At a Glance
- Tasks: Drive product strategy and collaborate with teams to meet customer needs.
- Company: Join a leading retailer known for its commitment to diversity and inclusion.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, supportive team environment, and opportunities for growth.
- Other info: Opportunity to coach and guide a team while making a real impact.
- Why this job: Be part of a dynamic team that shapes the future of sports merchandising.
- Qualifications: Experience in merchandising, strong analytical skills, and a passion for sports.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
Responsibilities
- Playing a pivotal role in the delivery of the M&S Sports Brands strategic ambition to introduce and grow.
- Formulating a detailed plan on the products to be offered each month across all channels to meet our customer requirements.
- Working collaboratively with Buying counterparts to build and maintain product ranges.
- Booking quantities of products to meet launch and respond to in season variables for all channels.
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with our brands.
- Constantly monitoring sales and range offering to ensure commercial and customer aspirations are potentialised.
- Delivering in-season actions that maximise sales and profit opportunities and meet agreed targets.
- Coaching and guiding Merchandising Admin Assistants within the team.
Qualifications
- You will already be working at Assistant Merchandiser level in a fast‑paced retailer.
- Passion for sports essential.
- Strong merchandising skills.
- Strong numerical, analytical and interpretive skills.
- Strong relationship‑building and communication skills.
- Experience managing and setting direction for a team.
- Ability to initiate and build strong relationships with key stakeholders, enabling you to influence where needed.
- Resilience and openness to change.
- Diversity & Inclusion Statement
Marks & Spencer strives to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers.
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 would benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please 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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Contact Details:
Marks and Spencer plc (UK) Recruitment Team
