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Sainsbury's is looking for a data-driven Partnership Manager to join our new Partnership Management team. You will turn operational, financial and service data into clear insights to monitor the supplier partnership and drive improvements.
Based at one of our Store Support Centres with hybrid working and weekly store visits, you will prepare governance packs, support decision-making, and help shape reporting governance for cross-functional teams across procurement, technology and the business.
We'd all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That's waiting for you here at Sainsbury's. For a FTSE business, we move incredibly fast. When we're not leading projects, we're supporting teams across the wider group to achieve their goals. And here, you can see the impact of your work as soon as you walk into a store, giving 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 scale and complexity of our business mean there's always something new to learn, and we'll support you every step of the way. We're trusted to get on with it. So get ready to make things happen. This role can be based from any of our Store Support Centres (London, Coventry or Manchester), with the rest of your time working from home. There are no set office days, with office attendance and store visits expected around once a week on average to support collaboration and business needs.
Help turn data into decisions that shape one of Sainsbury's most strategically important supplier partnerships. Joining our new Partnership Management team, you'll help shape reporting and ways of working from the outset, supporting a partnership with a key role in improving how the business operates, driving technological change and unlocking the opportunities that AI can bring.
You'll bring together information from multiple teams and the supplier, turning operational, financial and service data into a clear view of how the partnership is performing. Working with Partnership Managers, you'll check data, investigate inconsistencies and identify trends, risks and opportunities for improvement. Your dashboards, reports and PowerPoint presentations will do more than describe what's happened: they'll drive insights, helping people understand what matters, where action is needed and what the options are. Alongside the analysis, you'll help keep the partnership's governance running effectively, preparing meeting packs, capturing decisions and following up actions with colleagues across Procurement, Technology and the wider business. As this is a new team, not every process or answer will already exist. You'll help develop practical reporting governance forums and ways of working, while gathering evidence on improvements and new opportunities so Partnership Managers can make informed decisions and track the value being delivered.
You enjoy solving complex problems and making sense of ambiguity. You're naturally curious, able to quickly get underneath an issue and comfortable combining data, insight and different perspectives to work out what really matters. You'll ask constructive questions, challenge assumptions and use evidence to help shape practical solutions. You're equally comfortable creating structure where it doesn't yet exist, bringing different stakeholders together and turning ideas into action. You'll build relationships across teams, influence at different levels and adapt as priorities evolve. Experience in consulting, transformation, technology, outsourcing, managed services or supplier governance would be useful. And you'll be curious about how technology and AI can create new opportunities, improve services and unlock value.
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.