Central Merchandiser
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: Coventry Store Support Centre - Ansty Park and Home, Coventry, CV7 9RD
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Non Food
Closing date: 06 July 2025
Requisition ID: 295819
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.
Why join us
Joining Sainsbury's as a Central Merchandiser means becoming an integral part of a collaborative and dynamic team that plays a crucial role in enhancing decision-making processes within the GM Commercial division. You will have the opportunity to work closely with various teams, leveraging your passion and energy to contribute to stock management strategies and drive impactful outcomes. With a focus on building strong partnerships and fostering innovation, this role offers a platform for continuous learning, growth, and the chance to make a significant impact on the business through effective commercial acumen and decision-making skills.
What you'll do
As the Central Merchandiser, you will play a crucial role in enhancing decision-making processes across the "Plan, Buy, and Sell / Move" cycles of products, working closely with Category and Supply Chain teams. Your responsibilities will include supporting the day-to-day operation of the Merchandise Financial Planning system, developing and deploying system enhancements, overseeing administrative functions, and facilitating the establishment of an Anaplan community within commercial merchandising. You will also analyse key deliverables, manage Argos stocking policy, review and improve forecasting, and collaborate with Central Merchandising leadership to drive continuous improvement and innovation within the GM Commercial business. Your ability to work on multiple streams of work in parallel, analyse complex data, and make timely commercial decisions will be essential to your success in this dynamic and impactful role.
Who you are
You are a dynamic and results-driven professional with a strong focus on enhancing decision-making processes within the "Plan, Buy, and Sell / Move" cycles of products. Your ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, analyse complex data to drive commercial strategies, and develop engaging content using various tools demonstrates your commercial acumen and proactive approach to problem-solving. With a customer-centric mindset and a track record of delivering successful outcomes, you are a confident self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced and complex organisational environment.
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 save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. 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 up to an additional week's 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, salary 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).
