Convenience Range Analyst - Grocery Drinks (10-12m FTC)
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Secondment
Business area: Food Commercial
Closing date: 08 September 2025
Requisition ID: 400015327
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 out in Food Commercial. Whether it’s the product, proposition, packaging or price, or the fact that something tastes great, our team is responsible for all food items available in store, digitally and on demand. You’ll discover it’s incredibly fast-paced. People here are in it together and not afraid to take risks. They’re enthusiastic too, and their amazing leadership team is right behind them. 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 food and just as hungry to learn, you’ll fit in perfectly.
About the team
The Convenience channel at Sainsbury’s is one of the most dynamic and rapidly growing areas of our business. Driven by evolving customer needs and changing shopping habits, we are heavily investing in our Local stores to stay ahead of the curve. This team is at the heart of our transformation and First Choice for Food Strategy, focusing on selling more of the right missions to more customers. Join a team that is shaping the future of convenience retailing through innovative strategies and customer-centric solutions.
More about the role
As a Convenience Range Analyst, you will be responsible for devising strategies that lead to the creation of optimal mission-based ranges, driving incremental sales value and enhancing customer satisfaction. Your work will reflect the latest analysis, insights, and cross-business thinking, applying convenience-specific ranging and merchandising principles to ensure consistency and effectiveness.
You will lead the RangeComm process end-to-end, coordinating stakeholder engagement and managing projects to time. You will also champion the convenience customer within your category teams, updating and upskilling range and space principles. Expect to be involved in strategic planning, trade plan design, space optimisation, and post-investment reviews.
More about you
You will be strategic in your approach, capable of building and executing plans that align with category vision and business needs. You should be comfortable with numbers, quick to adapt to tools and systems, and possess advanced Excel skills. Your ability to interpret customer decision hierarchies and apply insights from various sources will be key to your success.
We are looking for someone who is organised, efficient, and experienced in managing complex projects. You should demonstrate excellent communication skills, creativity, and the ability to empower and support team members. Knowledge of merchandising software such as JDA is desirable.
Essential criteria
- All candidates must demonstrate the following:
- Proven experience in strategic range planning and merchandising.
- Demonstratable ability to manage complex projects within budget and timelines.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
- Ability to interpret customer insights and apply them to range development.
- Experience in stakeholder engagement and cross-functional collaboration
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 20% 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, and we provide private healthcare. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, interest free car loan of up to £10k, 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).
