Business Change Partner

Business Change Partner
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits Location: London Store Support Centre, London, EC1M 6HA Contract type: Permanent Business area: Logistics Closing date: 18 December 2025 Requisition ID:

We believe in providing meaningful work and achieving a real work/life balance. Here, you'll find both. Our Supply Chain team is the engine room for getting thousands of products from farms and factories to our millions of customers every day. We leverage insight and data to anticipate customer needs, ensuring they get what they want, when they need it. You'll be part of a team that is data-driven and judgement-focused, always the first to identify and address any issues or ambiguities. A culture of collaboration, customer obsession, and continuous improvement drives us to deliver market-leading product availability and operational excellence, and fuels our innovation. Our Supply Chain team calls for people who champion change, are customer-obsessed, data-driven, and excel at collaborating and communicating effectively - because those people can go a very long way.

Why join us

Join our vibrant and collaborative team at Sainsbury's and be part of an organisation that values fresh energy, innovation, and making a difference in the lives of millions of customers. As a Business Change Partner in our Supply Chain Transformation team, you will have the opportunity to be at the forefront of one of the most ambitious change programmes in Sainsbury's history. With the chance to work autonomously and engage with stakeholders at all levels, you will play a vital role in integrating, automating, and optimising processes and systems to drive efficiency and enhance the customer experience. With excellent learning and development opportunities, a flexible work-life balance, and a supportive environment, joining us means joining a team that empowers you to bring bold ideas, make an impact, and contribute to our journey of becoming a market-leading, innovative retailer.

This role can be based from any of our three office locations (London, Manchester or Coventry)

What you'll do

Here you will play a critical role in planning and delivering change initiatives that integrate, automate, and optimise processes and systems across our Supply Chain Division. Your primary responsibility will be to effectively land a variety of initiatives that drive efficiency and enhance the customer experience, supporting our ambitious goals. Working with a multi-disciplinary team, including Change Managers, Project Managers, Product Owners, Business Analysts, and other functions, you will utilise your experience in change management methodologies and tools to deliver end-to-end change initiatives. With excellent communication and facilitation skills, you will engage and influence stakeholders at all levels, translating complex information into simple and engaging materials. Your ability to work in an ambiguous environment and adapt to rapidly changing project timelines and deliverables will be essential in delivering results in a high-pressure environment. Overall, your contribution will be instrumental in transforming our supply chain operations and achieving our vision as a market-leading retailer.

Who you are

A dynamic and experienced professional with a passion for driving transformational change within organisations. With 2-4 years of experience in Change Management roles or Management Consulting, you have a solid understanding of change management tools and methodologies and how they support projects. You possess a track record of successfully delivering end-to-end change initiatives, translating change plans into action, and maximising business benefits. Your exceptional communication and influencing skills allow you to engage with stakeholders at all levels, while your proactive and solution-focused approach enables you to identify opportunities, develop solutions, and prioritise delivery. In an ambiguous and rapidly changing environment, you demonstrate agility, resilience, and the ability to deliver under pressure. Your facilitation skills, in combination with your ability to distil complex information into simple and engaging materials, contribute to your success in guiding teams through change.

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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 for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibiity criteria may apply).

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