Packaging Coordinator
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: 31 July 2025
Requisition ID: 400009233
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.
Technical & Ethical - Packaging Coordinator
Why join us
Joining Sainsbury's as a Packaging Technologist means becoming part of a dedicated team within the Technical & Ethical division that is committed to driving packaging innovation and sustainability in line with the company's strategy. With a focus on compliance, collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, and the opportunity to support multiple projects, you will play a vital role in shaping the packaging agenda while contributing to the company's sustainability goals and values. As you navigate through a dynamic and evolving agenda, you will have the chance to showcase your skills, build relationships, and make a tangible impact within a supportive and inclusive environment.
What you'll do
As a Packaging Coordinator at Sainsbury's, you will work closely with the Packaging Technologist to support the implementation of the Packaging Strategy and drive packaging innovation projects to ensure safe and compliant packaging solutions. Your role will involve coordinating and reporting on packaging projects across category and cross-functional teams, updating packaging policies and presentation guidelines, and maintaining approved packaging brand standards and artworks. You will gather packaging data for compliance submissions, manage packaging component cost information, and support the packaging team in identifying and resolving packaging issues. Your excellent administrative, organisational, and communication skills will be essential in ensuring the smooth execution of packaging projects and maintaining positive relationships with colleagues and suppliers to achieve company sustainability goals and targets.
Who you are
As a Packaging Technologist at Sainsbury's, you are a detail-oriented professional with a passion for driving packaging innovation and ensuring safe and compliant packaging solutions. With your strong administrative and organisational skills, coupled with excellent communication abilities, you play a pivotal role in supporting the implementation of the Packaging Strategy and facilitating packaging projects across various teams. Your ability to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, manage multiple projects, and make informed decisions contributes to the success of the packaging team in meeting company objectives and sustainability goals.
Essential Criteria -
Working 2 days on-site per week
Excellent communication and organisational skills
Ability to support multiple projects simultaneously
Can work collaboratively both globally and with your local team
Experience in retail packaging, printing or clothing
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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 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 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).
