Technologist - Children's Furniture

Our Technical & Ethical team plays a critical role in bringing safe, high-quality and compliant General Merchandise products to our customers. Working collaboratively across Buying, Design, Sourcing, Sustainability and Supply Chain, the team combines technical expertise with strong commercial awareness to support innovative product development across our ranges. Within Children's Furniture, we focus on creating products that are safe, durable and thoughtfully designed, while meeting regulatory requirements and customer expectations in a fast-paced retail environment. More about the role As a Technologist within the Children's Furniture category, you will manage the technical delivery of products from initial development through to on-shelf launch and post-sale performance. You will be responsible for ensuring all products meet required safety, quality and legal standards, working closely with suppliers, sourcing teams and international technical colleagues to manage risk, technical approvals and critical path timelines. Day to day, you will review product specifications, materials and test reports, approve artwork and packaging, and support new product development through benchmarking and product evaluation. You will analyse customer feedback, returns data and complaints to drive continuous improvement, reduce returns and enhance the overall customer experience within the Children's Furniture range. More about you

You are a detail-oriented Technologist with experience working in a technical environment, either within manufacturing or retail hardgoods. You are comfortable managing multiple products and priorities, working to tight deadlines while maintaining a high standard of technical due diligence and documentation. You build strong working relationships and communicate clearly with a wide range of stakeholders. You are proactive, solutions-focused and open to new ways of working, using data, customer insight and business context to inform your decisions. You take ownership of issues, see them through to resolution, and are motivated by delivering safe, compliant and high-quality products for customers. Essential criteria

• Experience working in a technical role within manufacturing or retail hardgoods, preferably furniture or toys
• Knowledge of product safety, quality and legal requirements, with experience managing technical risk and due diligence
• Experience reviewing and approving product specifications, materials, testing and technical documentation
• Ability to manage technical approvals and deliverables in line with critical path timelines
• Strong communication skills, with experience working collaboratively with suppliers and cross-functional stakeholders
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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.