Senior Technologist Men's Outerwear

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We’re looking for a Senior Technologist to play a key role in delivering high-quality, trend-led men’s outerwear across our global range. You’ll be responsible for ensuring exceptional fit, construction and execution, bringing technical excellence to every stage of product development.

Working closely with Buying, Design and Sourcing teams, you’ll help shape seasonal collections across woven, filled, leather and suede outerwear. You’ll champion product quality, maintain robust technical standards and oversee accurate PLM and tech pack data, ensuring products are fit for purpose, stylish and customer-focused.

In this role, you’ll manage critical path delivery, drive technical innovation and lead wear testing and benchmarking to keep our outerwear competitive in the market. You’ll also work with global suppliers and sourcing offices to maximise technical capability, while acting as a brand ambassador for ethical, safety and sustainability standards.

About you You’ll be an experienced Menswear Technologist with strong outerwear expertise, excellent communication skills and the confidence to influence cross-functional teams. A passion for product, pace and quality is essential, along with the ability to juggle multiple priorities and use data and insight to inform decision-making.

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.

What’s in it for you

Being a part of M&S is exactly that – playing your part to bring the magic of M&S to our customers every day. We’re an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and ever evolving business built on doing the right thing and bringing exceptional quality, value, service to every customer, whenever, wherever and however they want to shop with us.

Here are some of the benefits we offer that make working for M&S just that little bit more special…

• After completing your probationary period, you’ll receive 20% colleague discount across all M&S products and many of our third-party brands for you and a member of your household.

• Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days!

• Discretionary bonus schemes awarded based on how you achieve your personal objectives and our performance as a business.

• A generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.

• A dedicated welcome to our teams with a tailored induction and a wide range of training programmes to develop your skills.

• Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices portal to maximise your financial and personal wellbeing.

• Industry-leading parental, adoption, and neonatal policies, providing support and flexibility for your family.

• Access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support for all colleagues including access to our 24/7 Virtual GP and PAM Assist to support you and your family.

• A charity volunteer day to support a charity or cause you're passionate about through a dedicated day away from work.

What you’ll do

Your key accountabilities will include

• As part of the Menswear clothing team, deliver excellent product execution, fit and grading standards in the business area, ensuring all products are industry leading, fit for purpose and stylish across the entire Outerwear range.
• Working in partnership with the department Buyer and Designers to create the seasonal collections, including leather and suede.

• Participate in benchmarking and wear testing exercises in your BU, be able to articulate where the M&S product sits in the market compared to our competitors.

• Maintain technical standards across the business area putting customer requirements at the centre of policy.

• Work with sourcing offices to maintain up to date knowledge of technical capability of M&S’ supply base within the business area, regularly sharing applying knowledge and expertise of fabric, construction and technical innovation to develop products that better meet the needs of the customer

Who you are

Your skills and experience will include

• Menswear specialist with an avid interest in the UK and Global Menswear markets
• Expertise in the field of Outerwear product development, including manufacturing, fit, construction and/or fabric / raw materials
• Previous experience in multiple product areas including Woollen Outerwear, Filled products, Leather and Suede.
• Excellent communication skills within C&H Technical Function, Design and Buying, Supply Base and Global Sourcing Offices
• Ability to interpret Departmental Strategy and provide insights based on technical knowledge

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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