Assistant Merchandiser – International Trading - London, Greater London

Everyone is welcome at M&S. No exceptions. It’s your background, abilities and differences that make you, uniquely you. And when you’re part of M&S, that individuality has the potential to make waves.

At M&S, we’re on a mission to share the magic of M&S with customers everywhere. Our goal is simple yet ambitious: to make our exceptional Fashion, Home & Beauty, and Food products accessible to people around the globe. To achieve this, we’re accelerating growth in our international business, transforming how we operate, driving change at pace, and reimagining processes to deliver seamless experiences for every customer. This is about bold expansion, innovation, and creating a truly global M&S.

Ready to make an impact? Join our team as an Assistant Merchandiser and influence global trends and trade and be part of our global success story!

As an Assistant Merchandiser in our International Trading Team, this role will play a key role in shaping our global product range. Contributing to the planning and trade activities that maximize both retail and reported sales across diverse markets. This is an exciting opportunity to collaborate with cross-functional teams, analyse performance, and support strategies so that we can deliver commercial success worldwide.

This role is perfect for someone who has a good understanding of the critical path and can utilize their numerical and analytical skills to interpret data. You’ll also need strong communication, influencing, and organizational skills to build relationships across the wider business, partners, and buying teams. If you can interpret performance metrics and use insights to maximize sales and deliver growth in future seasons, we want to hear from you!

This is a full-time role and is based at our Paddington Support Office a minimum of three days a week.

Your key accountabilities will include:

• Accountable for delivering key International KPI’s for your product area e.g. sales, order book, profit across all channels.
• You will support in promoting an International mindset and be a catalyst in your business unit, ensuring it is fully integrated with, and treated as a priority by the global merchandising teams and that the needs of our customers / partners are fulfilled.
• Share international performance with the UK teams and provide lessons learnt and recommendations to optimise sales in the future seasons.
• Support the delivery of the selling event for best in class selling, utilising sales trends and data to identify market opportunities that drive growth in the market and align to the key growth ranges and strategic priorities for your area.
• Re-forecast forward sales and order book collaborating with partner and planning teams to identify and challenge areas of opportunity and risk.

Your skills and experience will include:

• A good understanding of the critical path and ability to manage timelines effectively.
• Highly numerical with strong analytical and interpretive skills to make data-driven decisions.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and organizational skills to build strong relationships across teams and partners.
• Ability to understand performance metrics and use insights to maximize sales and deliver growth.
• Proficiency in Excel and confidence in fully utilizing appropriate IT systems.

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.
• 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.

We are ambitious about the future of retail. We’re reinventing, innovating and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We’re redefining 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.