Assistant Merchandiser Outlets

We are looking for a proactive and commercially aware Assistant Merchandiser to join our Outlets Team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting the successful planning, trading, and performance of our outlet business.

Working closely with the Merchandiser, you will help manage product from initial buy through to store, ensuring the right stock is available at the right time to meet customer demand and deliver business objectives. You will take ownership of designated product areas where required, using data and insights to make informed decisions that drive sales, maximise profitability, and optimise stock performance.

The role will involve monitoring sales, stock levels, and key performance indicators, identifying, opportunities and risks, and implementing in-season trading actions to maximise sales and profit. You will support forecasting, stock allocation, replenishment, and promotional activity, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure departmental plans are executed effectively.

The successful candidate will be highly organised, analytical, and confident working with numbers, with a strong commercial mindset and a passion for product. This role offers an excellent opportunity to develop merchandising expertise within a fast-paced retail environment while contributing to the continued success of our Outlets business.

Due to high interest, this role may close earlier than advertised. We recommend applying as soon as possible.

What you’ll do 

Your key accountabilities will include

• Supporting the Merchandiser in agreeing the strategy and targets for creating and achieving pre and in season Range sales and stock forecasts by channel in addition to GSM Markdown and availability
• Booking quantities of products to meet launch and respond to in season variables for the Outlet channel
• Planning and execution of option plan at grade as part of product range plan
• Assisting Department strategy and budget Plan review and lessons learned 
• Maintaining accurate listings for grading and product cataloguing

Who you are 

Your skills and experience will include

• Core Merchandising skills including managing GSM, development of Department Plan, stock / commitment management, creating sales estimates, and production plans 
• Advanced excel skills 
• Knowledge of the end to end buy to store process 
• Controlling unplanned in-season costs 
• Negotiation skills (managing in season unplanned costs)

What’s in it for you? 

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

Everyone’s welcome 

We are ambitious about the future of retail. We are disrupting, innovating and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We are 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.

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.

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