Junior Buyer Womenswear Brands - FTC

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.

This is a 12‑month fixed‑term contract.

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.

• Create positive partnerships with our brands, establishing strong direct relationships quickly and leveraging these to develop a long‑term benefit to M&S.
• Act as the key interface with all brands to deliver the best product choice, customer experience and ensure ease of working across all key retail levers.
• Ensure product selection and size of offer adheres to key principles of price stretch, range scale and choice that compliments M&S Brands and customer aspirations.
• Be the ambassador of the brand internally by liaising with cross‑functional departments.
• Constantly monitor sales and range offering to ensure commercial and customer aspirations are potentialised, liaising with brands to curate and amend accordingly.
• Account for ensuring all contractual, business process, business plans and critical paths are shared, up to date and complete.

• Experience of working in branded womenswear to Assistant Buyer or Junior Buyer level, with a strong product affinity.
• Strong relationship‑building and communication skills to foster collaborative and effective engagement with brand partners.
• Open to change and playing an important role in establishing the adoption of third‑party brands within the complex and evolving M&S world.
• Appreciation of internal cross‑functional departments and key interactions required to establish integrated processes and ease of working.
• Strong commercial acumen – understanding how price, margin and costs impact the brand and M&S profitability.
• Understanding and awareness of the competitor landscape.

M&S is ready to push boundaries to lead the retail industry into a greener, speedier, more inspiring digital era. Marks & Spencer aims to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. We are committed to an active Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunities Policy, which begins with our recruitment and selection process. If you require reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process, we invite you to share those requirements with us when completing your application.

We will make every effort to ensure your needs are met to provide a fair and transparent process of assessment.