Equipment Design Coordinator

Job description

Why join us

Joining Sainsbury's Property Team means becoming a part of a top FTSE 100 retailer and playing a vital role in shaping the future of our retail estate. At a time of exciting change in the retail industry, you will have the opportunity to make a positive difference by supporting and leading key projects for the Sainsbury's Group, including trials and roll back initiatives. Your passion for store design solutions, effective communication, and drive for success will be instrumental in enhancing the overall store experience. You'll work in a dynamic environment, collaborating with internal colleagues and external suppliers, to deliver projects on time, within budget, and to the highest quality. With ongoing personal development programs, opportunities for progression, and a range of attractive benefits, joining our team offers a fulfilling and rewarding career at one of the UK's leading retailers.

What you'll do

In this role, you will have the opportunity to make a positive impact on the Property Team of one of the top FTSE 100 retailers, Sainsbury's. As part of the Carbon, Engineering & Equipment Design team, you will be accountable for supporting and leading key projects that focus on turning our Store Design team’s creative ideas into physical assets we can prototype, trial and deliver as a rollback across the Sainsbury's Group estate. You will work closely with internal colleagues and external suppliers to ensure that projects are delivered in accordance with the Store Design Framework, embracing the challenge to make trials and roll back installations a success. Your responsibilities will include managing budgets, leading the value engineering equipment development process, providing clear communication on project progress, and ensuring suppliers are briefed and accountable for delivering projects on time and to the agreed budget and specifications. With your excellent communication skills and ability to manage stakeholders, you will support the broader team and contribute to the overall success of the projects.

Who you are

As a member of the Sainsbury’s Property Team, you are a highly motivated and results-driven individual with a passion for making a positive difference in the retail industry. With a focus on supporting and leading key Format Trials projects, you possess excellent communication skills and the ability to effectively manage internal stakeholders and external suppliers. Your inquisitive nature allows you to question and grasp concepts quickly, ensuring the development and delivery of the best fixture solutions for trials and roll back projects across the Sainsbury’s Group estate. With your

self-motivation, organisational skills, and ability to work independently, you take ownership and responsibility for the successful delivery of projects, while maintaining a high level of professionalism. Overall, your commitment to continuous improvement and your drive to succeed contribute to making our stores better through design solutions and a collaborative approach to achieving success in every endeavour.

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).