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Senior Product Manager - Core Commercial 400005543 FULL_TIME Managerial Fixed-Term Assignment London Store Support Centre, Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd 33 Charterhouse Street, London Greater London, EC1M 6HA We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. Think about the scale it takes for us to feed the nation. The level of data, transactions and variety it involves. Then you’ll realise that ours is a modern software engineering environment because it has to be. We’ve made serious investment into a Tech Academy and into setting standards and principles. We iterate, learn, experiment and push ways of working such as Agile, Scrum and XP. So you can look forward to awesome opportunities in everything from AI to reusable tech. Senior Product Manager – Commercial (9-month FTC) We’re a multi-channel, multi-brand business serving millions of customers a day, with the UK’s largest loyalty scheme and an evolving set of commercial platforms. All this equals over 1.2 billion transactions each year, presenting a volume, depth, and complexity of data that few can match. We don’t think we’re exaggerating when we say we have the most exciting data set in the country. And from the insights gained, we build scalable, high-performance products using cutting-edge technology that give our customers an amazing shopping experience – like our award-winning Smartshop app. In an inclusive, agile environment, you’ll have the space to be curious, to experiment, and to solve real-world challenges. And you’ll get to see your creations in the hands of hundreds of colleagues or millions of customers across the UK. As a Senior Product Manager in Commercial, you will work closely with a variety of teams across commercial, digital, supply chain, logistics and retail to advance strategic cost initiatives by building products that enhance our customer experience and increase the efficiency and effectiveness of our commercial capabilities. Our commercial platforms enable product setup, supplier partnerships, space and range optimisation, pricing and promotions, and display. They enable Sainsbury’s to serve millions of our customers, and we aim to offer an increasingly optimised customer experience. You’ll be shaping our future technology to help create the right proposition for Sainsbury’s customers wherever and however they might choose to shop with us. You’ll transform our ways of working and how we make decisions. You’ll enable connected planning and operational efficiency. You’ll bring together data integration, perceptive analytics, and flexibility to help Sainsbury’s achieve its full potential.Role Overview: In Sainsbury’s, a Cost Price can be defined as the price Sainsbury’s pays a Supplier for a product. Effective cost price management directly influences profitability, forecasting, stock valuation, competitive positioning, supplier relationships, day-to-day decision-making and more. In this role, you will be responsible for the end-to-end journey of Cost Price management – from the technology that supports supplier negotiations to the internal use of cost data and everything in between. Today, we are constrained by the technology we use and our Commercial landscape holds data across both legacy and modern technologies. We want to move our Commercial strategy to the Next Level by modernising and automating Cost technology, enabling better processes and more impactful tools for colleagues and customers. Sainsbury’s is currently undergoing an ambitious programme of work to revolutionise its Core Commercial Systems with SAP. Within this role you will have the unique opportunity to lead the Cost transformation workstream, partnering with internal and external stakeholders to deliver complex system capabilities that meet both business and customer needs. You’ll have the ability to act upon colleague pain points, as well as experiment with and leverage new technology – in doing so, helping to improve the quality of data relied upon across the business every day.Key Responsibilities: You’ll have ownership and be accountable for the success of the Cost workstream in Sainsbury’s Core Commercial Transformation programme; working closely with internal and 3rd party SAP stakeholders to drive discovery and detailed design in preparation for build Collaborating and facilitating key design decisions; representing product by always keeping the needs of colleagues who will be using the system front-of-mind Clearly articulating the impact of design decisions on the end-user Proactively managing and communicating risks/issues to remove blockers Strategically prioritising and identifying dependencies with other workstreams Supporting an agile Engineering team in partnership with an Engineering Manager, to drive Commercial data roadmaps and development Coordinating and managing other ongoing deliverables outside of Core Commercial Transformation.More about you: Possess knowledge and understanding of a retail business and technology landscape Comfortable dealing with complex retail products, process and systems – you are confident in your ability to ask the right questions to get up to speed quickly and develop a deep understanding of Commercial initiatives. Technical fluency, with the ability to collaborate effectively with engineering teams and understand legacy as well as strategic technology solutions Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and align diverse teams. Judgement to make sometimes difficult and complex decisions at pace - comfortable dealing with ambiguous situations and helping drive toward clarity. An ability to creatively solve problems and enthusiasm for delivering change through people and technology. A high level of team contribution, seeking opportunities to provide input and support across the team and outside core areas of focus - a role model effective collaboration. Clear understanding of Agile delivery and modern engineering team practices. Knowledge of product development principles and methodologies. Demonstrate great value behaviours and a growth mindset coupled with drive, determination, and desire.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 get 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks. This increases to 15% off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day. 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 20% 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 additional holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, interest free car loan of up to £10k, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, pay 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, you will also be eligible for private healthcare too. 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 for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).2025-07-21 08:00:00 Senior Product Manager - Core CommercialSalary: Competitive Plus Benefits Location: London Store Support Centre, London, EC1M 6HA Contract type: Fixed-Term Assignment Business area: Sainsbury's Tech Closing date: 01 August 2025 Requisition ID: 400005543 We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. Think about the scale it takes for us to feed the nation. The level of data, transactions and variety it involves. Then you’ll realise that ours is a modern software engineering environment because it has to be. We’ve made serious investment into a Tech Academy and into setting standards and principles. We iterate, learn, experiment and push ways of working such as Agile, Scrum and XP. So you can look forward to awesome opportunities in everything from AI to reusable tech. We’re a multi-channel, multi-brand business serving millions of customers a day, with the UK’s largest loyalty scheme and an evolving set of commercial platforms. All this equals over 1.2 billion transactions each year, presenting a volume, depth, and complexity of data that few can match. We don’t think we’re exaggerating when we say we have the most exciting data set in the country. And from the insights gained, we build scalable, high-performance products using cutting-edge technology that give our customers an amazing shopping experience – like our award-winning Smartshop app. In an inclusive, agile environment, you’ll have the space to be curious, to experiment, and to solve real-world challenges. And you’ll get to see your creations in the hands of hundreds of colleagues or millions of customers across the UK. As a Senior Product Manager in Commercial, you will work closely with a variety of teams across commercial, digital, supply chain, logistics and retail to advance strategic cost initiatives by building products that enhance our customer experience and increase the efficiency and effectiveness of our commercial capabilities. Our commercial platforms enable product setup, supplier partnerships, space and range optimisation, pricing and promotions, and display. They enable Sainsbury’s to serve millions of our customers, and we aim to offer an increasingly optimised customer experience. You’ll be shaping our future technology to help create the right proposition for Sainsbury’s customers wherever and however they might choose to shop with us. You’ll transform our ways of working and how we make decisions. You’ll enable connected planning and operational efficiency. You’ll bring together data integration, perceptive analytics, and flexibility to help Sainsbury’s achieve its full potential. Role Overview: In Sainsbury’s, a Cost Price can be defined as the price Sainsbury’s pays a Supplier for a product. Effective cost price management directly influences profitability, forecasting, stock valuation, competitive positioning, supplier relationships, day-to-day decision-making and more. In this role, you will be responsible for the end-to-end journey of Cost Price management – from the technology that supports supplier negotiations to the internal use of cost data and everything in between. Today, we are constrained by the technology we use and our Commercial landscape holds data across both legacy and modern technologies. We want to move our Commercial strategy to the Next Level by modernising and automating Cost technology, enabling better processes and more impactful tools for colleagues and customers. Sainsbury’s is currently undergoing an ambitious programme of work to revolutionise its Core Commercial Systems with SAP. Within this role you will have the unique opportunity to lead the Cost transformation workstream, partnering with internal and external stakeholders to deliver complex system capabilities that meet both business and customer needs. You’ll have the ability to act upon colleague pain points, as well as experiment with and leverage new technology – in doing so, helping to improve the quality of data relied upon across the business every day. Key Responsibilities: You’ll have ownership and be accountable for the success of the Cost workstream in Sainsbury’s Core Commercial Transformation programme; working closely with internal and 3rd party SAP stakeholders to drive discovery and detailed design in preparation for build Collaborating and facilitating key design decisions; representing product by always keeping the needs of colleagues who will be using the system front-of-mind Clearly articulating the impact of design decisions on the end-user Proactively managing and communicating risks/issues to remove blockers Strategically prioritising and identifying dependencies with other workstreams Supporting an agile Engineering team in partnership with an Engineering Manager, to drive Commercial data roadmaps and development Coordinating and managing other ongoing deliverables outside of Core Commercial Transformation. More about you: Possess knowledge and understanding of a retail business and technology landscape Comfortable dealing with complex retail products, process and systems – you are confident in your ability to ask the right questions to get up to speed quickly and develop a deep understanding of Commercial initiatives. Technical fluency, with the ability to collaborate effectively with engineering teams and understand legacy as well as strategic technology solutions Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and align diverse teams. Judgement to make sometimes difficult and complex decisions at pace - comfortable dealing with ambiguous situations and helping drive toward clarity. An ability to creatively solve problems and enthusiasm for delivering change through people and technology. A high level of team contribution, seeking opportunities to provide input and support across the team and outside core areas of focus - a role model effective collaboration. Clear understanding of Agile delivery and modern engineering team practices. Knowledge of product development principles and methodologies. Demonstrate great value behaviours and a growth mindset coupled with drive, determination, and desire.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 get 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks. This increases to 15% off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day. 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 20% 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 additional holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, interest free car loan of up to £10k, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, pay 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, you will also be eligible for private healthcare too. 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 for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).#J-18808-Ljbffr