Why join us
Joining Sainsbury's as a Technologist means being part of a forward-thinking and collaborative team that is dedicated to delivering high-quality products to our customers. As a Technologist, you will play a crucial role in managing all aspects of product and technical plans, ensuring adherence to quality, safety, and legality standards. Collaborating with suppliers, internal teams, and stakeholders, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the development and delivery of great quality products that meet customer expectations. With a focus on continuous improvement and innovation, you will be part of a global team that embraces change and strives to make a positive impact. At Sainsbury's, we value inclusivity, professional growth, and teamwork, and we prioritise the customer in every decision we make. Join us and be part of a company that offers exciting challenges, development opportunities, and a supportive work environment.
What you'll do
As a Technologist with Sainsbury's in the Global Clothing Technical division, you will be responsible for managing the delivery of all aspects of the Sainsbury's Argos General Merchandise & Clothing product and technical plans, with a focus on quality, safety, legality, and supplier performance. Collaborating with suppliers, cross-functional teams, and retail teams, you will ensure that great quality products are consistently produced to the correct standards. Your role will involve risk assessment, supplier selection, product appraisal, competitor benchmarking, range reviews, and post-implementation reviews. Additionally, you will create and manage technical records, resolve product issues, drive continuous improvement, and contribute to the technical strategy, all while adhering to company procedures and legal guidelines. Being commercially aware, adaptable, and communicative is essential for success in this role.
Who you are
As a Technologist for Sainsbury's in the Global Clothing Technical division, you are a highly skilled professional responsible for managing the delivery of all aspects of the General Merchandise & Clothing product and technical plans. With a strong focus on quality, safety, legality, and supplier performance, you collaborate with various stakeholders to ensure the consistent production of great quality products that meet customer expectations and internal KPIs. With your experience in a technical environment, attention to detail, and commercial awareness, you drive the technical agenda, resolve issues, and implement cost reduction initiatives while ensuring compliance with company procedures and legal guidelines. Your effective communication, problem-solving skills, and ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced retail environment contribute to the success of the team and the delivery of top-notch products.
Joining the team at Argos, you'll find yourself at the forefront of UK retail, in a brand that is loved by millions of customers across the country. Argos is a market leader in the general merchandise sector, with the third most visited retail website and a market leading same day delivery and click&collect service. Whether it's working across our amazing owned-brands of Habitat, Chad Valley and Bush, or working with the biggest global consumer brands like Apple, Lego, Xbox or Samsung, we have a breadth of opportunity to nurture your career. With roles across Buying, Merchandising, Design, Technical, or Commercial Planning or Operations, we have teams that always strive to make amazing product to delight our customers. The Argos Commercial teams work closely with many other functions across the business like Digital, Marketing, Retail and Logistics to deliver for our customers, allowing you to develop connections and learn from teams across the business. Development is important to us and you’ll have the full support of your line manager in developing and growing your skill set and aiding your career aspirations.
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 for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).