Senior Merchandiser - Grocery Ops

Sainsbury's; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in London seeks an experienced individual to train Junior Merchandisers and ensure compliance with merchandising principles. The role combines training, analysis, and the management of complex merchandising plans. Candidates should be adaptable and able to handle various projects while maintaining high standards. This position offers an opportunity to work within a dynamic team environment.

Responsibilities

• Train Junior Merchandisers to deliver best in class planograms and presentations.
• Act as a point of contact for issue escalation from teams.
• Carry out analysis to create category merchandising principles.
• Create a library of standardised merchandising principles.
• Ensure compliance of planograms with corporate principles.
• Sign off complex merchandising plans and support ad hoc projects.

Job description

What you’ll do

We’ll look to you to pass on everything you know as you help train Junior Merchandisers to deliver best in class planograms and live build presentations. You’ll be one of the first points of contact for issue escalation from our ranging and merchandising teams too, so the people side of the role will keep you busy. The technical aspects will as well, as you carry out analysis to inform the creation of category merchandising principles, referencing a broad mix of sources. You’ll also create a library of standardised merchandising principles that are easy to understand, find and reference. The role will see you work with categories to make sure that all planograms adhere to corporate and category merchandising principles. Throughout, you’ll be responsible for signing off complex merchandising plans and acting as a flexible resource whether it’s ad hoc projects, supporting planogram creation or championing corporate merchandising change programmes.