Merchandising Controller

What you’ll be doing:

• Set-up and maintain the displays across the store with a wide range of products by following our merchandising principles and display guidelines to ensure they always look their best to appeal to our customers
• Support promotional activities and getting our stores ready for seasonal events
• Build great knowledge about our products, services and promotions to help provide recommendations
• Working flexibly across the store as required
• Always being on-hand to serve our customers brilliantly, supporting with any questions, and proactively offering help

• Friendly and welcoming with a genuine enthusiasm for helping customers
• A brilliant eye for detail, ensuring displays always look their best and the store is clutter free, always looking to create the best shopping experience
• Happy working in a fast-paced, physical and high energy environment, and thrives in being part of a team
• Takes responsibility for owning tasks and uses initiative to solve problems
• Always ready to work flexibly and productively across the store – you’ll be fully trained in a variety of skills, so you have opportunities to learn, develop and try new things
• Comfortable in learning to use new digital tools and technology to do your job brilliantly

We truly value our colleagues and provide market-leading benefits and training to reflect that:

• Discount card –10% off at Sainsbury’s, Argos, Tu, and Habitat after four weeks, increasing to 15% discount at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday, and 15% off at Argos every pay day
• Free food and hot drinks - provided for Colleagues in all our stores
• Generous holiday entitlement - based on the hours you work, plus maternity and paternity leave
• Pension – we’ll match between 4-7.5% of your pension contributions
• Sainsbury’s share schemes – buy Sainsbury’s shares at discounted prices
• Shopping discounts – special offers on gym memberships, restaurants, holidays, retail vouchers and more
• Wellbeing support
  – including free access to our Employee Assistance Programme which is a confidential service providing support and guidance on a wide range of issues

Please note that our vacancies may close quickly, so we encourage candidates to apply at their earliest convenience.