Convenience Range Merchandiser - Meat, Fish, and Poultry
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Food Commercial
Closing date: 25 January 2026
Requisition ID: 400045029
Why join us
Joining Sainsbury's as a Convenience Range Merchandiser means being at the forefront of the rapidly growing Convenience channel and playing a pivotal role in shaping the First Choice for food Strategy. With a focus on delivering mission-based ranges and collaborating with various stakeholders, you will have the opportunity to influence range changes, optimise space, and drive incremental category spend and customer satisfaction. As part of a supportive team, you will apply your expertise in convenience-specific principles and merchandising strategies to make a significant impact on the customer experience and business success.
What you'll do
As the Convenience Range Merchandiser, you will be at the forefront of driving the end-to-end execution of "mission based" ranges, collaborating closely with Range Analysts and Buyers to align with the commercial strategy for the category. Your role will involve leveraging data analysis, market insights, and consumer knowledge to deliver optimal distributions for each ranging activity, while designing and implementing a market-winning trade plan that aligns with the channel's ambition. You will proactively review range performance, identify range opportunities for incremental category spend, and communicate range changes effectively to ensure successful implementation in stores. Additionally, you will consult with the Convenience Central team to propose and evolve ranging and merchandising principles, showcasing your project management skills, ability to manage multiple projects, and influence stakeholders at all levels.
Who you are
You are a skilled professional with a deep understanding of convenience-specific merchandising principles and guidelines, essential for delivering optimal ranging strategies for the rapidly growing Convenience channel. Your ability to analyse data, collaborate with stakeholders, and apply market and consumer knowledge allows you to project manage ranging activities, identify range opportunities, and drive incremental category spend and customer satisfaction. With excellent project management skills, effective communication, and the capacity to make informed decisions in complex situations, you play a pivotal role in implementing market-winning trade plans and ensuring the success of ranging initiatives in alignment with the commercial strategy.
Essential Criteria:
- Strong communication skills, with confidence in presenting objectives and influencing stakeholders at all levels, including Senior Leadership.
- Ability to stand by and advocate for own work, demonstrating resilience and professionalism in challenging discussions.
- Analytical capability, including proficiency with data analysis, Excel, and adaptability to learn new tools such as ranging systems.
- Commercial acumen, with an understanding of how decisions impact profitability and business performance.
- Project management skills, including managing time and resources effectively to deliver ranging projects.
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 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 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 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).
