Category Admin

Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK supermarket chain is looking for a Category Admin to support the Womenswear Clothing team. This role involves managing product data, supporting key meetings, and ensuring efficient operation of the denim and casual bottoms category. Ideal candidates have excellent administrative skills, are detail-focused, and have a passion for clothing. The position offers competitive salary, benefits, and a flexible working environment between home and the office.

Benefits

Colleague discount up to 15%

Pension scheme

Annual holiday allowance

Performance-related bonus

Health cash plans

Responsibilities

• Support the Senior Buyer and Designers to ensure smooth operation.
• Maintain accurate SKU and pricing information.
• Manage supplier and product data efficiently.

Skills

Excellent administrative and organisational skills

High accuracy and strong attention to detail

Confidence with data entry and maintaining product information

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Proactive approach with the ability to learn new systems

A passion for clothing, ideally with interest or experience in fashion or product-focused roles

Job description

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: 20 January 2026
Requisition ID: 400045607

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 оке 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.

6‑Month FTC

Join our Womenswear Clothing team and play a key part in bringing great denim and casual bottoms to life for our customers. As a Category Admin, you’ll be at the heart of our product journey supporting the team with essential admin tasks, keeping our data accurate, and helping make sure every style lands just as it should.

What You’ll Do

You’ll work closely with our Senior Buyer, Designers, and the wider Buying team to keep everything running smoothly. From pulling product and preparing samples, to maintaining accurate SKU and pricing information, you’ll make sure our denim and casual bottoms category operates efficiently and compliantly.

Your day‑to‑day will involve supporting key meetings, updating critical path actions, managing supplier and product data, and ensuring all admin tasks are completed to the highest standard. You’ll also help download, share, and thấy reports for trading and strategy meetings, gaining a strong understanding of how great product gets made.

Who You Are

You’re someone who genuinely loves product, especially womenswear, and has a natural curiosity for how great fashion comes'effect together. You thrive in detail‑focused work, enjoy organising information, and take real pride in accuracy.

With a positive, proactive attitude, you’re confident building relationships across teams and keen to develop your skills in a buying environment. You’re a self‑starter who enjoys working in a fast‑moving retail environment, stays calm under pressure, and is eager to learn more about the denim and casual bottoms category.

Essential Criteria

• Excellent administrative and organisational skills
• High accuracy and strong attention to detail
• Confidence with data entry and maintaining product information
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Proactive approach with the ability to learn new systems
• A passion for clothing, ideally with interest or experience in fashion or product‑focused roles

You’ll split your time between home and Ansty SSC (Coventry), coming into the office when it matters most for collaboration and business needs.

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you’ll be welcomed whatever 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 who 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 a colleague discount, you'll be able to save 10% on your shopping online and in‑store 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 5% 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) and 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).