Why join us 

Joining Sainsbury's as a Commercial Transformation Change Lead (Change Manager) means becoming an integral part of a transformative and dynamic team dedicated to delivering exceptional solutions for our customers and commercial colleagues. You will have the opportunity to lead impactful initiatives that drive efficiency and enhance the customer experience across the Commercial Division. Working in a collaborative environment with a focus on innovation and continuous improvement, you will have the autonomy to make a difference, challenge the status quo, and implement cutting-edge change initiatives that have a meaningful impact on the organisation. With a strong emphasis on teamwork, personal development, and driving results, you will be part of a forward-thinking company that values creativity, agility, and collaboration. 

What you'll do 

You will play a crucial role in supporting the delivery of transformational initiatives across food, general merchandise, and clothing. Working within the Core Commercial Transformation team, you will lead the adoption of SAP functionality and processes to drive efficiency and a world class customer experience to support our ambitious targets. The Commercial Transformation Change Lead will be critical in effectively landing a variety initiatives that integrate, automate and optimise processes and systems across the Commercial Division. Your responsibilities will include providing expert change management methodologies for multiple initiatives, ensuring strong engagement across all stakeholders, developing change readiness frameworks, and proactively identifying and managing risks and dependencies to deliver initiatives at the desired pace. You will report into a Delivery Lead but you will work collaboratively with various departments. With a challenger mind-set you will seek new and improved ways of addressing business challenges and opportunities to drive successful outcomes. You will manage multiple initiatives at any one time and will work in an agile way, adapting to problems, challenges and developing lead edge solutions. 

Who you are 

As a Commercial Transformation Change Lead at Sainsbury's, you are an experienced professional with a proven track record of successfully delivering large-scale change initiatives with multiple stakeholders and broad impact. With expert knowledge of change management theories and methodologies, SAP expertise, along with strong problem-solving skills and agile mindset, you will have driven transformational initiatives and optimised processes. Your exceptional communication, influencing, and facilitation skills enable you to build strong relationships with a variety of stakeholders at all levels. You’ll be able to work autonomously, with a strong attention to detail and proven skills in prioritisation and organisational skills.