Personal Assistant - Clothing
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: Coventry Store Support Centre - Ansty Park and Home, Coventry, CV7 9RD
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Food Commercial
Closing date: 15 August 2025
Requisition ID: 400012049
We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. Here, everything in our stores starts out in Food Commercial. Whether it’s the product, proposition, packaging or price, or the fact that something tastes great, our team is responsible for all food items available in store, digitally and on demand. You’ll discover it’s incredibly fast-paced. People here are in it together and not afraid to take risks. They’re enthusiastic too, and their amazing leadership team is right behind them. The knowledge and experience you gain here could set you up for career moves, anywhere else in the business. So, if you’re passionate about food and just as hungry to learn, you’ll fit in perfectly.
Why join us
Joining the Clothing team at Sainsbury's offers a unique opportunity to provide essential support to senior management, contributing to the success and efficiency of the department. As a PA, you will play a pivotal role in coordinating and managing various administrative tasks while fostering relationships with key stakeholders. With a focus on professionalism, confidentiality, and proactive engagement, you will have the chance to showcase your organisational skills and attention to detail, ultimately making a meaningful impact within a dynamic and collaborative environment.
What you'll do
As the Personal Assistant to the Clothing Leadership team, you will play a crucial role in providing professional and proactive support by managing administrative tasks, coordinating projects, and ensuring effective communication on behalf of the Directors. Your responsibilities will include maintaining confidentiality while managing email and diary schedules, preparing accurate communications, organising meetings and travel arrangements, supporting presentation preparation, managing departmental schedules and expenses, and executing ad hoc projects as required. Your ability to prioritise workload, simplify processes, and engage with stakeholders at all levels will be essential in supporting the Clothing Leadership team in meeting their commitments and driving key initiatives forward on a daily basis.
Who you are
You are an experienced professional with a proven track record in providing high-level administrative support to senior managers. With excellent communication skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to handle confidential information with integrity and discretion, you excel in managing complex diaries, coordinating meetings, and liaising with internal and external stakeholders effectively. Your proactive approach, problem-solving skills, and ability to prioritise workload in a fast-paced environment demonstrate your capability to support the Clothing Leadership team in meeting their commitments and driving operational excellence on a day-to-day basis.
Essential Criteria
- Proven track record providing PA support to a senior manager, proactively looking ahead in the diary and ensuring that the diary is well managed and thoughtfully planned and that the Director has the relevant meeting documents.
- Proven excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent computer skills (Microsoft packages to include Teams, PowerPoint, Excel, Word and Office 365) and knowledge of Sainsbury’s systems (or capability to learn at pace)
- Experience in minute taking for confidential meetings.
- Proven experience of simplifying processes for multiple stakeholders
- Proven analytical skills
- Proven ability to organise and prioritise workload
- Ability to draft presentations and compile reports on behalf of the Directors
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 save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. 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 up to an additional week's 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, salary 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).
