At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead projects that enhance supplier partnerships and drive business growth in a dynamic food environment.
- Company: Join M&S Food, a leader in quality and innovation, transforming the food industry.
- Benefits: Enjoy a 20% discount, competitive holidays, bonuses, and tailored training from day one.
- Other info: Inclusive culture with opportunities for personal growth and community support.
- Why this job: Be part of a team reshaping retail while making a real impact on customers' lives.
- Qualifications: Project management experience, strong communication skills, and a knack for building relationships.
The predicted salary is between 45000 - 55000 £ per year.
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.
At M&S Food, we're growing at pace and transforming how we work with our supplier partners to support the future of our business.
We're looking for a Supplier Partnerships Project Manager to join our Food Commercial Operations team and play a key role in delivering one of our most important strategic priorities.
What You'll Do
- Supporting the Capacity workstream, translating strategic priorities into clear and actionable plans that support supplier capability and business growth.
- Driving progress across key projects, helping teams move at pace, make informed decisions and deliver meaningful outcomes.
- Building strong relationships across Commercial, Supply Chain, Supplier Partnerships and central teams to solve challenges and deliver joined-up solutions.
- Creating clear, engaging communication that keeps suppliers and partners aligned on priorities, progress and next steps.
- Bringing structure, visibility and accountability to programme delivery, ensuring actions and decisions are effectively tracked and delivered.
Who You Are
- Shown project or programme management experience, with the ability to create structure, clarity and momentum in a complex environment.
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail, data analysis skills, with the ability to prioritise effectively and focus on delivering impact.
- Excellent communication skills, confidently tailoring messages for a range of audiences including suppliers, commercial teams and senior partners.
- Strong partner management and relationship‑building capability, with the confidence to influence and collaborate across multiple functions.
- Commercial awareness combined with strong analytical skills, using data and insight to inform decisions, identify trends and support future planning.
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.
- 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.
We'd love to help you be at your best throughout the process.
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Supplier Partnerships Project Manager employer: Marks and Spencer
Marks and Spencer is an exceptional employer that fosters a culture of innovation and collaboration, particularly within the Corporate HR technology team. Employees benefit from a supportive environment that prioritises professional growth and development, alongside competitive remuneration and benefits. Working in a dynamic location, you will have the opportunity to lead impactful projects that enhance the colleague experience throughout their journey with the company.
