Logistics Systems Development Manager - Food

Overview

Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits Location: Coventry Store Support Centre - Field Based and Home, Coventry, CV1 1FL Contract type: Permanent Business area: Logistics Closing date: 20 March 2026 Requisition ID:

About the Team

You will be joining our Logistics Systems team, working at the heart of Sainsbury's food logistics transformation. The team supports the development and deployment of modern warehouse management solutions that keep our supply chain running smoothly, efficiently, and with the customer at the centre of every decision.

More About the Role

As the Logistics Systems Development Manager - Food, you will lead a multi-year programme to replace Sainsbury's Food WMS across the network. You will represent logistics operations throughout requirements gathering, testing, and implementation activities, ensuring system developments are fit for purpose and aligned to business needs.

You will collaborate closely with operational teams and technology partners to drive standardisation, process improvement, and successful delivery of system enhancements. Your work will play a critical role in shaping the future operation of our food logistics network.

More About You

You will bring strong experience delivering technical change within complex logistics environments, with the ability to coordinate multiple concurrent projects. You understand warehouse management systems and the impact of change on daily operations, acting as a trusted partner across the business.

You are a problem-solver with a continuous improvement mindset, able to simplify complexity and keep teams focused on the right outcomes. You build strong stakeholder relationships and lead confidently, fostering collaboration across logistics and technology teams.

• Ability to lead and deliver technical change within logistics environments
• Experience working with warehouse management systems (WMS)
• Proven ability to manage stakeholders across operational and technology teams
• Strong understanding of agile or product-led delivery approaches
• Ability to coordinate and oversee multiple concurrent system development projects

Benefits and Wellbeing

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: save 10% on shopping online and in-store at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat; discount often increases to 15% at points during the year
• Pensions scheme and life cover
• Performance-related bonus of up to 20% of salary, depending on performance
• Annual holiday allowance and the option to buy up to an additional week of holiday
• Private healthcare
• Other benefits to help your money go further (season ticket loans, interest-free car loan up to £10k, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance, and access to retailer discounts)
• 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 for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).