Project Support (12M FTC)
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: Holborn Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1N 2HT
Contract type: Fixed-Term Assignment
Business area: Retail
Closing date: 18 June 2025
Requisition ID: 4000010772338919
We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. As the link between sellers and buyers, retail and head office, our retail operations team is the cog that keeps things running. With teams focused on store facing, labour, transformation, online, delivery and contact centre work, we touch almost every part of the business. It’s an incredibly fast-paced environment where you need to pivot not just daily, but often hourly. So while we plan all we can, it’s vital that we all think outside our job descriptions and look to optimise and improve how we do everything. There’s also a real team ethos. After all, it’s people like you who are going to truly transform this part of the business.
Why join us:
Joining Sainsbury's as a Project Support professional means becoming an integral part of our Business Transformation team, where you will play a crucial role in delivering change projects that drive impactful business outcomes.
With a focus on collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement, you will have the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment that values flexibility, creativity, and shared success.
By joining us, you will be part of a supportive and forward-thinking organisation that encourages personal growth, fosters strong business partnerships, and prioritises the development of sustainable capabilities for long-term success.
What you'll do:
You will play a vital role in providing comprehensive support in the delivery of change projects across Business Transformation. Your responsibilities will include assisting with the compilation of reports and project governance documents, ensuring compliance with Project Management & Agile Methodology, supporting the implementation of systems enhancements, and acting as the first line of support throughout project duration and within identified BAU activities.
Additionally, you will work closely with stakeholders to ensure the successful delivery of project outputs, support benefits realisation, and coach stakeholders to embed sustainable project capabilities within the team.
Your role will also involve developing strong business partnerships, sharing knowledge across the team, and engaging and motivating team members and stakeholders to drive successful project outcomes.
Who you are:
A dedicated individual with a strong foundation in change management, project governance, and agile methodology, ensuring the successful delivery of change projects within Business Transformation.
Your ability to collaborate effectively with key stakeholders, coach team members, and drive benefits realisation demonstrates your commitment to implementing sustainable business solutions and enhancing operational processes.
With your expertise in risk management, financial control, and project management practises, you play a crucial role in driving continuous improvement, fostering strong business partnerships, and ensuring customer outcomes remain at the forefront of decision-making.
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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 (which may vary for Nectar360), 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).
