Clearance Administrator
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: 05 March 2025
Requisition ID: 292205
We’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.
Why join us
Joining the Clearance and Returns Team at Argos means becoming part of a dynamic and collaborative environment where you will play a crucial role in maximising margin and minimising returns. As a Clearance Administrator, you will have the opportunity to provide essential support in selling damaged and pristine stock, ensuring efficient recovery and stock management. With a strong emphasis on problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and effective communication, you will contribute to the success of our team and the overall business. We value work-life balance and offer flexibility in how, where, and when you work, enabling you to achieve personal and professional fulfilment. By joining us, you will be part of a team dedicated to continuous improvement, enhancing processes, and building strong relationships both internally and externally.
What you'll do
As a Clearance Administrator within our Clearance and Returns Team, your primary responsibility will be to provide administrative support in selling damaged and pristine stock to our trade supplier base, with the aim of maximising recoveries and managing stock holding efficiently. You will play a key role in ensuring that all stock listings are accurately accounted for, tracked, and processed in a timely manner. Additionally, you will be responsible for building stock listings for sale on our auction site, setting starting auction prices to facilitate efficient stock clearance and recovery. You will manage the list of approved Jobbers, ensuring their adherence to our terms and conditions, and handle the tracking and chasing of payments for stock. Furthermore, you will provide reporting on stock levels, sales activity, and invoicing information, liaise with third-party providers and internal teams, and offer support in returns prevention initiatives. Your success will be measured by the maximisation of margin from products sold, reduction in stock holding requiring clearance, accurate and timely reporting, and continuous improvement in processes and internal relationships.
Who you are
The ideal candidate will thrive in a remote setting, demonstrating excellent self-discipline and the ability to work autonomously. They should be comfortable with limited direct interaction and excel in managing their own workload. You are a highly organised and detail-oriented professional with a strong focus on maximising margin from returned, recycled, or clearance products. With your excellent numerical skills and proficiency in Excel, you ensure accurate and efficient processing of stock listings for sale on Argosclearance.co.uk, setting optimal auction prices to clear stock while maximising recovery. Your problem-solving skills and common-sense approach enable you to handle queries, resolve operational issues, and maintain productive relationships with third-party providers and internal teams. Your self-motivation and ability to work independently, coupled with your adaptable nature and commitment to continuous improvement, contribute to the success of our stock clearance initiatives. Additionally, your excellent communication skills and customer service mindset ensure effective internal and external communication.
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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: Please note, due to the volume of applications we receive, our roles may close early.
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 www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).
