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Assistant Product Technologist (Argos)

Why join us

As a member of our Home Technical Team, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality, safety, and sustainability of our products. We are a close-knit and inclusive team, working together to support one another and share our achievements and best practises across categories. With opportunities to collaborate with suppliers, travel to different locations, and develop your skills in working with diverse cultures, you'll gain valuable experience in product development and performance. We value communication, commercial awareness, and a commitment to delivering results in a fast-paced retail environment. Join us and be a part of a team that not only creates functional and safe products but also cares about their impact on people and the environment, all while enjoying a healthy work-life balance.

What you'll do

As an Assistant Product Technologist, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and safety of products across Sainsbury's and our brands. You will support the Lead Product Technologist in delivering the category strategy by managing various aspects of product delivery, including supplier and product approval, competitor benchmarking, customer and store feedback, range reviews, and post-implementation reviews. Collaborating closely with buyers, designers, merchandisers, and the supply chain, you will contribute to identifying supplier selection, implementing improvements in supplier performance and product quality, and maintaining technical records in line with company procedures and legal guidelines. You will also support the technical team with administrative tasks, provide data analysis and interpretation, and contribute to product development and improvement. With your strong communication skills and commercial awareness, you will engage with stakeholders at all levels and deliver results in a fast-moving, dynamic retail environment.

Who you are

You will have a strong curiosity about how products are made, developed, and perform, you contribute to delivering the category strategy by supporting the Lead Product Technologist. Collaborating with a diverse range of stakeholders, including manufacturers and trading teams, your excellent communication skills enable you to build strong relationships and effectively manage supplier selection, product approval, and range reviews. With your attention to detail and ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced retail environment, you play a vital role in driving product development and improvement while maintaining a strong commitment to ensuring fairness, sustainability, and positive environmental impact.

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Qualifications

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.

ResponsibilitiesJoining the team at Argos, you'll find yourself at the forefront of UK retail, in a brand that is loved by millions of customers across the country. Argos is a market leader in the general merchandise sector, with the third most visited retail website and a market leading same day delivery and click&collect service. Whether it's working across our amazing owned-brands of Habitat, Chad Valley and Bush, or working with the biggest global consumer brands like Apple, Lego, Xbox or Samsung, we have a breadth of opportunity to nurture your career. With roles across Buying, Merchandising, Design, Technical, or Commercial Planning or Operations, we have teams that always strive to make amazing product to delight our customers. The Argos Commercial teams work closely with many other functions across the business like Digital, Marketing, Retail and Logistics to deliver for our customers, allowing you to develop connections and learn from teams across the business. Development is important to us and you’ll have the full support of your line manager in developing and growing your skill set and aiding your career aspirations.