Plan for Better Manager
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: Coventry Store Support Centre - Ansty Park and Home, Coventry, CV7 9RD
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Argos
Closing date: 26 March 2026
Requisition ID: 400053001
At Argos, we’re a digital-led UK retailer that keeps pushing boundaries to meet every generation with what they want, how and when they want it. As a market leader in general merchandise, serving millions of customers through our website, app, same-day delivery and Click & Collect services, we offer real opportunities to learn, grow and shape your career. With roles spanning Commercial, Buying, Merchandising, Design and Supply Chain, through to Digital, Operations, Customer Experience, Marketing, and People and Transformation, you will work with brilliant colleagues and directly shape how we serve our customers every day. From enabling inspiring choice across our owned brands, including Habitat, Chad Valley and Bush, alongside the world’s biggest brands like Apple, Lego, Xbox and Samsung, to making shopping effortlessly convenient, championing trusted value and accelerating our strategy - Argos is an exciting place to build your future.
About the Team You will join the Global Technical & Ethical function, working at the heart of our sustainability, governance and improvement agenda. We are a values‑led function that protects customers, drives ethical sourcing standards and shapes how we work with our suppliers. We work collaboratively across multiple functions with a shared mission to simplify how we operate, improve our ways of working and deliver meaningful value for customers and colleagues globally. You’ll be part of a supportive, inclusive team that champions continuous improvement and celebrates progress along the way. More About the Role As a Plan for Better Manager, you’ll work closely with our group CR&S (Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability) team, with dedicated focus on Argos GM business to shape long‑term sustainability strategies that positively impact our customers, suppliers and the wider business. You’ll ensure policies, guidance and updates are aligned, well‑governed and clearly communicated, while supporting suppliers with the right training, tools and third‑party relationships to meet our standards. You’ll lead the annual planning cycle for sustainability and environmental improvement across the business, coordinating cross‑functional workstreams and strengthening our reporting, governance and KPI frameworks. A key part of your role will be driving clarity and standardisation ensuring category level plans support the overarching strategy and are forward‑looking, meaningful and measurable. You’ll coach colleagues, influence senior stakeholders and embed a consistent, high‑quality approach to sustainability across the business. More About You You bring strong General Merchandise experience and have a proven ability to influence at all levels and project manage initiatives. You’re confident analysing data, managing governance structures, leading change and supporting others through coaching and collaboration.
Desirable experience includes managing teams, direct reports and a range of stakeholders, supported by certified project management training at foundation or practitioner level. Knowledge of ESG reporting standards such as GRI, SASB and IFRS/ISSB, along with an understanding of the 2025 ESG reporting requirements and CSRD compliance, would also be beneficial. Experience gained within general merchandise or electrical manufacturing environments particularly leading environmental projects or improvement initiatives.
Essential Criteria
- Strong GM/electricals expertise with experience shaping ESG strategies and frameworks aligned to business goals.
- Proven project and change management capability, leading multi‑stakeholder programmes and delivering high‑quality outputs at pace.
- Skilled in building and managing reporting, governance and KPI frameworks, including ESG metrics, targets and annual reporting.
- Strong communication, influencing and coaching skills, with the ability to work effectively across senior and cross‑functional teams.
- Experienced in managing and validating ESG data, including compliance with CSRD and other reporting standards.
- Solid understanding of emerging ESG regulations, environmental initiatives (energy, emissions, waste), and sustainability best practices.
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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 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).
