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M&S Food is changing, and fast! We are undergoing one of the biggest transformations in retailing today to build a bigger, better, fresher food business. From Percy Pig to the freshest M&S Select Farms produce, we grow, source, and develop our own products to give our customers family-ready food that’s unbeatable on flavour and innovation. We need motivated people who are ready to bring their whole self to work and give it their all in a fast-paced team committed to being the best. After all, this is not just food… This is M&S Food. M&S Food is changing, and fast! We are undergoing one of the biggest transformations in retailing today to build a bigger, better, fresher food business. From Percy Pig to the freshest M&S Select Farms produce, we grow, source, and develop our own products to give our customers family-ready food that’s unbeatable on flavour and innovation.
We need motivated people who are ready to bring their whole self to work and give it their all in a fast-paced team committed to being the best. After all, this is not just food… This is M&S Food. Are you an entrepreneurial, enthusiastic and energetic leader? Do you deliver challenging projects at pace whilst leading a variety of partners? Do you analyse data to make challenging business decisions? Do you have a keen eye for detail and can build attractive but operationally sustainable displays? Then we need you. This role is fundamental in driving our Category Transformation process and turning category vision into reality in our stores. You manage a team of Display Planners and Leads who have their own category responsibilities.
You work closely with Head of Trade, Trading Managers and their wider Trading teams, to ensure we are providing choice to our customers, maximising profit and building easy to shop, visually appealing and operationally sustainable planograms. We have a hybrid approach working 3 days in the office – talk to us about part time or job share opportunities in this role, if it’s meaningful to you, it’s important to us. What’s in it for you Being a part of M&S is exactly that – becoming a part and playing your part. We’re an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and always evolving business built on core values. Here are some of the benefits we offer that make working for M&S just that little bit more special… • 20% Colleague discount on most things from furniture, fashion and food. • A first-class welcome to M&S with a tailored induction and a wide range of training schemes to help with your learning and development. Having options to progress is something we’re proud of at M&S. • Attractive annual bonus, based on company performance and personal objectives. •
Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days! • Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices website. Including GymSave – that offers up to 25% off Gym Memberships and the option to become an M&S Shareholder using our ShareSave & ShareBuy Schemes • Charity Volunteer Day – A paid day away from work to support your chosen charity. • A very generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance • Every colleague at M&S has access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support – this includes access to our 24/7 Virtual GP, PAM Assist to support you & your family as well as many other schemes •
Family friendly policies to support life’s most important milestones including parental leave, neo-natal What you’ll do • Deliver against the SRD, Product Development and Category Transformation critical paths, whilst leading your team and influencing others to ensure your team meet their deadlines • Ensure your team’s planograms accurately reflect the range and adhere to M&S Food display principles and inventory rules to support ‘right first time’ retail implementation • Partner the Head of Trade, Trading Managers and Buyers to optimise customer-led assortments ensuring alignment with business and category strategy, category role, customer needs and commercial requirements • Commission management information, such as target inventory data, shelf efficiency, stocking points, space and cluster performance and derive range & display strategies to improve commercial performance (sales and profit) • Work with the Supply Chain team to maximise availability and limit waste and stock loss Who you are • Thorough understanding of Food sector Space, Range & Display processes and systems, including deep understanding and experience of building a world class Merchandising team focussed on both visual and operational merchandising •
Excellent analysis and problem-solving • Good presentation skills • Detailed knowledge of Food sector Space Range & Display critical paths • Food Analytics Query Tool (Business Objects) Everyone’s welcome M&S is ready to push boundaries to lead the retail industry into a greener, speedier, more inspiring digital era. That’s why we’re revolutionising how we work and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. There’s never been a better time to be part of our team.
Marks & Spencer aims to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make an immediate impact. We’re an in-person business and have core collaboration days in our Support Centre each week. For most teams, this is 3 working days where we come together to collaborate, innovate, and serve our customers brilliantly. We are committed to an active Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunities Policy, which starts with our recruitment and selection process, and we are happy to talk flexible working.
If you consider yourself to require reasonable adjustments to any part of our recruitment process, we invite you to share those requirements with us when completing your application. We will make every effort to ensure your needs are met to provide a fair and transparent process of assessment.
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