Strategic Partnership Executive

We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. For a FTSE business, we move incredibly fast. When we’re not handling projects, we’re helping all corners of the wider group with what they’re trying to achieve. And around here, you can see the results of your work as soon as you walk into a store, which gives you a real sense of purpose and responsibility. Better still, the team around you will listen to your ideas and opinions, and you’ll have every chance to try something new. The sheer scale and complexity of our set-up means there’s always something else around the corner, and we’ll help and support you every step of the way. We’re trusted to get on with it. So get ready to make things happen here.

Location: London or Edinburgh Store Support Centre & Home. Colleagues go into the office 1-2 days per week on average. 

Why join us

Join our team at Sainsbury's as a Strategic Partnerships Executive and be part of the Financial Services Business division where you will play a crucial role in supporting and growing strategic partnerships for Sainsbury’s Group branded products. With a focus on revenue growth, market share, and innovation, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to drive success, including several blue chip / best in class Financial Services providers.

We value strong communication, a strategic mindset, and the ability to navigate complexity in a fast-paced environment. By joining us, you'll be part of a team that encourages personal and professional development, fosters collaboration, and upholds integrity and respect towards colleagues and customers alike.

What you'll do

You will be accountable for supporting and growing white-labelled products strategic partnerships, with a focus on revenue, growth, and market share of the products. Your role will involve maintaining strong relationships internally and externally, working closely with FS partners to deliver joint goals and KPIs, and providing regular reporting and insights on partner performance. In addition to planning management aligned with division objectives, you will collaborate across teams to drive partnership agreements and plans, develop new partnership opportunities, and contribute to the team’s effectiveness. Your strong commercial acumen, contract management skills, and exceptional stakeholder management abilities will be essential in navigating a fast-paced, results-oriented environment and delivering on challenging targets to drive the overall performance success of the function.

Who you are

You are a seasoned professional with a strong background in financial services, particularly in managing white-labelled partnerships and driving revenue growth. With your exceptional commercial acumen, stakeholder management skills, and experience in contract management, you play a pivotal role in maintaining and developing strong partner relationships. Your strategic mindset, ability to navigate complexity, and commitment to delivering challenging targets make you a valuable asset in supporting the growth and innovation of strategic partnerships to drive the overall success of the function.

Essential Criteria

• Proven experience working within Financial Services, including exposure to white-labelled partnership models 
• Demonstrable ownership and management of commercial performance, including accountability for profit and loss (P&L) outcomes and delivery against defined financial targets 
• Experience managing commercial contracts, including negotiation, implementation and ongoing performance oversight 
• Evidence of building and maintaining effective stakeholder relationships, including clear written and verbal communication with cross-functional and senior stakeholders 
• Track record of delivering agreed objectives in complex or ambiguous environments, including adapting plans and resolving issues to achieve outcomes

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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 save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. 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 10% 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 up to an additional week's holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary 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.

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 www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).