Assistant Visual Merchandiser

Salary:
Competitive Plus Benefits

Location:

Coventry Store Support Centre - Ansty Park and Home, Coventry, CV7 9RD

Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
Sainsbury's Commercial & Sustainability
Closing date: 31 July 2026

Requisition :

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 in Sainsbury’s Commercial. From product, proposition, packaging and price, to whether it meets our sustainability commitments or simply tastes great, our team is responsible for, all food, non- food and Clothing items available in Sainsbury’s stores, online and on demand.

It’s an incredibly fast-paced environment. People here are in it together and aren’t afraid to take risks. 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.

Our Visual Merchandising team plays a vital role in shaping how customers experience our products in store. Working closely with Commercial, Marketing and Retail teams, we create engaging, customer-focused displays that bring campaigns and product launches to life. This is an exciting opportunity to join a collaborative team where creativity and commercial insight come together to influence the customer journey and support business performance across our stores.

As an Assistant Visual Merchandiser, you will support the development and delivery of visual merchandising guidelines that help ensure products are presented in the right place, in the right way and at the right time. You will work across a range of product areas, supporting photography, video creation and layout building, while helping to translate brand and product strategies into practical, store-ready display solutions.
A key part of the role will involve creating visual merchandising packs, product photography and display guidelines that bring our ranges to life in store. Working closely with Marketing, Commercial and Retail teams, you’ll develop clear, engaging communications that support campaigns and product launches, while conducting store visits to review execution and identify opportunities to enhance product presentation. Sales and customer insights will also be used where appropriate to inform layout decisions and optimise displays.

You will bring a balance of creativity and commercial awareness, with the ability to use data and customer insights to support effective visual merchandising decisions. You will be comfortable working across multiple projects, managing competing priorities and delivering work to agreed deadlines while maintaining a high level of accuracy.
You will also have experience using planogram tools and Adobe Creative Suite applications, including Photoshop, to create clear and commercially effective layouts. A collaborative approach, strong organisational skills and the ability to adapt to changing priorities will help you succeed in this role.

• Ability to create and maintain product layouts using planogram software and tooling.
• Ideally previous visual merchandising experience with creating packs
• Ability to analyse sales data and customer behaviour and apply findings to layout and product presentation decisions.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite applications, including Photoshop, to support visual merchandising outputs.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deliver agreed outputs to established deadlines.
• Experience of collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver visual merchandising activities, campaigns or product launches.

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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.

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