Assistant Sourcing 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: 21 May 2025
Requisition ID: 305247We'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.
Non Food - Assistant Sourcing Merchandiser C3
Why join us
Joining our team at Sainsbury's Argos as an Assistant Sourcing Merchandiser presents an exciting opportunity to be a part of our vibrant and dynamic organisation in Milton Keynes. As a key player in identifying and developing optimal sourcing opportunities across our renowned brands, including Sainsbury's, Argos, and Habitat, you will contribute to our Global Sourcing Strategy while ensuring ethical and technical standards are met. With a focus on supplier engagement, product development, and order management, you will have the chance to make a real impact on our supply base and commercial objectives. We foster a culture of collaboration, continuous development, and adherence to our colleague values, providing a supportive and engaging environment to thrive in. Join us and be part of a team that is committed to delivering great results, driving innovation, and shaping the future of retail.
What you'll do
As an Assistant Sourcing Merchandiser at Sainsbury's Argos, your role will be pivotal in supporting the identification, development, and account management of optimal sourcing opportunities for General Merchandise across our brands. Working closely with the Sourcing Manager, you will contribute to implementing the department strategy and delivering key performance indicators. This will involve ensuring a robust supply base that aligns with our Global Sourcing Strategy and meets our ethical and technical standards. You will support the entire sourcing process, from supplier engagement to supplier set up, while maintaining commercial awareness of market trends. Additionally, you will play a vital role in tracking product development, maintaining quotation records, and facilitating price negotiations with suppliers to achieve margin objectives. Furthermore, you will support the order management process, establish effective communication with colleagues and suppliers, and actively contribute to the success of the team by demonstrating strong communication, negotiation, and organisational skills.
Who you are
As an Assistant Sourcing Merchandiser at Sainsbury's Argos, you are a highly motivated and skilled professional with excellent communication and negotiation abilities. With your experience in a commercial role within the retail industry, you bring a strong understanding of market trends and commercial awareness to support the identification and development of optimal sourcing opportunities across multiple brands. Your numeracy and analytical skills, along with proficiency in Excel, enable you to analyse data and contribute to achieving commercial objectives. With a keen eye for organisation and adherence to operational procedures, you deliver great results and proactively identify solutions. Your commitment to personal development and teamwork, coupled with the demonstration of colleague values, ensure your success in this role.
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 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.