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Merchandiser - Brands

Job Description - Merchandiser - Brands

Description
  • What you’ll do  
    Your key accountabilities will include:

  • Working with the Buying team to create the Department Plan and Strategy and executing to deliver weekly, profit, Total Stock, GSM, Markdown, Availability targets, market share and option count.
  • Manage promotional and clearance markdown and deliver robust in-season and exit trading, including accountability for corrective action to deviations from sales and stock targets
  • Monitor Brand KPIs and Lead on performance management decisions and 3 year plans.
  • Onboard new systems successfully, implementing robust ways of working and processes
  • Provide leadership and direction to the team, identify, and develop talent and build a high performing team.

    Who you are 
    Your skills and experience will include:

  • Working to a Merchandiser in either an online or heavily ecommerce focused business.
  • Core Merchandising Skills (developing a strategy and operating plan, stock management, sales estimating, margin management, option planning etc.)
  • In depth knowledge of the planning & trading complexities associated with multi-channel retailing
  • In depth knowledge of the processes and systems required to support the setting and monitoring of forecasts, stock  plans and budgets for sales and profit
  • Excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills and ability to build positive collaborative relationships
  • Ability to lead, coach and manage people to support personal development and drive success
  • Experience in Brands (a plus but not a requirement) 

    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’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.

    #LI-KP2 #LI-Hybrid

 



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