Assistant Merchandiser - Technology in London

Joining our Merchandising team at Sainsbury’s offers an exciting opportunity to excel in your career with a renowned brand. As an Assistant Merchandiser, you will be part of a dynamic team that strives to deliver customer‑focused product ranges and achieve sales, profit, margin, and stock targets. With a focus on trend analysis and merchandising systems, you will play a crucial role in ensuring we have the right products to meet our customers' needs. Whether you already have experience in merchandising or are a graduate in a relevant field, we provide a supportive environment where you can develop your skills and progress. With a strong emphasis on work‑life balance and a range of comprehensive benefits, joining us means being part of a team that values your contribution and provides opportunities for growth and fulfilment.

What you’ll do: Joining our Merchandising team as an Assistant Merchandiser, you will play a vital role in supporting the delivery of customer‑focused product ranges to achieve sales, profit, margin, and stock targets. With a keen eye for trend analysis, you will ensure that our product offering meets customer demands and expectations. In this role, you will review weekly trading performance, identify opportunities and issues, and provide relevant analysis. You will own and manage category and SKU‑level forecasts to optimise sales, stock holding, margin, and availability. Collaborating with the A&R replenishment assistant, you will plan initial allocations and launch builds to meet stock and availability targets. Your strong analytical and numerical skills, coupled with proficiency in using merchandising systems, will enable you to drive efficiency and maximise availability. Additionally, you will be responsible for order management, maintaining data integrity, and ensuring compliance with legal and sustainability requirements. With your proactive and positive approach, you will build relationships with stakeholders and contribute to the success of our team.

Who you are: As an Assistant Merchandiser for our Merchandising team, you are a driven and passionate professional who thrives in a fast‑paced retail environment. With previous experience in an Assistant Merchandiser or Merchandise Admin position, or a relevant field graduate, you have a solid understanding of allocation and stock management. Your strong analytical and numerical skills, coupled with your proficiency in Excel, enable you to review trading performance, forecast sales, and optimise stock availability to achieve sales, profit, margin, and stock targets. With excellent organisational ability and attention to detail, you ensure the timely delivery of stock, manage order management processes, and maintain high levels of data integrity. Your proactive approach, willingness to learn new systems, and ability to build positive relationships with stakeholders make you a valuable asset to our team as we strive to deliver excellent customer‑focused product ranges.

Essential Criteria:

• Commercial background in a general merchandise area
• Previous experience in an Assistant Merchandiser or Merchandise Admin role
• Understanding of allocation and stock management and forecasting
• Strong planning and prioritisation skills
• Highly numerate and analytical
• Ability to work within tight deadlines

Benefits: We offer a range of benefits including colleague discounts at Sainsbury’s, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks (increasing to 15% on certain days), a pension scheme, life cover, performance‑related bonus of up to 5% of salary, an annual holiday allowance with the option to buy additional holiday, cycle‑to‑work scheme, health cash plans, pay advance, maternity or adoption leave up to 26 weeks pay, paternity leave up to 4 weeks pay, and an employee assistance programme.