Supplier Capacity Specialist

We're reshaping our Food business to broaden its appeal, protecting the magic our customers love while modernising everything else. That means outstanding quality, high sourcing standards, and market‑leading innovation remain at our core, while we transform our supply chains, improve our stores, and deliver better value. We're looking for motivated people ready to bring their whole self to work and thrive in a fast‑paced, ambitious team. After all, this isn't just food, this is M&S Food.

M&S Food continues to deliver strong growth across both value and volume, and to support this we need a supplier network that can scale with demand. As a Supplier Capacity Specialist, you'll play a key role within the Supplier Partnerships team, reviewing supplier capacity and capability across the Food Group to ensure we're set up for future growth. You'll work closely with suppliers and internal partners across Commercial, Technical, Product Development and Supply Chain to assess capacity, identify risks, and build clear, actionable plans to mitigate them. This role also supports our Lowering Costs programme, helping uncover and deliver opportunities to drive efficiency and reinvest back into the business.

We're looking for someone with strong partner management, a solid understanding of food manufacturing and capacity, and the ability to turn data into clear recommendations in a fast‑paced environment.

What you'll do

• Own a portfolio of supplier sites, delivering end‑to‑end capacity reviews and presenting findings across Foods
• Analyse supplier capacity vs forecast growth to identify risks and support decision making
• Work collaboratively with suppliers to build capacity plans and deliver landmark actions
• Create clear, engaging recommendations for partners across Commercial, Supply Chain and Technical
• Support lowering cost opportunities by identifying and helping deliver efficiency improvements

Who you are

• Experience within food manufacturing, supply chain or a similar environment, including experience working in an FMCG food factory
• Strong understanding of capacity planning and manufacturing processes
• Excellent partner management skills, with the ability to influence and challenge effectively
• Analytical attitude with confidence working with data to drive decisions
• Resilient, proactive and able to manage competing priorities in a fast‑paced environment

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.