Job Description

This role sits at the heart of delivering our \xe2\x80\x98Winning in Food\xe2\x80\x99 corporate strategy. As a business we have ambitious plans to delight customers by delivering transformation in our proposition, delivering great value for our customers as well as an ambitious Plan for Better agenda. The Propositions Planning Manager will be at the heart of this, leading complex-cross functional projects to define and implement key Food Propositions and value initiatives.

The role sits within a team of talent, bringing together colleagues from management consultancy, industry and retail backgrounds, to support our trading teams in delivering their strategic goals. This is an excellent role for an ambitious and motivated individual looking to gain breadth of experience across within retail. The role offers the ability to work across a variety of categories and functions, from working to define our propositions in conjunction with Marketing to building Channel Value Strategies with Digital & ADA.

As a Strategy Propositions Manager you\xe2\x80\x99ll:

\xc2\xb7 Support the Commercial Planning cycle working with a range of stakeholders to identify and develop the programs that will enable to delivery of the Commercial plan

\xc2\xb7 Lead complex cross-functional projects designed to help solve our toughest commercial problems and make tangible recommendations to the business

\xc2\xb7 Develop food commercial prioritisation frameworks to implement and land strategic change across propositions and channels

\xc2\xb7 Be the ambassador for value within Sainsbury\xe2\x80\x99s, supporting insight and thought leadership across Commercial. Building a key relationship within the commercial teams, becoming a trusted source of knowledge and insight

\xc2\xb7 Act as the centre of challenge by working with our Food First and Trading Finance teams to ensure programs deliver margin aspirations whilst balancing competitiveness for our customers.

\xc2\xb7 Seek feedback to ensure continuous improvement to evolve our support model to meet the needs of the trading teams.

\xc2\xb7 Develops great relationships with data owners across the business, collaborating cross-functionally with wider divisions to unlock maximum value from our data (eg. Commercial Analytics, Matching, Customers Insights, Finance, Supply Chain)

Our Commercial Proposition team would love to see:

\xc2\xb7 Fun, positive mindset and great at working collaboratively in a high performance and highly motivated team

\xc2\xb7 Strategic thinking and ability to see the bigger picture: comfortable dealing with ambiguity and complex commercial questions

\xc2\xb7 Customer focus, putting the customer first and always having a clear view on the impact of decision making on customers

\xc2\xb7 Natural leadership style and able to quickly build credibility with stakeholders

\xc2\xb7 Proven experience of successful project management of various size and scope

\xc2\xb7 Proficient in analysing data to generate clear and structured insight

\xc2\xb7 Immerse yourself within the category team, build relationships and understand the respective priorities of the cross-functional teams (Buying, Supply Chain, Ranging, Category planning, Technical, Innovation, Finance, Plan for Better and Packaging teams)

\xc2\xb7 Self-motivated team player, able to work autonomously, prioritise and solve problems

\xc2\xb7 Comfortable giving and receiving feedback to support your own personal development and others in the business

Why Sainsbury\xe2\x80\x99s?

Work-life balance is important to us, so we offer our colleagues as much flexibility as possible in line with the needs of their role. We trust them to decide how, where and when they work, combining remote and collaborative working with a flexible approach to hours, giving them plenty of time and space for life outside of work whilst delivering against our business goals.

As well as a great work-life balance, lots of on-the-job training and endless opportunities, click here for more detail on our benefits:

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