Resource and Talent Planning in Sainsbury: Labour Market Trends and Skills Analysis

Resource and talent
planning

INTRODUCTION
Resource and talent management is directly concern to the HR process of an
organisation. Resource management consist of managing useful resources by providing them at
place at right time. It includes using resources where it is required the most without wasting a
single unit of it (Ali and Guha, 2018). On the other hand talent management consist of managing
talented employees within an organisation or managing required skill of employees for their
better performance. It covers hiring of new skilled employees, retaining valuable employees with
an organisation for longer period of time, training employees to develop their abilities,
identifying new skills for particular job roles and many others. Hence, resource and talent
management help the companies to manage their overall performance of operational works and
increase their profit. Sainsbury is supermarket chain in UK which is headquartered in London,
UK. The company was founded by John James Sainsbury in the year 1869. The following report
covers labour market and skills analysis and recruitment and selection documentation of
mentioned company.
MAIN BODY
Part 1
1. Organisation Overview
Sainsbury is the supermarket chain of UK after which is founded in the year 1869 by John
James Sainsbury. Its headquartered is located in London, UK. Currently they have more than
1,400 stores of supermarkets, hypermarkets and convenience shops. Their current key people are
Lord Sainsbury (Life President), Martin Scicluna (chairman) and Simon Robert (CEO). They are
dealing with more than 111,900 employees worldwide. Initially in 1869, Sainsbury is the
company which is established in partnership of John James Sainsbury and his wife Mary Ann
and their first store was opened in Drury Lane in Holborn, London, UK. They started with
selling fresh foods only but later they deal in packed groceries like tea, sugar and many more.
From the year 1869 to 1991, Sainsbury business grows continuously by adopting innovative
ideas and changes which consist to attract more customers by gaining their trust. At the time of
1992 to 1998 they start declining in their performance and the main reason for declining is
changing in management system which is forcefully applied in organisation without consulting
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to employees. 1999 is the year when Sainsbury re-launch its brand for success and its continue to
grow till now.
2. Types of labour requirements
Labours are classified into 2 types and they are explained below-
Physical and Mental labour- Physical labour are those labours whose physical presence
in organisation is most important to pursue their work like workers of manufacturing industry
(Mousa and Othman, 2020. On the other hand mental labours are labours whose brain power is
applied more than their physical presence like Advocate, doctor and etc. In context of Sainsbury,
they require physical labour more than mental labour because they need to serve better services
to their customers by solving their issues of finding products in stores.
Skilled and Unskilled labour- Skilled labours are those labours which need proper
training and knowledge for performing a job and unskilled labours are those labours who does
not require any kind of special knowledge or training in their job. In Sainsbury, they provide
training period to their new comer labours and ask them to work under their mentors for a
particular period of time to attain some knowledge. Hence, their main requirement is skilled
labour.
3. Analysis of current labour market trends
Today at this current scenario most of the labours are required to be respected with their
management team. Labours need that their seniors respect them, take their suggestion in decision
making, allow extra wages in case of extra work and allow special leaves like maternity leaves
with full payment and many others. In simple words, labours need that their organisation value
for their work and performance and consider them a special asset (Omotunde and Alegbeleye,
2021). Today labours are well knowledgeable about their rights. Hence, in case of any
misbehave with them in company they can complain and with the help of legal laws the person
or company who is involve to take advantage of any labour will get punished. Same trend is
applied in Sainsbury, their labours are provided some good facilities to create well being
environment in their stores and to motivate them. They provide good salaries and a fix working
hours for their labours and in case of extra working hours, Sainsbury pay for it. They provide
leaves for emergency. They provide discounted prices of their products which are only for their
employees. Hence, today most of the companies including Sainsbury are focusing on providing
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