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Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Food Commercial
Closing date: 01 October 2025
Requisition ID: 400019169

We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. Here, everything in our Sainsbury’s stores starts out in Sainsbury’s Commercial. Whether it’s the product, proposition, packaging or price, or the fact that something tastes great, our team is responsible for all food, non- food and Clothing items available in Sainsbury’s stores, digitally and on demand. You’ll discover it’s incredibly fast-paced. People here are in it together and not afraid to take risks. They’re enthusiastic too, and their amazing leadership team is right behind them. The knowledge and experience you gain here could set you up for career moves anywhere else in the business. So, if you’re passionate about your products and just as hungry to learn, you’ll fit in perfectly.

Why This Role Matters 

The Convenience channel at Sainsbury’s is growing rapidly, driven by evolving customer needs and changing shopping habits. As one of the most dynamic areas of our business, we’re investing heavily in our Local stores to stay ahead of the curve. This role places you at the heart of that transformation—whether shaping strategy or delivering change on the ground. It’s an exciting time to join a team that’s making a real difference to how we serve our customers. 

About the team 

We’re a team of strategic thinkers, performance analysts, and customer champions. We work flexibly, trust each other, and celebrate progress. Whether you’re working remotely or collaborating in person, you’ll have the autonomy and support to thrive while shaping the future of convenience retail at Sainsbury’s. 

More about the role 

Join Sainsbury’s as a Convenience Proposition Analyst and play a pivotal role in transforming how we serve customers across our Local stores. This is a high-impact, strategic role for a commercially astute analyst who thrives in ambiguity, influences at all levels, and brings bold ideas to life. 

You’ll lead the development of our format and proposition strategy, tailoring our stores to meet the diverse needs of customers and locations nationwide. Expect to collaborate cross-functionally with commercial trading teams, operations, property, and retail to deliver holistic and actionable plans. You’ll own and deliver strategic projects end-to-end, across space, range, value, and proposition, while continuously monitoring performance and iterating plans to stay ahead of the curve. 

More about you 

You’ll bring exceptional analytical capability and a proactive mindset, with a passion for making things better for customers and colleagues. You’re comfortable problem-solving in ambiguous environments and have a proven ability to influence and engage senior audiences across diverse functions. 

You’ll be skilled in creating compelling PowerPoint presentations that tell a strategic story and experienced in building robust business cases that drive decision-making. A background in strategy, transformation, or consultancy will help you thrive in this role. 

Essential criteria 

  • All candidates must demonstrate the following criteria to be considered: 
  • Exceptional analytical capability with demonstratable experience in developing actionable strategies. 
  • Proven ability to influence and engage senior stakeholders across diverse functions. 
  • Demonstratable experience in creating strategic presentations and business cases. 
  • Comfort working in ambiguous environments with a proactive and solution-oriented mindset. 
  • Demonstrable experience interrogating large data & synthesising key insights

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 get 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks. This increases to 15% off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day. 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 additional holiday. 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, pay 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, you will also be eligible for private healthcare too.

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).

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