Furniture Designer
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: Coventry Store Support Centre - Ansty Park and Home, Coventry, CV7 9RD
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Non Food
Closing date: 17 October 2025
Requisition ID: 400023686
Non Food - Designer - Furniture
Why join us
Joining our team at Sainsbury's as a Designer in our Furniture Team presents an incredible opportunity for talented individuals who are passionate about design and have a keen eye for trends. As part of our dynamic design team, you will be instrumental in delivering inspirational designs that align with our category vision and ambition. With the chance to work closely with suppliers, mentor junior team members, and collaborate on the entire product development process, you will have the freedom to showcase your creativity and contribute to innovation, product trends, and lifestyle. At Sainsbury's, we value your dedication to quality, safety, and legal compliance, and provide a supportive environment where you can excel, grow, and shape the future of our product categories. Apply now to be part of our exciting journey.
What you'll do
You will manage relationships with suppliers and collaborate with their design teams to create original and exclusive products. Your excellent communication skills will allow you to effectively represent the team in front of key stakeholders. You will manage your time effectively to meet deadlines and ensure the timely delivery of projects. From designing commercial and functional aspects of products to translating customer needs into deliverable attributes, you will contribute to innovation, product trends, and lifestyle. Staying informed about market trends and competitor ranges, attending trade fairs and press shows, and conducting competitor shop reports will further enhance your role as a Designer. Your passion for the brand, customer focus, and effective communication and teamwork skills will contribute to the growth and success of our product categories. Showcase your design work and creative ability to be considered for this role and join us in delivering outstanding designs and shaping the future of our product categories.
Who you are
You possess a keen eye for trends, a flair for creativity, and a deep understanding of the market and customer needs. With a proven track record in delivering inspirational designs, you thrive in a fast-paced retail environment and excel in collaborating with suppliers and external designers to create original and exclusive products. Your strong project management skills allow you to effectively manage the development of products from concept to launch, ensuring adherence to safety, quality, and legal standards. As a clear communicator and team leader, you mentor and guide junior team members while representing the team in front of key stakeholders. Your creativity, market knowledge, and proficiency in design software enable you to contribute to innovation, identify new trends, and drive the growth and success of our product categories at Sainsbury ’s.
Essential Criteria
- Based at our Coventry Store Support Centre 2-3 days per week. Travelling to the Milton Keynes studio 1-2 days per month
- Previous furniture design experience within a retailer
- Diverse handwriting style, not just modern or traditional
- Proficient in design software
- Please attach a copy of your portfolio or provide a link
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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 get 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks. This increases to 15% off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day. 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 additional 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, pay 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).
