Merchandising Admin Assistant - Pre-School and Nursery Toys
Coventry, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Job Info
* ID 260319
* Posting Date 01/08/2025, 04:36 PM
* Locations Sainsbury's Store Support Centre, Coventry, West Midlands, CV7 9RD, GB
* Closing Date 01/19/2025, 11:59 PM
* Full Time or Part Time: Full time
* Contract Type: Permanent
* Advertised Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. Our General Merchandise team delivers all the non-food items for Sainsbury’s, Habitat and Argos customers. This multi-brand environment allows you to work across various areas, fostering deep connections with other departments and opening up many career opportunities.
Why join us
Joining us as a Merchandise Admin Assistant in our Furniture teams offers an exciting opportunity to be part of a dynamic and fast-paced environment. You will provide comprehensive administrative support to our Merchandising team, gaining valuable skills and knowledge for a successful career in merchandising. We value work-life balance and offer flexibility in how, where, and when you work, empowering you to have a fulfilling personal life while contributing to our business goals.
What you'll do
As a Merchandise Admin Assistant, your primary responsibility will be to ensure accurate and timely completion of tasks that drive overall performance in the business unit. You will assist the replenishment team with store trade queries and liaise with suppliers and the imports and warehousing teams to facilitate a smooth flow of stock. Additionally, you will maintain accurate records, prepare analysis reports, update delivery schedules, and raise contracts for new orders. Attention to detail, strong analytical skills, good communication, and excellent organisational ability will be key to your success in this role.
You are a detail-oriented and highly organised individual with strong analytical and numerical skills. Your excellent written and verbal communication abilities enable you to provide comprehensive administrative support, ensuring accuracy and timeliness in all tasks. You have a customer-focused mindset and pay great attention to detail in maintaining accurate records and preparing analysis. Proficiency in MS Excel and the ability to learn new systems come naturally to you, enabling you to handle various data-related tasks.
We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, welcoming everyone. We take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and offer flexible working. When you join our team, you’ll receive a range of benefits, including colleague discounts, a pensions scheme, life cover, and a performance-related bonus of up to 5% of salary.
Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, with the option to buy additional holiday. Additional benefits include season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, pay advance, and access to discounts from hundreds of retailers. We offer 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).
Please note, due to the volume of applications we receive, our roles may close early.
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