Junior Merchandiser Beauty

From Merchandising and Marketing - Product Development and Design, through to Supply Chain and Space Planning - our mission is to bring stylish wardrobe, home and beauty ranges to our customers via an easy, inspiring shopping experience online and in store that will delight them every time.

As we accelerate the transformation of our business to suit the changing needs of our customer, we need results-orientated colleagues that not only have a passion for our product, but a strong team working ethos, creativity and a healthy commercial aim to join us on our journey. All the details

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

What you’ll do as the Beauty Junior Merchandiser.

Your key accountabilities will include

• Support the Merchandiser and Buyer in defining and delivering the departmental strategy targets, producing robust pre-season and in-season sales and stock forecasts by channel to optimise trading performance, maximise sales opportunities, and ensure effective stock management
• Accountable for developing and delivering the strategy for your Brands, collaborating with the Buying, Design and Technical team to formulate a detailed plan on the shape of the range and the products to be offered across all channels, with a global sales and profit focused mindset
• Supporting the Beauty re-sourcing activity with an effective stock and markdown strategy, optimising profit and minimising customer impact
• Analysis of sales identifying winners and losers and taking appropriate actions working in collaboration with stakeholders to react to trade and maximise sales opportunity
• Accountable for creating accurate long term and short-term departmental forecasts, identifying risks and opportunities and developing effective strategies to optimise sales and profit
• Take the lead in developing Department or range plan reviews, OTB reviews and lessons learned.
• Working with Sourcing Offices, Suppliers and internal stakeholders to manage critical path from buy to delivery for your Brands
• Maintaining awareness of competition’s product offer
• Motivate, develop and train assistant merchandisers and merchandise admins while supporting the wider Beauty team with best in class ways of working

Who you are

Your skills and experience will include

• Working to Junior Merchandiser level, or Advanced Assistant Merchandiser ready for the next step, in a fast-paced retailer.
• Strong knowledge of the end to end buy to store process
• Experience controlling unplanned in-season risks and costs
• Able to fully utilise the relevant IT support systems
• Strong numerical, analytical and interpretive skills
• Ability to initiate and build strong relationships with Suppliers, Design, Buying and Technology
• Strong interpersonal/ communication and negotiation skills
• A growth mindset and a passion for innovating, adopting and driving change

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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