Sainsbury's
Assistant Project Manager
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Why join us
Joining the Construction and Delivery Team at Sainsbury's means being part of an exciting and impactful team responsible for delivering multi-million-pound physical change projects across our estate. As an Assistant Project Manager, you will play a vital role in managing data flow and supporting project management activities. With access to personal development tools, mentoring, and support from experienced team members, you will have ample opportunity to enhance your skills and advance your career. Our collaborative and inclusive work environment fosters a strong sense of teamwork, where your ideas and contributions are valued.
What you'll do
Our projects range from small improvements to stores to the building of new supermarkets and local fulfilment centres (LFCs). You’ll manage the flow of data and requests for information between various internal and external stakeholders, updating project information on the Programme Management portal to ensure consistency, and completing project documentation accurately and on time. You will track and manage data across multiple workstreams using various tools and platforms, investigate and resolve issues or queries raised by the team, and establish strong working relationships with stakeholders, as well as providing general admin support. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to project manage small projects (including equipment installation) with support from a Project Manager. There is an ambition for this role to assist the wider team in becoming more technologically advanced, including use of AI in building agents for the team, which would increase project productivity.
Occasional nationwide travel is required in this role, once every 6 weeks on average.
Who you are
You’re a highly organised professional with excellent tech & AI skills, particularly in Microsoft Office 365 programs such as CoPilot, Excel and PowerPoint. Your attention to detail and accuracy, along with your ability to problem solve and use initiative, contribute to the effective management of data flow and support in small project management. With your strong communication skills, both verbal and written, you can build relationships with diverse stakeholders and present complex information in a clear and concise manner. Your natural curiosity, coupled with your experience and continued interest in the retail industry, drives your passion for understanding how the business operates. As a team player who can also work autonomously, you effectively manage your time and make decisions to prioritise tasks at pace. With the support of Project Managers and Heads of Construction, you have access to personal development tools and mentoring to further enhance your skills and knowledge in project management.
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Essential criteria
- Demonstrable strong proficiency in Microsoft Office 365, particularly CoPilot, and Excel (basic formulas & pivot tables).
- Proven ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing, including presenting complex information to diverse stakeholders.
- Evidence of effective time management and task prioritisation.
- Experience within construction, retail or FMCG.
RESPONSIBILITIES
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.
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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 5% 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).
Please note, due to the volume of applications we receive, our roles may close early.
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