New Business Merchandiser
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: Coventry Store Support Centre - Ansty Park and Home, Coventry, CV7 9RD
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Argos
Closing date: 01 June 2026
Requisition ID: 400061416
At Argos, we’re a digital-led UK retailer that keeps pushing boundaries to meet every generation with what they want, how and when they want it. As a market leader in general merchandise, serving millions of customers through our website, app, same-day delivery and Click & Collect services, we offer real opportunities to learn, grow and shape your career. With roles spanning Commercial, Buying, Merchandising, Design and Supply Chain, through to Digital, Operations, Customer Experience, Marketing, and People and Transformation , you will work with brilliant colleagues and directly shape how we serve our customers every day. From enabling inspiring choice across our owned brands, including Habitat, Chad Valley and Bush, alongside the world’s biggest brands like Apple, Lego, Xbox and Samsung, to making shopping effortlessly convenient, championing trusted value and accelerating our strategy - Argos is an exciting place to build your future.
About the team
Our Argos Commercial & Digital team plays a central role in delivering innovative, customer-focused propositions within the Services & Propositions division. The New Business team is responsible for identifying and scaling new category opportunities that drive profitable growth. Working cross-functionally with Buying, Digital, Marketing and Supply Chain, the team delivers compelling, data-led product ranges that meet evolving customer needs and support long-term business strategy.
More about the role
As a New Business Merchandiser, you will be responsible for delivering customer-focused ranges and executing the SDF New Business strategy through effective planning, forecasting and stock management. You will own the development and phasing of sales and margin budgets, ensuring accurate forecasting across key KPIs including sales, profit, stock and availability. Working closely with the New Business Buyer, you will support the creation and delivery of category strategies and joint business plans with suppliers.
Day to day, you will manage trading performance, reviewing weekly results and adapting plans to optimise performance. You will collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders including Buying, Digital, Supply Chain and external suppliers to deliver promotional, pricing and inventory plans. You will also oversee the lifecycle of products, from launch through to range exit, while ensuring strong data integrity, process compliance and operational efficiency. In addition, you will coach and support an Assistant Merchandiser and contribute to continuous improvement in ways of working.
More about you
You will have strong analytical and numerical skills, with experience working in a merchandising or planning environment. You are confident managing budgets, forecasts and stock plans, and are comfortable using data to inform decisions and identify opportunities to improve performance. You are organised, detail-focused and able to prioritise effectively in a fast-paced retail environment.
You are a collaborative team player with strong communication skills, able to build effective relationships with stakeholders and suppliers. You are confident influencing decisions, managing competing priorities and delivering to deadlines. You maintain a high level of accuracy and compliance in your work and are committed to continuous improvement and developing both yourself and others.
Essential criteria
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Experience managing sales, stock or margin plans within a merchandising or planning environment
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Ability to analyse and interpret data to produce forecasts and inform trading decisions
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Experience using merchandising or planning systems and advanced Excel skills
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Proven ability to manage and review performance against KPIs such as sales, stock and availability
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Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver trading, promotional or range plans
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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 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.Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).
