Project Manager to the Director Logistics and Fulfilment

Why join us

Joining Sainsbury's as a Project Manager presents an exciting opportunity to utilise your exceptional administrative, organisational, and analytical skills. As part of our team, you will play a vital role in supporting our Director's work objectives, ensuring smooth operations, effective communication, and successful task prioritisation. Working closely with the Director, you will provide comprehensive support, including diary management, appointment scheduling, and managing email communications. Your role will also involve organising travel arrangements, coordinating events, and maintaining accurate records. With a focus on confidentiality, independence, and attention to detail, you will thrive in a collaborative and dynamic environment, utilising your computer skills and strong communication abilities to drive project success. Join us now and become part of a team that values professionalism, growth, and impactful contributions.

 

What you'll do

As a Project Manager at Sainsbury's, you will play a pivotal role in providing comprehensive support to our Director, ensuring smooth operations, effective communication, and successful task prioritisation. Your responsibilities will include delving into the Director's work objectives to support the delivery of their priorities. This will involve providing highly confidential services, such as full diary management and appointment scheduling, as well as proactively managing long-term commitments through collaboration with relevant business areas. In addition, you will assist the Director by managing email communications, prioritising key tasks and emails, and coordinating meetings, including the preparation and delivery of presentations for steering groups and forums. A crucial part of your role will be organising cost-efficient travel arrangements, both domestically and internationally. Building strong networks with Trading Project Managers, Team Assistants, and PAs within the business will be essential. Events management will also be a part of your responsibilities, including coordinating department away days, training sessions, and team meetings. Your ability to work independently, maintain confidentiality, and exhibit exceptional organisational and prioritisation skills will be crucial to your success in this role. Proficiency in Microsoft packages, excellent written and verbal communication skills, and analytical capabilities will also be important. Experience in minute-taking for confidential meetings and simplifying processes for multiple stakeholders will be advantageous. Knowledge of HR administration practises and processes is highly beneficial, and previous experience in diary management, presentation creation, and report collation is advantageous. You will need strong influencing skills to engage stakeholders at all levels within and outside the business. If you are ready for this fabulous opportunity to utilise your administrative, organisational, and analytical skills, apply now.

 

Who you are

As a Project Manager at Sainsbury's, you are a highly organised, proactive, and dedicated professional with exceptional administrative, organisational, and analytical skills. With your keen attention to detail and ability to prioritise tasks effectively, you provide comprehensive support to the Director, ensuring smooth operations and successful task delivery. You excel in managing the Director's diary, scheduling appointments, and handling confidential information with utmost discretion. Your excellent communication skills enable you to coordinate meetings, prepare presentations, and manage email communications efficiently. Your strong network-building abilities and events management expertise contribute to maximising attendance and fostering collaboration within the team. With your proficiency in Microsoft packages and quick adaptability to business systems, you efficiently handle various administrative duties and simplify processes for multiple stakeholders. Your ability to work independently and confidentially, along with your strong analytical skills and knowledge of HR administration practises, make you an invaluable asset to our team.

 

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

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 in-store 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).