[JOBS] DESIGNER─BEDDING/TEXTILES : SAINSBURY’S

We have a fantastic opportunity to join our business as a Designer in our bedding/textiles team working across our General Merchandise function.

If you are someone that wants the autonomy over your own categories, has strong CAD skills and wants the opportunity to grow your career with a great brand then we have the role for you!

You will support and assist the senior designer, whilst having responsibility for the creation and development of successful product ranges, adhering to current trends, customer needs and convenience, meeting KPI’s of sales, profit and market share. Management and development of an assistant where relevant.

What You Need To Do

• To design commercial, competitive, quality and functional product for the group.

• Input creativity within the team to share innovation, product trend and lifestyle

• Manage the development of the product from concept design to launch. Liaise with product development team, technologists and buyers ensuring that the critical path targets are met.

• Adhere to safety, quality and legal requirements, regularly engaging with the technical & legal teams.

• Support quality benchmark standards in line with our competitors.

• Utilise analysis of market data to inform design decisions

• Have a strong awareness of market trends and competitor ranges, and be able to produce commercial and relevant trends each season for the Sainsburys Group

• Produce design packs to an agreed standard and level in line with the critical path

• Produce briefs for the Product Development team to successfully source.

• Responsible for the creation of project briefs and top briefing sheets

• Responsible for maintenance and update of colour/theme/trend and bay boards for relevant meetings

• Liaise with the key stakeholders ahead of selection and sign off meetings

• Visit stores, trade fairs and press shows where appropriate and compile reports to distribute to the wider team.

• Attending weekly trade meetings.

• Represent the design team at graduate shows and events that Sainsbury’s Group engage with externally.

• Ability to produce quality print & pattern and illustrations utilising trend direction and pantones.

More About You

• Recent relevant design experience

• Relevant technical experience for given product range/ knowledge of manufacturing processes and working with suppliers

• Have an excellent eye for colour and trend with an ability to create artworks and palettes

• Understanding of commercial issues and proven creative ability

• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-moving dynamic retail environment

• Ability to deliver results as an individual and within a team

• Confidence to influence and engage, building relationships with key stakeholders

• Effective communicator, presenter, and team player

• Strong organisational, planning and executing skills

• Commercial Product knowledge

• Computer literate with the ability to use Photoshop and Illustrator to a competent standard

• Up to date knowledge of retail and consumer trends

• Critical path management

• Builds relationships with key stakeholders including product development

• Identifies problems and uses knowledge to develop practical solutions

Work-life balance is important to us, so we offer our colleagues as much flexibility as possible in line with the needs of their role. We trust them to decide how, where and when they work, combining remote and collaborative working with a flexible approach to hours, giving them plenty of time and space for life outside of work whilst delivering against our business goals.