Digital Trading Lead - Argos

Job description

Job Description
We'd all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That's waiting for you at Sainsbury's. Our digital team is a big team that reaches millions of customers each week - with tangible results. It's also a place where you could get to discover different parts of the business, as you'll have every chance to experience more than one. The culture in Digital is one of failing fast and experimenting, so from trading through to merchandising and forecasting, you'll be part of a truly agile environment.

Digital - Digital Trading Lead - Argos

Why join us

Joining our team at Sainsbury's means being part of a forward-thinking organisation that puts the customer at the heart of everything we do. With digital transformation at the core of our vision, we provide exciting opportunities to drive innovation and deliver exceptional experiences across our brands. As a Digital Trading Lead for the Argos GM division, you will have the chance to shape and execute comprehensive digital plans, driving growth and improvement in digital metrics. You will work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and external stakeholders, utilising data and insights to inform strategies and deliver results. We offer a dynamic and fast-paced environment where you can thrive, develop your skills, and make a real impact on the digital retail landscape. With attractive benefits, a flexible working approach, and a commitment to equal opportunities, we welcome candidates who are passionate about e-Commerce and retail, even if they are still building their experience. Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and personal growth.

What you'll do

As the Digital Trading Lead at Sainsbury's, you will play a crucial role in owning and driving the performance and growth of specific categories across digital channels. You will report into the divisional Digital Trading Manager, and be part of the wider GM eCommerce team.

Your responsibilities will include developing and executing comprehensive digital plans, driving improvements in digital sales growth, utilising tools and insights to enhance digital metrics and commercial outcomes, collaborating with key stakeholders to prioritise projects and activities, managing and delivering applicable Argos GM Commercial and Ecommerce projects, ensuring clear communication and execution of content plans, attending key meetings to provide performance updates and shape commercial strategy, analysing data and insights to inform promotional and category planning activities, identifying trading improvement opportunities and risks, building strong relationships with suppliers, and ensuring compliance with legal frameworks. In this dynamic and fast-paced environment, you will apply your passion for e-commerce and retail, strategic planning skills, analytical capabilities, negotiation abilities, and customer focus to deliver exceptional results and drive the success of the digital trading division.

This role will have a direct report - Digital Trading Executive to manage.

Who you are

As a Digital Trading Lead for Sainsbury's, you are a passionate and results-driven professional with a strong background in e-commerce and retail. With your experience in building and delivering strategic plans aligned to business objectives, you excel in fast-paced and pressured environments, effectively managing projects within timelines and budgets. Your strong analytical and numerical capabilities allow you to make data-driven recommendations and drive improvements in digital sales growth. With your negotiation skills and ability to prioritise effectively, you collaborate with various stakeholders to identify and activate projects across digital platforms. Your customer focus, proactive mindset, and ability to anticipate future risks and opportunities contribute to the success of your team and the overall business goals. Your excellent communication skills and trust-building abilities enable you to execute on strategic agendas and drive impactful results.

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).