Category Planner

**Category Planner - Meat, Fish and Poultry**:
**Salary**:Competitive Plus Benefits**
**Location**:London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA**
**Contract type**:Permanent**
**Business area**:Food Commercial**
**Closing date**:18 September 2025**
**Requisition ID**:400018896**:
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.

Why join us

Joining the Category Planning team at Sainsbury's means being part of a team that is always one step ahead, driving innovation and delivering exceptional value to our customers. As a Category Planner for Meat, Fish, and Poultry, you'll have the opportunity to collaborate with a diverse group of strategic thinkers and problem solvers, working alongside stakeholders from various departments to execute our promotional plans and maximise our category's impact. With your analytical skills and attention to detail, you'll play a vital role in shaping our promotional strategy, utilising data and insights to drive improvements and deliver on our corporate objectives. At Sainsbury's, we value work-life balance and provide a flexible working environment that empowers our colleagues to excel in their roles while enjoying a fulfilling personal life. Join us to make a difference and be part of a team that thrives on providing the best for our customers.

What you'll do

You will play a crucial role in driving the overall value proposition for the category. Working alongside a diverse team of problem solvers and strategic thinkers, you will collaborate with various stakeholders, including Buyers, Marketing, Commercial Operations, and our supply base. Your expertise in in-depth analysis and meticulous attention to detail will be the driving force behind how we deliver against our corporate strategy, managing promotional space to showcase value and innovation to our customers, and implementing channel activations for the Beers, Wines, and Spirits category. You will take ownership of executing promotional timelines, ensuring best practises and first-time delivery, and communicate the retail execution of our promotional plan and seasonal events. Additionally, you will optimise and maximise promotional space for Convenience and Online Meat, Fish, and Poultry, utilising data and insights to inform promotional plans and drive improvements. Your goal is to support the evolution of the Meat, Fish, and Poultry promotional strategy while building a strong insight and knowledge base to enhance our capabilities.

Who you are

You are a proactive and strategic thinker with a keen eye for identifying opportunities and making effective decisions in a fast-paced retail environment. With your solid understanding of retail, customer insights, and buying or promotions knowledge, you play a pivotal role in delivering the overall value proposition for the category. Your exceptional project management and analytical skills enable you to effectively manage promotional timelines, optimise promotional space, and drive improvements through data-driven insights. With excellent communication and influencing abilities, you collaborate closely with stakeholders across the organisation and build strong working relationships to ensure the successful implementation and communication of promotional plans. Your strong sense of initiative, problem-solving skills, and drive for process improvement contribute to the continuous evolution of the Meat, Fish, and Poultry's promotional strategy, ultimately enhancing the customer experience and achieving our corporate goals.

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 Sat