Sainsbury's
Talent & Performance Manager
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Job Description: Talent and Performance Manager at Sainsbury's
We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work–life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. We’re the first to say we do HR differently here. For a start, we work as business partners and specialists. Whether that’s making sure nearly 150,000 colleagues are paid on time, or shaping a strategy that helps us attract the right people, put them in the right place, and unlock their potential. This is a fast-moving business, and our policies and rewards evolve with it. That’s why we’re as flexible as we can be about where and when you work. We’re also flexible about your future. There’s always room to move up or across, if that’s what you want. We really value different perspectives, so there’s no one opinion, no single path, and yours matters.
Why join us
As a Talent and Performance Manager, you will be a key contributor to our talent and performance strategy. You will input into and implement our corporate talent and performance strategy through research and adoption of best practice talent management approaches, ensuring we are equipped to identify, retain, mobilise, and develop diverse talent profiles that meet the needs of the business now and in the future. You will be part of a team that views talent and performance as fundamental pillars of our growth. This is an exciting time to join our team on an interim basis as we refresh our approaches to talent and performance in line with the future strategic needs of our business.
What You'll Do
- Develop and manage talent and performance workstreams to drive organisational success.
- Support the design and delivery of the annual talent review.
- Propose interventions, and develop action plans.
- Work closely with the Head of Talent and Performance and Heads of People to identify internal talent challenges and provide solutions that drive business performance.
- Leverage data and insights and relationships to identify key opportunities and support the building of business cases for change to deliver the business strategy.
- Build close collaborative relationships with teams across the People function to ensure key talent and performance initiatives are adopted, embedded and continuously improved.
- Lead or support cross divisional projects to design and implement key talent products and processes, such as performance management, talent mobility and reskilling, through internal and external research.
- Always looking at continuous improvement, searching for opportunities to embed and improve our performance management approach through internal research and review of external trends and approaches.
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Who You Are
- Highly skilled and strategic professional with experience in delivering strategic people change, products and processes that drive positive business impact.
- Strong analytical skills to convert complex data into meaningful insights, supporting evidence-based decision-making.
- Exceptional communication skills to effectively communicate complex processes and strategies to stakeholders at all levels.
- Strong commercial awareness, enabling you to think strategically and contribute to the development of strategies across multiple business areas.
- Ability to engage, influence and collaborate with others, coupled with a forward-thinking mindset to drive the long-term view of talent development.
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Essential Criteria
- Demonstrable experience in designing and delivering people programmes, with the proven ability to develop and implement strategic change that aligns with organisational strategy and drives measurable employee outcomes.
- Evidence of building business cases for talent and performance interventions, using qualitative and quantitative data to support proposals and evaluate impact.
- Track record of managing cross-functional projects or programmes, including ownership of product lifecycles and coordination with internal teams and external suppliers.
- Ability to analyse complex data sets to inform talent strategy, including benchmarking, reporting, and continuous improvement of leadership development products.
Benefits
- Colleague discount of 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks, increasing to 15% off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day.
- Pension scheme and life cover.
- Potential for a performance-related bonus of up to 20% of salary.
- Annual holiday allowance and the option to buy additional holiday.
- Other benefits including season ticket loans, interest-free car loan of up to £10k, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, pay advance, and access to a range of discounts from other retailers.
- Employee Assistance Programme and eligibility for private healthcare.
- 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 full list of benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).
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