Transformation Manager (12m FTC)

Job description

Why join us
Joining our team at Sainsbury's as a Transformation Manager presents a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of driving impactful change and growth within a dynamic and innovative business environment. As part of our newly-formed Business Transformation team, you will have the chance to influence and shape strategies that will enhance our customer experience and ensure long-term sustainability. Collaborating closely with stakeholders at all levels, you will lead complex programmes with agility and strategic foresight, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement. This role offers the platform to make a real difference, apply end-to-end strategic thinking, and drive transformative initiatives that will leave a lasting impact on the organisation and the customers we serve.

This is a fixed term contract role for up to 12 months.

What you'll do
Here you will play a critical role in the new Business Transformation team, collaborating with various business functions to translate the company's strategy into impactful programmes that facilitate business growth and enhance the customer experience. Reporting to the Head of Transformation, you will lead agile teams in driving our 3- to 5-year Transformation agenda, working closely with stakeholders at all levels to accelerate change and innovation. With a focus on thought leadership, strategic programme management, and fostering a transformation mindset, you will navigate ambiguity, drive change at pace, and engage cross-functional teams to deliver measurable outcomes and drive the company's sustainable competitiveness and profitability over time.

Who you are
You are a strategic thinker with a growth mindset and a passion for driving end-to-end transformational change. With a strong background in change or programme management, you excel at formulating and implementing major change projects, leveraging data, insights, and external innovation to make informed decisions. Your ability to challenge the status quo, connect strategic issues, and communicate effectively at all levels of the organisation enables you to lead cross-functional teams, shape narratives, and drive complex programmes of work that accelerate business growth and deliver sustainable value.

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).