Space Strategy Manager at Sainsburys DTD

City of London, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

19 Jul, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

20 Apr, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

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Skills

Strategic frameworks, Project management, Commercial judgement, Data analysis, Stakeholder management, Problem solving, Business case development, Retail strategy, Financial acumen, Cross-functional collaboration, Communication, Decision making, Strategic planning, Operational efficiency, Customer-centricity

Industry

Retail

Description

About the team The Space Strategy Team shape how our proposition come to life across our supermarket estate. We play a pivotal role in delivering the Next Level Sainsbury’s Strategy, helping to define our store blueprint and the missions that we serve our customers. It’s a high‑performing, collaborative team that values curiosity, pace and clear, testable recommendations. More about the role As a Space Strategy Manager, you’ll play a crucial role in developing our store blueprint, optimizing our store estate for the future. You’ll lead complex projects to define, prioritize and implement the store rule sets shaping space, layout and key propositions. You’ll help frame the problem, build a compelling solution and business case. and take changes from concept to in‑store testing and scale, balancing customer missions, commercial return and operational efficiency. More about you You’re a structured problem‑solver with strong commercial judgement and the curiosity to tackle ambiguous questions. You are a customer-centric, commercially and financially astute professional with a collaborative and inclusive approach to building strong partnerships across functions You can translate complex data into simple, actionable insight and you’re confident shaping tests, measuring outcomes and iterating at pace. You thrive in cross‑functional settings, build trust quickly and communicate with clarity. Retail experience is a plus, but we’re equally open to adjacent strategy backgrounds where you’ve delivered measurable impact. Essential criteria * Ability to develop and apply strategic frameworks to define a proposition or business problem, evidenced through examples of strategic recommendations or plans delivered. * Ability to translate complex analysis into structured outputs, such as decision papers, proposals or recommendations with clear next steps. * Experience evaluating customer, commercial and operational considerations when forming recommendations, with evidence of trade‑off decision making. * Experience influencing stakeholders across multiple functions, including presenting recommendations and securing alignment to progress strategic activity. * Experience leading projects or programmes end to end, with accountability for planning, delivery milestones and outcomes. #LI-MB1

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Responsibilities

The Space Strategy Manager will lead complex projects to define and implement store layouts and rule sets to optimize the supermarket estate. They are responsible for building business cases, managing end-to-end project delivery, and translating complex data into actionable strategic insights.