Seasonal Planning Manager
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Food Commercial
Closing date: 22 August 2025
Requisition ID: 400013112
Join our dynamic and forward-thinking Planning team, where innovation meets strategy. We are responsible for driving seasonal planning across multiple categories, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer needs. Our team collaborates closely with Buying, Merchandising, Marketing, Retail and Supply Chain to deliver successful seasonal outcomes.
As the Seasonal Planning Manager, you will lead the development and execution of seasonal strategies, working cross-functionally to ensure plans are customer-focused and commercially viable. You will be instrumental in shaping the seasonal calendar, managing key planning milestones, and driving performance through insightful analysis and stakeholder engagement.
You will also contribute to key projects which will shape our use of seasonal and flexible space, driving process improvement and optimising the operation.
More about you
To be successful in this role, you will need a demonstratable ability to manage complex planning processes and influence stakeholders across various functions. You should be comfortable working with data to derive insights and make informed decisions. Strong communication and collaboration skills are essential, as is a proactive approach to problem-solving.
We are looking for someone who is commercially aware, and passionate about delivering results. You should be able to work independently while also contributing to team success, and be committed to continuous improvement.
Essential Criteria
- Demonstratable experience in seasonal or strategic planning within a retail or FMCG environment.
- Proven ability to analyse data and translate insights into actionable plans.
- Experience in cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Proficiency in planning tools and Microsoft Office applications, particularly a strong skillset using Excel.
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 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 up to an additional week's holiday, and we provide private healthcare. 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, 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).
