Assistant Merchandiser Advanced - Fashion Brands

To stay close to customers, our support teams are in the office three days a week as we believe that skills are developed through collaboration, and that spending time together makes us more creative and connected.

Working at M&S means being part of something bigger - helping to deliver quality, value and service to millions of customers every day. We’re inclusive, fast-moving and always evolving, with a strong sense of purpose and a focus on doing the right thing.

Here are just a few of the benefits that make working here even more rewarding:

· 20% colleague discount on all M&S products and many third-party brands for you and someone in your household, available once you’ve completed your probation

· Competitive holiday allowance with the option to buy more

· Discretionary bonus schemes linked to your performance and ours

· Strong pension and life assurance to help plan for the future

· Tailored induction and training to support your development from day one

· Exclusive perks and savings through our M&S Choices portal

· Market-leading family policies, including parental, adoption and neonatal leave

· 24/7 wellbeing support, including virtual GP access and mental health services

· One paid volunteer day a year to support a cause that matters to you

What you'll do…

As the Assistant Merchandiser Advanced for Fashion Brands your key accountabilities will include

• Playing a pivotal role in the delivery of the M&S Third Party Brands strategic ambition to introduce and grow
• Formulating a detailed plan on the products to be offered each month across all channels to meet our customer requirements
• Working collaboratively with Buying counterparts to build and maintain product ranges
• Booking quantities of products to meet launch and respond to in season variables for all channels.
• Building & maintaining strong relationships with our brands. Constantly monitor sales and range offering to ensure commercial and customer aspirations are potentialised
• Delivering in-season actions that maximise sales and profit opportunities and meet agreed targets.
• Coaching and guiding Merchandising Admin Assistants within the team

Who you are

Your skills & experience will include

• You will already be working to Assistant Merchandiser level in a fast-paced retailer. Brands experience preferential.
• Strong Merchandising skills
• Strong numerical, analytical and interpretive skills
• Strong relationship building and communication skills
• Experience managing and setting direction for a team.
• Ability to initiate and build strong relationships with key stakeholders, enabling you to influence where needed
• Resilience and being open to change

Everyone’s welcome
We are ambitious about the future of retail. We’re disrupting, innovating and leading the industry into a more
conscientious, inspiring digital era. We’re transforming how we work together and offering our most exciting
opportunities yet. Marks & Spencer strives to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make change happen.

We are committed to building diverse and representative teams, where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and be at their best. We support each other and work together to win together.

If you feel you'd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.

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