Location
Hybrid - London Store Support Centre and Home (average 2 days a week in the office; flexibility required)

Hours
Flexible working hours aligned with business needs

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
As our People Partner, you will ensure the successful delivery of our people plans by putting colleagues first. Working closely with the Head of People Partnering and Senior People Partners, you will help design, implement, and embed a wide variety of people change initiatives and cyclical activities. You will join a dynamic commercial area at the heart of Sainsbury’s, partnering with teams across Product and Innovation, Commercial Programmes & Operations, Technical, and Future Stores.
You will lead a varied portfolio of projects and help shape People activity through the next three-year cycle. Building strong relationships with a broad range of stakeholders, you will bring your perspective and influence how change is delivered across the business.
Your primary responsibility will be to ensure the successful delivery of people plans, including people development interventions, change and transformation projects, and cyclical people activities. Collaborating with stakeholders and People Centres of Expertise, you will design, implement, and embed cyclical activity to create a great colleague and line manager experience.
Working on a portfolio basis, you will prioritise and deploy your expertise to deliver value-adding activities for the division. You will build trusted relationships with managers and provide proactive people-partnering support, helping them navigate people-related priorities and challenges within their teams.
You will take ownership of cyclical activities such as supporting talent reviews, performance activities, communications, and associated planning. Additionally, you will lead business change initiatives, facilitate leadership development programmes, and support talent reviews.
You will manage a varied portfolio of projects, developing plans and driving activity from initial scoping to successful delivery. Using a data-driven approach, you will analyse functional people data to identify priorities and contribute to developing strategic people plans.
Your success will be measured by your ability to address people challenges, improve colleague engagement, implement business change initiatives effectively, deliver against people metrics, and contribute to a positive working environment.

Experience
Evidenced experience of partnering with managers or business stakeholders to understand people-related needs and deliver practical, commercially relevant solutions. Proven experience of taking ownership of a people initiative, project, or programme from initial planning through to implementation and review. Working knowledge of core HR practices such as employee relations, performance management, talent management, and organisational change.

About you
You are an experienced HR professional with an understanding of the complexities of working within a fast-paced, commercially focused organisation. You take accountability for your work and proactively drive projects from planning through to delivery. Comfortable representing the People team in stakeholder conversations, you bring a clear perspective, constructively challenge where appropriate, and help the business reach effective decisions.
Your collaborative approach enables you to build effective relationships with stakeholders at different levels, find practical solutions to business challenges, and support seamless delivery of people activity. You use data and insight to track progress, inform recommendations, and make evidence-based decisions. Agile and open to learning, you adapt your approach as priorities change and work effectively across a varied portfolio.
You combine a sound foundation in HR practice with a proactive and commercially focused approach, enabling you to deliver positive outcomes for colleagues and the wider business.

Qualifications
We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. Development is taken seriously, with opportunities to try new roles and grow within the business. While specific qualifications are not listed, a strong foundation in HR practice and relevant experience are essential.