Merchandising Controller
Rate: £12.95 per hour
Location: Yatton Store, Yatton, BS49 4GT
Hours: Part time, 24 hours per week
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Retail
Closing date: 27 April 2025
Requisition ID: 300311
Shift hours
Working four days a week including Tuesday evenings.
Early shift: 06:00 - 14:00
Late shift: 13:00 - 21:00
This position is for the new store in Yatton due to open soon, with interviews being held at the nearby store: Clevedon.
Please Read and Be Aware of The Following Before Applying:
Only apply for ONE vacancy at this store, as your application will be considered for all positions available, only one interview will be required. Additional applications will be withdrawn.
There is limited public transport available in the local area. Please check that you are able to attend all shift times advertised before applying for the role.
Flexibility of hours is important. Confirmation of actual hours could be different to those advertised within the advert.
Training will be completed at a different site so travel to and from training locations are essential.
If you’re passionate about great standards through visually eye-catching displays to wow our customers - then this could be the role for you. As a Merchandising Controller, you’ll be responsible for following our merchandising principles to create and maintain the displays across the store to sell our amazing product ranges and provide a brilliant shopping experience for our customers.
In practice it will be your job to implement the latest product layouts, working closely with colleagues to ensure our in-store displays are looking their best and our products are readily available to customers. You’ll be able to follow the display guidelines, but also be confident in using your initiative to make things as simple to colleagues and customers alike. Additionally, you will be on hand for our customers, providing a friendly, professional face to deal with queries, providing expert advice to keep them coming back.
You’ll also bring the flexibility we need to ensure a seamless customer experience, by working where you’re needed most whether that’s adapting your work pattern to support promotional activities, getting our stores ready for seasonal events, advising customers on the shop floor or helping with replenishment activities.
What’s great is that you don’t need to bring any specific experience to this role – you just need to bring your best attitude to work, make things happen at pace and overall be yourself. You’re friendly, you enjoy helping people and it really shows. Plus, you’re comfortable with the idea of learning to use new technology and gadgets to do your job – and to do it very well.
Sainsbury's will only recruit individuals who have passed the school leaver’s age. To find out the school leavers age for your country please visit: https://www.gov.uk/know-when-you-can-leave-school
Alongside a market leading rate of pay, we also offer a great range of benefits for all our colleagues:
- Discount card – 10% discount off on your shopping at Sainsbury’s, Argos, Tu and Habitat after four weeks. This increases to 15% discount off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday, and 15% off at Argos every pay day.
- Free food and hot drinks provided for Colleagues in all our stores.
- Generous holiday entitlement - based on the hours you work.
- Shopping discounts – special offers on gym memberships, restaurants, holidays, retail vouchers and more.
- Family leave – generous maternity and paternity leave.
- Pension – Sainsbury’s will match between 4-7.5% of your pension contributions.
- Sainsbury’s share schemes – allowing you to buy Sainsbury’s shares at discounted prices and the option to buy shares monthly from your gross salary to build up an investment.
- Wellbeing support – including free access to our Employee Assistance Programme which is a confidential service providing support and guidance on a wide range of issues.
