Sainsbury's
Head of Product – Propositions (Space, Range & Assortment, Display, Clothing)
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Head of Product – Propositions (Space, Range & Assortment, Display, Clothing)
In a nutshell
At Sainsbury's Tech, we power the UK's leading multi-channel, multi-brand retailer. Our product teams are made up of inspiring and multidisciplinary individuals who are empowered to solve complex problems for colleagues, customers, and our business.
The Head of Product is a critical leadership role, responsible for creating, driving, and championing the long-term vision for a strategic product domain. Relentlessly focused on delivering business value, this role combines commercial understanding, product leadership, and technology expertise to shape the future of retail technology at scale.
As Head of Product for Propositions, you will lead a portfolio of products that enable Sainsbury's commercial strategy to be translated into compelling, customer-focused experiences across our store estate.
Working closely with Commercial teams and collaborating extensively with Retail, Supply Chain, and Property, you will own the technology capabilities that determine how store space is planned, range, and assortment for Food and General Merchandising, as well as our loved Tu Clothing proposition. These strategy technologies must maximize both customer satisfaction and commercial performance.
Space, Range & Display
Leading the technology capabilities that support how products are ranged, allocated, and presented across our stores.
This includes:
- Space planning and optimisation- macro and micro space
- Range and assortment planning across Food and General Merchandise
- Planogram management and execution
- Display and fixture optimisation
These capabilities directly influence how millions of customers experience our stores every week and help ensure that commercial decisions can be executed effectively and consistently across the estate.
Clothing
Leading the technology products that underpin our Clothing proposition and support the end-to-end lifecycle of planning, ranging, and executing Clothing offers.
This may include:
- Clothing range and assortment planning
- Seasonal proposition management
- Product and category planning
- Space and display optimisation for Clothing
- Price & Promotions, commercial decision support
You will work closely with Clothing, Commercial, and Retail teams to ensure technology enables improved planning, execution, and customer outcomes across one of Sainsbury's most strategically important categories.
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What I need to do
Product Leadership
- Define and communicate a compelling vision, strategy, and roadmap for the Propositions product domain.
- Bring together multiple product strategies into a coherent and compelling long-term vision.
- Own prioritisation across the product family, balancing strategic transformation, operational excellence, and business value.
- Define measurable outcomes and product success metrics that demonstrate value delivery.
- Build strong relationships with stakeholders across Commercial, Retail, Property, Supply Chain, and Technology.
- Represent the domain in senior governance forums and influence investment decisions.
People Leadership
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of Product Managers and Senior Product Managers.
- Create a high-performing, high-trust culture focused on customer and business outcomes.
- Develop product capability and craft excellence within the team.
- Foster a culture of learning, experimentation, and continuous improvement.
How I will succeed
- Be the recognised product authority for Proposition Technology.
- Champion the importance of proposition capabilities as a key driver of customer and commercial outcomes.
- Deliver technology solutions that help colleagues make better range, space, and proposition decisions.
- Successfully balance short-term commercial priorities with long-term transformation goals.
- Ensure the team maintains clear roadmaps, prioritised backlogs, and transparent communication of progress and risks.
- Build highly collaborative relationships with Commercial, Retail, Property, Supply Chain, Architecture, and Engineering teams.
- Drive alignment across dependent product areas and influence enterprise-wide decisions.
- Create an environment where teams are empowered to innovate while remaining laser-focused on measurable business outcomes.
- Lead resolution and prioritisation of live product incidents and operational issues where required.
What I need to know
- Strong understanding of product management principles and modern product operating models.
- Experience leading enterprise-scale technology products and product teams.
- Experience with assortment, range management, space planning, planogram, or category technologies.
- Knowledge of Food, Clothing, or General Merchandise retail operations would be advantageous.
- Understanding of Agile delivery methodologies and modern engineering practices.
- Experience working within large-scale transformation programmes.
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What I need to show
Strategic Vision
- Ability to create, communicate, and execute a compelling long-term product strategy.
- Ability to align technology investments to customer, commercial, and operational outcomes.
Commercial Acumen
- Strong understanding of business value, investment trade-offs, and return on investment.
- Ability to prioritise effectively across competing demands and stakeholders.
Customer & Colleague Focus
- Relentless focus on understanding and improving customer and colleague experiences.
- Ability to simplify complex processes and improve operational effectiveness.
Technology Leadership
- Ability to translate complex technology concepts into simple business outcomes.
- Curiosity and confidence to challenge, influence, and guide technical decisions.
Leadership
- Proven ability to build, lead, and develop high-performing teams.
- Excellent influencing, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience leading through ambiguity and organisational change.
Delivery Excellence
- Experience delivering complex programmes across multiple teams and domains.
- Ability to manage risk, dependencies, and prioritisation at enterprise scale.
- Strong focus on outcomes over outputs.
We are committed to making Tech a place where people love to work where diverse and engaged teams make a purposeful contribution. Sainsbury’s is committed to being the most inclusive retailer, and flexible working, including job sharing, is welcomed wherever possible. In Tech, we welcome such conversations and are proud to champion a diverse and inclusive culture.
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