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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: 31 October 2025
Requisition ID: 400030335

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 Sainsbury’s stores starts out in Sainsbury’s Commercial. Whether it’s the product, proposition, packaging or price, or the fact that something tastes great, our team is responsible for all food, non- food and Clothing items available in Sainsbury’s stores, 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 your products and just as hungry to learn, you’ll fit in perfectly.

Are you a garment designer with a flair for creating standout, trend-led girlswear? This is your opportunity to join a passionate and collaborative team where your creativity will shape inspiring, multi-product collections for younger and older girls. We’re looking for someone who lives and breathes fashion, understands the high street customer, and thrives in a fast-paced, design-led environment. Whether you come from a retailer or supplier background, if you’re ready to take the next step in your career and bring your garment expertise to a brand that values innovation, collaboration, and commercial success — we’d love to hear from you.

What you’ll do

  • Support the Senior Designer in developing and delivering the design strategy for Girlswear.
  • Own your category development when appropriate, creating mood boards and seasonal design themes.
  • Drive macro and category trends, identifying new commercial opportunities aligned with growth plans.
  • Design competitive, multi-product garment ranges that resonate with our customer profiles.
  • Apply your technical knowledge to engineer product for commercial success, achieving optimal cost and design.
  • Lead the development process from concept through to launch, briefing suppliers directly or via global teams.
  • Collaborate with Product Technologists and Buyers to ensure right-first-time samples and critical path adherence.
  • Review aesthetic and commercial fit, always designing with the customer at the heart of every decision.
  • Share trend, styling, and product information with Marketing, PR, and Digital teams to support key stories and messages.
  • Build strong relationships with our global supply base and internal stakeholders across Buying, Technical, Sourcing, and Merchandising.
  • Champion sustainability in both design process and product delivery.
  • Manage and support assistants in their day-to-day workload, fostering a collaborative and agile working environment.
  • Travel for development trips as needed, and seek inspiration from trend books, trade fairs, shops, museums, and galleries.

Essential Criteria

  • Previous experience in garment design, with a proven track record across multi-product ranges.
  • Background in designing for a high street retailer or supplier, ideally within girlswear or womenswear.
  • Strong commercial awareness and understanding of UK and international retail dynamics.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage and mentor assistants effectively.
  • Experience working cross-functionally with Buying, Technical, Sourcing, and Merchandising teams.
  • Technical knowledge of clothing manufacturing processes and product engineering.
  • Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, plus other relevant design packages.
  • Excellent organisational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities.
  • A proactive, positive, and agile approach to working, with a passion for continuous learning and development.
  • Commitment to legal, ethical, and sustainability standards.

Please upload a small selection of your portfolio alongside your CV when applying.

 

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 10% 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. 

  

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