• Job Description

  Req#: 217546

  Make a positive difference to a top FTSE 100 Retailer

  Our small Central Strategy team is at the centre of setting future direction for our business, helping to define and incubate key initiatives that will ensure success of the Sainsbury’s business in the medium and long term. Our work is integral to delivering current Sainsburys strategy but also looks beyond this horizon, ensuring a link between strategy and delivery.

  As a Strategy Manger you’ll be working closely with the Directors and Heads of Strategy to analyse opportunities, prepare and deliver presentation materials, form recommendations, and at times manage the development and implementation of specific projects.

  This unique role will be looking across all our brands at Sainsbury’s including Argos, Nectar and Sainsbury’s Bank, offering the opportunity to understand our business end to end and work closely with senior stakeholders. You’ll bring your analytical skills and clarity of thought from previous strategy experience to some of our trickiest questions.

  More about the role:

  • Support development of high-quality strategic analysis, business case recommendations and presentations for Board review and approval
  • Support the on-going business strategy definition process conducted at the Operating Board level and within business units
  • Build understanding of the financial performance of the Sainsbury’s business, the underlying key drivers and the market in which we operate
  • Quickly build great relationships and liaise regularly with relevant subject matter experts to unlock knowledge, ensure alignment on recommendations and enable speed of project delivery
  • Align closely with the Strategy Finance team who lead on the financial modelling, planning and business cases prepared by the team

  Who are we looking for?

  • Expert knowledge of core consulting/strategy tools and techniques—key analyses, frameworks, research methods
  • Has the ability to identify, design and perform analyses that are key to answering key strategic questions and communicate resulting insight in a clear and structured way for senior leaders
  • Can think strategically, utilising a hypothesis led approach to break down complex problems
  • Strong project management experience and organisation skills, with experience of working collaboratively and cross functionally
  • Excellent stakeholder, influencing and communication skills and the ability to develop compelling presentation materials with limited supervision and diligence
  • The Ability to understand and interpret financial reports and statements—P&L, balance sheet and cash flows—and familiarity with economic modelling and constructing business cases
  • A background working in retail, FMCG or consumer good sectors is highly desirable

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  Qualifications

  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 heathcare. 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 eligibiity criteria may apply).

  Responsibilities

  We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. For a FTSE business, we move incredibly fast. When we’re not handling projects, we’re helping all corners of the wider group with what they’re trying to achieve. And around here, you can see the results of your work as soon as you walk into a store, which gives you a real sense of purpose and responsibility. Better still, the team around you will listen to your ideas and opinions, and you’ll have every chance to try something new. The sheer scale and complexity of our set-up means there’s always something else around the corner, and we’ll help and support you every step of the way. We’re trusted to get on with it. So get ready to make things happen here.

• About the company

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