Buying & Merchandising Lead EUEDC

Summary

Our International business has the exciting job of bringing our famous clothing, food and home products to over 32 million customers worldwide. Collaborating with our partner businesses, different countries and cultures, you'll work with colleagues around the world to help us reshape International as we know it.

Our ambition is to more than double International retail sales online, so there's never been a better time to join the department and make your mark as we continue to build inclusive and diverse relationships, and put the business and our colleagues at the forefront of every decision we make!

About the Role

• Own the end to end buying and merchandising processes. Ensuring we have the most profitable range that is customer driven from the insights we have
• Planning at DPS stage, what products will be needed with the right ranges at the right time, full availability and a robust online trading plan to execute a sales plan
• Ensure along with the Digital team key KPIs of sales and profit are fully maximised
• Work closely with the Market Place Online team and Supply Chain Logistics team to ensure we resolve problems, ask the right questions to find out the issues and resolve collectively
• The individual will be the leader of the Buying & Merchandising market place function responsible for creating a best in class culture, upskill the team, review end to end processes, and continually strive for excellence
• Ensuring the Traders and Business Unit’s are updated accordingly on any key buying, merchandising and trading decisions
• Ensure the transition to the EUEDC is seamless , through strong communication with project team

About You

You will play a lead role in developing and strengthening partnerships with all channels including International.com, the Clothing & Home BU Leads, help mirror our ways of working with existing processes, as we become a more owned stock channel. As a senior member of the wider leadership group you will work with peers to influence the wider International team and culture.

• Operated as a Head of in a dynamic Buying and Merchandising function
• Owned significant turnover across categories
• Understands end to end planning and trading
• Worked in a Pure Play environment
• Experience of fulfilment from multiple global locations

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. We offer a flexible / hybrid approach - talk to us, if it’s meaningful to you, it’s important to us.

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.
• Attractive annual bonus, based on company performance and personal objectives.
• 29 days holiday including bank holidays!
• 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
• 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!
• 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 & free access to the UnMind App as well as many other schemes

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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 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.

London, GREATER LONDON, ENGLAND;

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