In a nutshell
The Head of Supply Chain Transformation is a leadership role within the Supply Chain division. This role is pivotal to shaping and delivering the strategic transformation of Sainsbury’s supply chain across all brands and channels. It is accountable for leading the end-to-end Supply Chain transformation strategy, driving business change delivery, and ensuring cross-functional alignment.
What you need to do
- Drive a highly analytical and data driven approach to the delivery of change and improvement across our supply chain.
- Define and lead the transformation roadmap, including future supply chain capabilities.
- Own and execute the business change, including impact assessments, building capability, and key stakeholders.
- Oversee delivery of complex, cross-functional projects, ensuring alignment with business cases and measurable outcomes.
- Build market-leading supply chain capabilities and operating models to unlock competitive advantage.
- Identify critical dependencies and risks, ensuring early visibility and mitigation planning.
Essential
- Deep understanding of supply chain operations, ideally within UK retail.
- Strong strategic thinking and ability to simplify complex problems.
- Highly analytical and data driven, with the technical skill to own or lead analytical deep dives.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Proven experience in project and change management.
- Commercial acumen with a focus on cost optimisation and business case development.
Desirable
- Experience in shaping and delivering change programmes.
- Ability to connect the dots across multiple projects and functions.
- Innovative mindset with a pragmatic approach to implementation.
What you need to show
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
- Ownership and the ability to lead numerous projects and lead a large cross functional team
- Analytical and data driven approach define opportunities, and drive metric outpefromance
- Confidence in communicating with stakeholders across different levels and functions.
- Ability to prioritise tasks and manage time effectively in a fast-paced environment.
- A proactive mindset with a willingness to take ownership and follow through on actions.
- Familiarity with project management tools and reporting formats.
- Commitment to continuous improvement and supporting team collaboration.
Support we will provide
- Access to personal development tools e.g., Bitesize talks, online self-development tools, internal mentoring
- Project Managers, Change Managers and wider Tech PMO team
