You will be working in one of the fastest growing and dynamic areas of Sainsbury’s and supporting us in delivering exceptional digital experiences for all our customers across our new propositions. 

Accountable for the delivery and implementation of new channel propositions. Working with the relevant teams to provide a service that customers love and trust and to positively impact and influence change at all levels, ensuring excellent stakeholder engagement and management.

What you need to do

• Deliver and implement both strategic and tactical Trading and Customer plans to deliver the sales, profit and customer satisfaction targets for relevant propositions across channels
• Use analytics, customer insights data and trading data to maintain, develop and optimise the range of products sold across our channels
• Regularly review and report on the relevant market to inform the development of proposition
• Problem solving, using judgement and insight to ensure issues effecting any new propositions performing are addressed
• Working in conjunction with relevant Ecommerce and Product teams to identify opportunities to optimise sales, revenue and customer satisfaction.  This could include managing hierarchies, building new categories and supplier-funded content (n.b. will be dependent on type and maturity of propositions)
• Provide relevant and accurate reporting to the team and stakeholders

What you need to know

• Strong commercial acumen with strong analytical and numerical capability
• Solid understanding of e-commerce and how best to utilise web data
• Ability to build relationships and influence across a network of key stakeholders
• Self-motivated and with the ability to identify and act on problems, using your experience and judgement
• Experience working in a fast paced and complex business
• Quick thinker with ability to spot issues, act upon insight and be quick to implement change when required

Desirable

• Experience working in e-commerce or grocery retail

What you need to show

• A passion for delivering results
• A clear understanding of the drivers of a successful online proposition
• Anticipating risks and knock-on implications outside your team and division and defining the action plans and solutions
• Managing unclear boundaries of decision making and priorities within your areas of responsibility
• Understanding how your role fits into the bigger picture and the interdependencies 
• Ability to identify opportunities to make the way we work simpler
• Providing milestones and tracking progress 
• Challenging the status quo and addressing obstacles  
• Deep awareness of your impact on others
• Commitment to ongoing personal development 

What decisions I can make

The Trading manager will work across the relevant teams within the Digital and Non Digital ecosystem for each proposition. Wider teams and resources critical to success are likely to be, but not exclusively, the following:

• Product owners
• Ecommerce teams
• Food commercial teams
• Marketing teams
• Data insights

Resources available to me

• All merchandising tools which operate our propositions
• Cross Functional team support and training