Project Change Manager (WMS & Logistics Systems)

Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Sainsbury's as a Project Change Manager within the Logistics Systems team, playing a crucial role in transforming the Food Warehouse Management System (WMS) across the network. This position offers growth opportunities, collaboration, and the chance to make a significant impact while being part of a supportive work culture.

Benefits

Colleague discount of up to 15%

Pensions scheme and life cover

Performance-related bonus

Annual holiday allowance and additional purchase

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Seasoned professional with experience in driving successful business and technology change.
• Strong background in logistics and fulfilment environments.
• Ability to lead and influence teams, with excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and manage change interventions for logistics systems initiatives.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure successful implementation.
• Develop and coordinate training and communication plans.

Skills

Change Management

Stakeholder Management

Continuous Improvement

Collaboration

Communication

Job description

Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: Coventry Store Support Centre - Field Based and Home, Coventry, CV1 1FL
Contract type: Fixed-Term Assignment
Business area: Logistics
Closing date: 20 June 2025
Requisition ID: 302319

We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work/life balance. That’s waiting for you right here. Supply Chain and Logistics are the engine room for getting thousands of products from farms and factories, through the business and to our millions of customers every day. We plan around events from barbecue weekends to Sunday roasts, and who wants oven-ready cauliflower cheese to those who prefer to make it from scratch. Insight and data are everything. But so is judgement — if there’s an issue or ambiguity anywhere, we’re the first to spot it. There’s a big transformation going on. That calls for people who champion change, bring others with them, collaborate and communicate. Because those people can go a very long way.

Join our team at Sainsbury's as a Project Change Manager and be part of a collaborative environment where you will play a crucial role in the multiyear programme to replace Sainsbury's Food WMS across the network. As a key member of the Logistics Systems team, you will have the opportunity to lead change initiatives, work closely with stakeholders, and ensure successful implementation of new systems. With a focus on continuous improvement, stakeholder management, and utilising your strong supply / logistics / warehousing systems background, you will contribute to driving positive change and achieving business goals. With a supportive work culture, opportunities for growth, and the chance to make a real impact, joining us means being part of a team that values ownership, innovation, and collaboration while providing the resources and support needed for your professional development.

What you'll do

As a Project Change Manager at Sainsbury's within the Logistics Systems team, you will play a crucial role in driving and managing the full change cycle for a multiyear programme to replace Sainsbury's Food Warehouse Management System (WMS) across the network. Your responsibilities will include defining and managing the people implications and change interventions for various logistics systems initiatives, collaborating with stakeholders to ensure successful implementation, developing and coordinating training and communication plans, and monitoring progress to ensure a successful delivery. Additionally, you will work closely with on-site operations within depots and Sainsbury's Tech teams to implement the right tools, training, and processes for effective change management.

Who you are

As a Project Change Manager for Sainsbury's Logistics division, you are a seasoned professional with a strong background in Change Management tools, techniques, and methodologies, demonstrating best practise experience in driving successful business and technology change initiatives - preferably working within large scale logistics and fulfilment environment Your ability to lead and influence small to medium teams, coupled with strong stakeholder management skills, enables you to coordinate multiple activities and workstreams effectively. With a focus on continuous improvement, a never say never attitude, and excellent communication skills, you excel in identifying the right approaches to change, challenging the norm, and gaining buy-in for transformative initiatives within a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

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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 10% 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. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, 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).