Assistant Merchandiser

Sainsbury's; Coventry; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retailer seeks an Assistant Merchandiser in Coventry to join their dynamic merchandising team. This role focuses on delivering customer-centric product ranges, analyzing trends, and ensuring effective stock management. The position promises a supportive environment for career progression, with comprehensive benefits that promote work-life balance.

Benefits

Colleague discount of 10% increasing to 15%

Annual holiday allowance with option to buy additional

Performance-related bonus of up to 5%

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Experience of basic merchandising skills.
• Strong admin and organisational ability.
• A self-starter with a desire to develop.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of customer-focused product ranges.
• Conduct weekly trading performance reviews and analysis.
• Own and manage category and SKU level forecasts.

Skills

Analytical skills

Numerical skills

Customer focused

Attention to detail

Job description

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We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. From fragrance to car care, clothing and pots and pans, our General Merchandise team delivers all the non-food items for Sainsbury’s, Habitat and Argos customers. This multi-brand environment means you get to work across most areas. You can also be a pioneer, because the team believes in being brave, iterating and learning as they go. They also develop deep connections to other departments, which opens up a lot of different career opportunities for you. What’s certain is that you’ll spend time on the shop floor to get closer to customers, and bring a broad perspective and the full support of your manager with you wherever you decide to develop next.

Non Food - Assistant Merchandiser

Why join us

Joining our Merchandising team at Sainsbury's offers an exciting opportunity to excel in your career with a renowned brand. As an Assistant Merchandiser, you will be part of a dynamic team that strives to deliver customer-focused product ranges and achieve sales, profit, margin, and stock targets. With a focus on trend analysis and merchandising systems, you will play a crucial role in ensuring we have the right products to meet our customers' needs. Whether you already have experience in merchandising or are a graduate in a relevant field, we provide a supportive environment where you can develop your skills and progress. With a strong emphasis on work-life balance and a range of comprehensive benefits, joining us means being part of a team that values your contribution and provides opportunities for growth and fulfillment.

What you'll do

Joining our Merchandising team as an Assistant Merchandiser, you will play a vital role in supporting the delivery of customer-focused product ranges to achieve sales, profit, margin, and stock targets. With a keen eye for trend analysis, you will ensure that our product offering meets customer demands and expectations. In this role, you will review weekly trading performance, identify opportunities and issues, and provide relevant analysis. You will own and manage category and SKU level forecasts to optimise sales, stock holding, margin, and availability. Collaborating with the A&R replenishment assistant, you will plan initial allocations and launch builds to meet stock and availability targets. Your strong analytical and numerical skills, coupled with proficiency in using merchandising systems, will enable you to drive efficiency and maximise availability. Additionally, you will be responsible for order management, maintaining data integrity, and ensuring compliance with legal and sustainability requirements. With your proactive and positive approach, you will build relationships with stakeholders and contribute to the success of our team.

Essential Criteria

• Strong analytical & numerical skills
• Experience of basic merchandising skills
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent admin and organisational ability
• A self-starter with a desire to develop
• Customer focussed
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Take accountability to ensure that own and team targets are met
• Positive and proactive approach to building relationships with stakeholders
• Confidence to learn new systems
  
  

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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 get 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks. This increases to 15% off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day. 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 5% 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 additional 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, pay 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).

Please note, due to the volume of applications we receive, our roles may close early.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

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  Marketing and Sales

• Industries

  Retail

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