Merchandiser

Sainsbury's; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Argos is seeking a Merchandiser for a fixed-term 6-month role within the Leisure team. You’ll shape ranges, drive stock availability, and influence the commercial direction by collaborating with buyers, suppliers and cross-functional partners.

A merchandising background and data-driven approach are essential. You’ll split time between home and Coventry, with office days for collaboration and decision-making.

Qualifications

• Previous merchandising experience
• Strong analytical skills and confidence working with data
• Experience delivering results to target as an individual and as part of a team
• Comfortable working under pressure in a fast-moving retail environment
• Ability to influence and build strong relationships with key stakeholders
• Highly organised with strong planning and problem-solving capabilities
• Customer-focused with a positive, collaborative approach
• Strong Excel skills

Responsibilities

• Deliver a customer-led merchandising strategy for your category and build balanced ranges
• Use data, trends and customer insight to inform decisions and manage budgets
• Work with Buying, Supply Chain, Retail and suppliers to keep stock flowing and improve availability
• Review performance, identify risks and opportunities, and shape trade conversations and cycles

Skills

Merchandising experience

Analytical skills

Stakeholder influence

Organised / planning

Customer-focused

Excel skills

Tools

Excel

Job description

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.

Merchandiser - Seasonal - Fixed Term

We’re recruiting for a fixed term, 6 month contract within Seasonal and have an exciting Merchandiser opportunity within the Lesiure team. In this role, you’ll be right at the centre of how we plan, build and deliver ranges that truly connect with our customers. You’ll shape decisions, improve stock flow and influence the commercial direction of your category, working closely with buyers, suppliers and cross‑functional partners to drive performance. If you bring a merchandising background and want to play a key role in how our ranges come to life across all channels, this is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a team that values product, pace and customer insight. We are open to a secondment.

What You’ll Do

In this role, you’ll take ownership of delivering a customer‑led merchandising strategy for your category, ensuring we build balanced and commercial ranges. You’ll use data, trends and customer insight to inform decisions, manage budgets and understand what truly drives performance. You’ll work closely with Buying, Supply Chain, Retail and suppliers to keep stock flowing, optimise availability, and deliver to key milestones in the critical path. You’ll review performance regularly, identifying risks and opportunities that help shape trade conversations, planning cycles and future ranges. From forecasting and trading to supporting great product decisions, you’ll be at the heart of bringing standout ranges to our customers.

Who You Are

You’re someone with a passion for product and a natural curiosity about what makes customers buy. You bring experience in merchandising, ideally within general merchandise and you’re confident working with data to guide your thinking. You enjoy collaborating with buyers, suppliers and wider teams, using your communication skills to bring clarity and drive aligned decisions. You’re organised, proactive and thrive in a fast‑moving retail environment where you can influence results and see your work come to life in‑store. Above all, you care about delivering great customer experiences and want to develop your career in a team that values creativity, pace and teamwork.

Essential Criteria

• Previous merchandising experience
• Strong analytical skills and confidence working with data
• Experience delivering results to target as an individual and as part of a team
• Comfortable working under pressure in a fast‑moving retail environment
• Ability to influence and build strong relationships with key stakeholders
• Highly organised with strong planning and problem‑solving capabilities
• Customer‑focused with a positive, collaborative approach
• Strong Excel skills

You’ll split your time between home and Coventry, coming into the office when it matters most for collaboration and business needs.

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 10% 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).