Supply Chain Assistant - Tu Clothing
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: Coventry Store Support Centre - Ansty Park and Home, Coventry, CV7 9RD
Contract type: Fixed-Term Assignment
Business area: Logistics
Closing date: 02 March 2026
Requisition ID: 400050085
Why join us
Joining Sainsbury's as a Clothing Supply Chain Assistant means becoming part of a forward-thinking and collaborative team dedicated to ensuring the seamless flow of products throughout our multi-channel retail environment. As you work alongside cross-functional teams and support the Supply Chain Analyst and Lead, you will play a vital role in setting up styles accurately, maintaining updated reporting, and contributing to the successful launch of new ranges and events.
With a focus on continuous development and a supportive work environment, you will have the opportunity to showcase your skills, drive impactful results, and grow both personally and professionally within a dynamic and fast-paced retail setting.
This is a fixed term contract role based from our Coventry support office for 12 months
What you'll do
Here you will play a crucial role in ensuring the accurate setup of all styles within Forecasting and Replenishment tools, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to support timely delivery of new range launches, plinth ends, and event activities.
You will work alongside the Supply Chain Analyst to make informed trading decisions by maintaining updated reporting and manual allocations for end-of-life styles. Additionally, you will actively participate in LOAF meetings, contribute to stock builds for new stores, and provide timely responses to store queries, demonstrating a commitment to positive stakeholder engagement and the core values of Sainsbury's.
Who you are
You are a dedicated professional with a strong background in multi-channel retailing, demand forecasting, merchandising, and supply chain operations. Your high level of numeracy and ability to leverage data for informed decision-making, coupled with your agility in managing ambiguity and evolving priorities, enable you to drive commercial success and support the timely delivery of new ranges and event activities. With your collaborative approach, strong communication skills, and knack for building relationships with stakeholders, you play a pivotal role in ensuring effective cross-functional coordination and operational efficiency within the supply chain.
Essential skills needed
- Experience and working knowledge of multi-channel retailing within commercial, analytical, or operational disciplines such as Demand Forecasting, Merchandising & Supply Chain.
- Highly numerate with an ability to create, interpret, and use data to drive and influence commercial decisions.
- Ability to deal with ambiguity and determine and evolve priorities at pace.
- Ability to build new relationships and work collaboratively, while effectively influencing and communicating with a broad range of stakeholders.
- Ability to deliver results to target as an individual and within a team.
- Ability to work under pressure in a fast-moving dynamic retail environment.
- Strong understanding of how different departments, channels, and markets operate.
- Knowledge of Product Lifecycle, systemic levers, and tools to execute the plan.
- Computer literate, with systems knowledge especially Excel and MS Office
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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: 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).
