Why join us
Joining Argos as a Senior Merchandiser means becoming a key player in a leading retail organisation that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous growth. As a crucial member of the Commercial team, you will have the opportunity to shape and execute the merchandising strategy for a diverse range of products, driving profitable growth and delivering exceptional customer experiences. With a focus on developing your team, driving financial management, and leading cross-functional projects, this role offers a dynamic and challenging environment where your expertise and leadership can make a significant impact on the business.
What you'll do
As the Senior Merchandiser at Argos, you will lead the merchandising efforts within the Commercial team, responsible for translating category strategies into actionable plans to drive profitable growth for product ranges. Your role will involve overseeing the planning and execution of sourcing, selection, and trading strategies for a diverse product department, ensuring alignment with commercial objectives and target KPIs such as Sales, Margin, Stock, and Customer satisfaction. Additionally, you will play a pivotal role in coaching and developing the Merchandising team, collaborating closely with Buying counterparts to achieve category strategies and deliver a customer-focused proposition. Your responsibilities will span from creating and implementing strategic visions for product ranges to negotiating with suppliers, managing range launches, optimising promotions and events, monitoring trading performance, and ensuring financial management and stock supply targets are met. Your leadership and expertise will be crucial in driving business improvements, supporting cross-functional projects, and fostering a culture of innovation and excellence within the merchandising function.
Essential Criteria
Hybrid working from either our Coventry or London Store Support Centre on average 2 days a week, meeting at either of those locations as a team once a month
Demonstrable experience in merchandising with a proven track record of delivering results to target both individually and within a team environment
Proficiency in merchandising and replenishment systems, including technical knowledge of forecasting platforms
Ability to plan and manage stock flow across the product lifecycle using merchandising and logistics tools to meet availability targets
Experience in supplier management, including planning, negotiating annual terms, and conducting performance reviews against KPIs
Capability to lead and develop teams, including performance management, coaching, and ensuring compliance with legal and ethical standards
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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 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 20% 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, interest free car loan of up to £10k, 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, you will also be eligible for private healthcare too.
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).