Merch Admin Assistant 12 month FTC - Fashion, Home & Beauty in London

Summary

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 essentials 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. To stay close to customers, our support teams are in the office at least three days a week as we believe that skills are developed through collaboration, and that spending time together makes us more creative and connected. Please note this is a 12 month fixed term contract.

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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

As an Merchanding Admin Assistant in M&S Fashion, Home & Beauty you will be managing key IT systems to ensure up to date and accurate information is entered and maintained. This is an admin role imperative to the delivery of stock sold across all M&S channels.

Your key accountabilities will include

• Performing analysis and reporting on sales, stock,commitment, intake, markdown and margin
• Running daily sales reports, distributing to team and aiding in analysis
• Aid Assistant Merchandiser in catalogue management and range plan creation
• Create Purchase Orders and aid AM in PO management and check, compile and manage internal departmental documentation
• Communicate with supply base to ensure they have submitted all the relevant product information.
• Update systems to maintain accurate history

Key skills

• Strong numerical, analytical and interpretive skills
• Passion for M&S and the products we sell! Excited about being a key member of the team who ensure the right stock is in the right store at the right time!
• Organisational skills
• Initiate and build strong relationships with suppliers, stores and own team
• Communication skills
• Able to fully utilise the relevant IT support systems

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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