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Summary of the Role’s Main Purpose:

• To design and develop successful homeware product ranges within time and cost restraints under the guidance of the design manager
• To collaborate creatively with the design team and buying teams in identifying and creating appropriate product for the Sainsbury’s customer
• To drive innovation and creativity with commercial awareness and an established handwriting on a given category.

Principle Accountabilities:

• Have a strong awareness of trend and be able to produce commercial and relevant product ranges each season
• Responsible for the development of appropriate product and sampling within critical path deadlines
• To take strong ownership of a given category, not only delivering trend but developingHave an established knowledge of manufacturing processes and build supplier relationships within a given category
• To build on past successes and future trends to lead the development of a given range
• Be able to present at a senior level

Measures of Success:

• Development & selection of commercial product that is well received by product and management teams
• Successful sales from product in store
• Positive feedback from team members & managers
• An enthused designer who enjoys their role

Resources available to the Job-holder:

• CAD packages of Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator
• Inspirational shopping trips

Level of Decision-making Authority:

Intermediate

Core Areas of Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• Have a passion for product
• A good taste level and an eye for identifying appropriate trends & product
• Eagerness and enthusiasm to achieve the best results
• To be a team player
• A commercial awareness of the Homewares market
• The ability to produce clear & focused design packs (ideally on CAD)
• The ability to articulate well product ideas & concepts to peers and managers
• Good organisational skills and a focused method of working
• Good presentation skills
• Experience of Far East travel and Manufacturing
• Be experienced in international inspirational shopping

Evidence of the following Sainsbury's Leadership Behaviours:

• Uses knowledge to develop practical solutions to problems that fit with other processes
• Takes advantage of every opportunity to communicate relevant information and is always approachable and visible to the team
• Ensuring customer feedback is used to influence decisions made
• Addresses difficult issues in an open and constructive way. Asking appropriate questions about performance rather than telling an answer
• Uses processes to get results and recognising when to go outside of the process when the issue requires it
• By looking to be stretched at work, stretching others and not reacting defensively to change

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£Competitive + Benefits