Merchandiser - Branded Clothing

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

Job summary

A leading UK retailer is seeking a Merchandiser to join their General Merchandise team in Coventry. In this role, you'll develop and execute merchandising strategies, utilize data insights, and manage supplier relations. The ideal candidate will have previous merchandising experience and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced retail environment. This position offers flexible working arrangements and a comprehensive benefits package including employee discounts and performance bonuses.

Benefits

Colleague discount

Pensions scheme

Performance-related bonus

Health cash plans

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Previous merchandising experience in a non-food, multi-channel retail environment.
• Confident working with data to inform decisions and drive performance.
• Proven ability to deliver results both individually and within a team.

Responsibilities

• Lead execution of a multi-channel merchandising strategy.
• Review trading performance and identify risks and opportunities.
• Manage stock levels and supplier relationships effectively.

Skills

Merchandising experience

Data interpretation

Stakeholder engagement

Organizational skills

Problem-solving

Job description

Overview

Why Join Us

Join our General Merchandise team at Sainsbury’s and become a key player in our Brand Clothing division, where style meets strategy. As a Merchandiser, you’ll help shape our customer offer across multi-channel platforms, driving profitable growth and delivering an exceptional shopping experience.

You’ll have the autonomy to make decisions, adapt quickly in a fast-paced retail environment, and continuously develop your skills. Collaboration is at the heart of what we do, and you’ll work closely with cross-functional teams and suppliers to bring our clothing ranges to life. We also champion flexibility, giving you the freedom to work in ways that support both your professional and personal wellbeing.

What You’ll Do

As a Merchandiser in Brand Clothing, you’ll lead the execution of a customer-facing, multi-channel merchandising strategy for your category/ranges, aligned with our broader commercial goals. You’ll use market analysis, customer insights, and supplier knowledge to build category frameworks and budgets that drive performance.

You’ll be responsible for reviewing trading performance, identifying risks and opportunities, and contributing to trade and post-implementation reviews. Managing stock levels and supplier relationships will be key, as will collaborating with teams across the business on space optimisation and joint business planning. You’ll also prioritise inbound and outbound stock flow to meet critical path milestones and deliver a seamless customer experience.

To succeed in this role, you’ll need to know how to interpret data to make informed decisions, understand how to engage and influence stakeholders, and be confident in planning and prioritising across multiple projects. You’ll show strong organisational skills, a customer-first mindset, and a proactive approach to problem-solving, while role-modelling positive ways of working across the team.

Essential Criteria

• Based at our Coventry Store Support Centre 2 days per week
• Previous merchandising experience, ideally in a non-food, multi-channel retail environment
• Confident working with data to inform decisions, spot trends, and drive commercial performance
• Proven ability to deliver results both individually and within a team
• Comfortable working under pressure in a fast-moving retail setting

Benefits & What We Offer

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. 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 in-store at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, with potential increases to 15% at points during the year. We also offer a pensions scheme and life cover. You may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 10% of salary, depending on performance.

Your wellbeing is important to us. You’ll receive an annual holiday allowance and can buy additional holiday. We offer other benefits to help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work, health cash plans, salary advance, and access to discounts from hundreds of retailers. There is also an employee assistance programme.

Moments that matter are important to us, so 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).

Responsibilities

We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. Here, everything in our Sainsbury’s stores starts out in Sainsbury’s Commercial. Whether it’s the product, proposition, packaging or price, or the fact that something tastes great, our team is responsible for all food, non-food and Clothing items available in Sainsbury’s stores, digitally and on demand. You’ll discover it’s incredibly fast-paced. People here are in it together and not afraid to take risks. They’re enthusiastic too, and their amazing leadership team is right behind them. The knowledge and experience you gain here could set you up for career moves anywhere else in the business. So, if you’re passionate about your products and just as hungry to learn, you’ll fit in perfectly.