Central Merchandiser
We're expanding our Clothing Operations and looking for a Clothing Central Merchandiser who's excited to influence how we plan, buy and move product across our full clothing offer. You'll be right at the centre of our operation, shaping decisions, improving stock flow and helping us deliver ranges that truly resonate with customers.
In this role, you'll bring insight, pace and commercial thinking to a growing part of the business. You'll work with brilliant teams across merchandising, supply chain and tech, using data to unlock opportunities and make smart, confident trading decisions. If you thrive in a fast‑moving environment, love solving challenges and want the chance to make a visible impact across the entire Clothing business, this is a role where you can really shine.
What you'll do
You'll support teams across Clothing to deliver productive ranges, strong availability and the right stock levels. You'll guide planning frameworks, refine open‑to‑buy processes and help the business make confident trading decisions. You'll also support and enhance our Merchandise Financial Planning model in Anaplan, keeping it running smoothly, improving functionality and helping colleagues get the best out of it. You'll build strong relationships across commercial, supply chain and tech, spotting opportunities to simplify, improve and move faster.
Who you are
You're a natural problem solver who enjoys working with numbers, systems and people. You can see both the detail and the bigger picture, and you feel confident shaping conversations and influencing decisions. You're curious, commercially minded and comfortable introducing new ways of working. You enjoy collaborating with different teams and building relationships that help drive change.
Essential Criteria
* Strong clothing merchandising knowledge.
* Hands‑on experience with Anaplan (or similar planning/MFP tools) and Merchandise Financial Planning.
* High commercial acumen with a track record of sound, data‑led decisions.
* Ability to interpret complex data from multiple sources and turn it into clear actions.
* Confidence managing multiple priorities in a fast‑paced, cross‑functional environment.
* Customer‑focused mindset with decisions that deliver great outcomes.
You'll split your time between home and Ansty SSC (Coventry), coming into the office when it matters most for collaboration and business needs.
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).