This role sits within our Transformation Discovery team  focusing on the discovery of new solutions which enables the business to deliver on our long term strategic ambitions

Here you will be responsible for taking our strategy and translating this into programmes of work to transform & grow our business to deliver a better proposition and experience for our customers, enabling us to compete sustainably and more profitably over time.  This may mean working hand in hand with other business functions to deliver shared ambitions.   

 The Transformation Manager role is responsible for the delivery of key outcomes that contribute to the success of the strategy. You’ll be part of an agile team shaping and delivering our 3+year Transformation agenda led by the Director of Business Transformation.  

You will pull together & drive the right cross-functional team on programmes from ideation through to delivery working collaboratively with stakeholders across the business at all levels to accelerate change. You will drive end-to-end thinking, employing an outcome-centric & hypothesis-led approach to problem solving & innovation. Your programmes will be set-up & run brilliantly to deliver change at pace, creating high-performing end-to-end teams. You will galvanise others to get behind the change, and champion a Transformation mindset.  

 

What I am accountable for 

Excellent thought leadership: Driving end-to-end thinking, employing an outcome-centric & hypothesis-led approach. 

Drive clarity and simplicity from positions of ambiguity by framing the right business questions and employing an outcome-centric & hypothesis-led approach.   Be creative in bringing the right insights and people together to help solve our toughest business problems and make practical recommendations to the business.   Demonstrate curiosity to stretch business thinking end-to-end, challenging the status quo & driving innovative solutions.   Form clear & robust narratives & use storytelling to inspire change.    Leverage the power of Sainsbury’s, using your network to liaise regularly with subject matter experts to maximise our collective knowledge and capability.   

 

Brilliant strategic programme management: Leading change at pace through excellent cross-functional working 

Brilliantly drive complex programmes of work, including scoping, building cross-business support, engagement and investment, trialling, iterating, and embedding    Forward-thinking & proactive leadership, to shape the narrative as well as to manage/mitigate risks.    Employ an agile mind-set to break down & accelerate delivery of complex programmes.    Set up the right ways of working to galvanise change & support programme delivery at pace.    Support engagement at critical governance meetings to underpin the programme delivery.  Quickly build great relationships and high-performing working teams to land change at pace.   Underpin the plan with strong business cases that set clear outcomes & deliverables to measure progress against   Champion a transformation mindset and collaborative ways of working that are truly cross-functional and connected   Challenge and work with the business to ensure projects deliver at pace; embed the discipline to build the right scope, team constructs & end-to-end ways of working.  

  

What I need to know  

Essential 

Extensive evidence of successful cross-functional working (across the breadth of the business) at scale (£20m+ benefits) and over a multi-year horizon. (essential)  Successful experience of working on shaping and implementing major Change projects/programmes.  A strength in using data, insight and external innovation to drive complex decisions/projects.   Ability to see the bigger picture & connect the dots across projects and parts of the business.   We're looking for experience in innovation, strategy and trial delivery - all with a mindset that embraces our leadership values Ability to identify strategic issues, synthesise information and present recommendations in a clear and structured manner with excellent written and verbal communication skills.  

 

What I need to show 

A growth mindset  Strength in driving end-to-end strategic thinking, being outcome-centric & hypothesis-led. (essential)  Well organised with experience of working in change or programme management.  Curiosity & drive to identify & chase potential opportunities / challenges. (essential)   Role model positive, collaborative, and agile ways of working with all areas of the business. (essential)  Facilitate an environment for delivery at pace and celebration of learn and fail quickly.  Ability to innovate and implement, combining analytical perspectives with pragmatism.   Ability to communicate effectively and influence at the highest level of the business, forming strong working relationships.   

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