Designer - Essentials for Lingerie and Swimwear

Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: Coventry Store Support Centre - Ansty Park and Home, Coventry, CV7 9RD
Contract type: Fixed-Term Assignment
Business area: Food Commercial
Closing date: 18 August 2025
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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 Sainsbury's stores starts out in Sainsbury's Commercial. Whether it's the product, proposition, packaging or price, or the fact that something tastes great, our team is responsible for all food, non- food and Clothing items available in Sainsbury's stores, 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 your products and just as hungry to learn, you'll fit in perfectly.

When you join our design team at Sainsbury's, you become an integral part of our mission to deliver on our 'brands that deliver' strategy. As passionate individuals who are dedicated to making a positive impact on our customers, colleagues, and environment, we work collaboratively to create attractive, trend-driven clothing options that align with our values and exceed customer expectations. Your role as a Designer will involve shaping and delivering design strategies, identifying commercial opportunities, and ensuring the seamless development and launch of products. With our flexible working policy, we prioritise work-life balance, giving you the freedom to optimise your hours and unleash your creativity while making a difference in the retail industry. Join us in our values-driven culture and be part of a team where your potential is valued and nurtured.

What you'll do

You will play a crucial role in delivering our Category Design Strategy and ensuring that Tu clothing remains relevant and appealing to our customers. Working within the guidelines of the Tu Brand handwriting, you will be responsible for the development and delivery of design strategies for a given category, as well as owning your own category development when appropriate. Your responsibilities will include creating mood boards, design themes, and supporting the delivery of macro and category trends. You will identify new commercial product opportunities aligned with category and marketing growth plans, and design commercial and competitive product ranges tailored to key customer profiles. Additionally, you will collaborate with suppliers to achieve optimum product cost through effective design and engineering, and oversee the product development process from concept design to launch. Your role will involve liaising with various teams, such as Product Technologists and Buyers, to ensure quality standards, cost targets, and critical path targets are met. As a champion for sustainability, you will incorporate sustainable practises in both how we work and the products we deliver. To excel in this role, you should have experience in retail, specifically in clothing, jewellery, or watches markets, and possess strong commercial awareness. You should be knowledgeable about product design and development in the retail industry, with technical expertise in clothing and manufacturing processes. Proficiency in computer software such as Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop is essential, and you should demonstrate strategic thinking and customer-centric decision-making. Above all, you should exemplify positive leadership behaviours and thrive in a values-driven culture that encourages colleagues to be themselves and achieve their full potential.

Essential skills

• Hybrid working from our Coventry Store Support Centre on average 2 days a week
• Demonstrable experience in product design and development within the retail industry, with relevant technical knowledge of clothing and manufacturing processes, including product and cost engineering
• Proficient in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, with the ability to produce high-standard design assets and packs for supplier briefing
• Proven ability to deliver commercial and competitive product ranges aligned to customer profiles and category growth plans
• Experience managing product development from concept through to launch, collaborating with Buying, Technical, Global Sourcing, and Merchandising teams to meet cost, quality, and critical path targets
• Demonstrable understanding of UK retail market dynamics, with awareness of international influences and the ability to identify new opportunities that create competitive advantage

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.