainsbury’s.
Learning and development
As well as development tailored to you and your role, we offer everything from leadership and management development to skills-boost sessions and coaching opportunities. It’s all designed to help you be your best and build the career you want.
Wellbeing
We are committed to giving all our people access to the mental, physical and financial health and wellbeing support they need to thrive in all aspects of work and life.
