Assistant Buyer
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: Coventry Store Support Centre - Ansty Park and Home, Coventry, CV7 9RD
Contract type: Fixed-Term Assignment
Business area: Argos
Closing date: 21 August 2026
Requisition ID: 400074540
Great products, competitive prices and exciting promotions don't happen by accident. Behind every successful furniture range is a team of people making commercial decisions that shape what our customers see, buy and love.
We're looking for an Assistant Buyer to join the team and play a key role in delivering category goals across our Furniture proposition, with a particular focus on Gaming Furniture and Home Office Furniture. Working closely with Buyers, Merchandisers, Product Development and suppliers, you'll help create compelling product ranges, support promotional plans, use customer and market insight to drive performance.
A key part of the role will be working with recognised furniture and gaming brands, building strong supplier partnerships and helping shape the future direction of the category.
What you'll do
Support the delivery of category targets by helping develop customer-focused product ranges, promotional plans and trading activity across the Furniture category.
Use sales data, customer insight, competitor analysis and market trends to identify opportunities that improve performance, maximise profit and strengthen our proposition for customers.
Support the end-to-end buying cycle, from range planning and product selection through to range launches, pricing activity and promotional execution, ensuring key milestones are delivered on time.
Build strong relationships with suppliers and cross-functional teams across Merchandising, Product Development, Marketing, Digital and Global Sourcing, helping bring new products and propositions to market.
Work closely with both established and emerging furniture brands, helping to shape exciting ranges across Gaming Furniture and Home Office Furniture that meet evolving customer needs and trends.
Monitor category performance, review competitor activity and contribute recommendations that support both short and longer-term category growth.
Who you are
A commercially minded individual with a passion for product and a genuine interest in understanding what drives customer purchasing decisions.
Naturally curious and analytical, with the ability to interpret data, identify opportunities and make informed recommendations that support business performance.
You'll have an interest in the furniture market and an appreciation of the brands, trends and customer behaviours shaping both the Gaming and Home Office categories. You'll enjoy working with branded suppliers and understand the role strong brand partnerships play in creating compelling customer propositions.
A strong relationship builder who enjoys working collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders and suppliers to achieve shared goals.
Brings excellent organisation skills, attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Essential Criteria
- Previous buying experience or a strong interest in developing a career within Buying
- Strong commercial awareness and understanding of customer and market trends
- Excellent analytical and numerical skills
- Ability to interpret data and use insight to support decision making
- Strong organisational skills with excellent attention to detail
- Effective communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to build positive relationships with suppliers and cross-functional teams
- Strong planning and prioritisation skills with the ability to manage multiple activities simultaneously
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel and other core Microsoft applications
- Experience working with branded suppliers, manufacturers or products, ideally within Furniture, Gaming or related consumer categories
- Ability to develop strong supplier relationships and manage brand partnerships
- An interest in furniture, retail trends and customer behaviour, particularly within Gaming and Home Office Furniture
- A proactive mindset and passion for continuous improvement
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.
