Junior Merchandiser - International online

Marks and Spencer; Greater London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20% colleague discount on M&S products

Holiday allowance

Pension and life assurance

Induction and training

M&S Choices perks

Family policies

Wellbeing support

Volunteer day

Job summary

Marks & Spencer in London is seeking a Junior Merchandiser to drive planning, stock management and profitable growth across international websites and digital marketplaces.

You will own WSSI reforecasts, manage BU budgets and analyse seasonal buys, working closely with Merchandiser and partner teams to optimise stock and sales while upholding brand standards.

Qualifications

• Strong merchandising experience with ability to re-forecast WSSI
• Highly numerate with ability to analyse data and translate insights
• Commercial judgement to influence channel and partnership teams
• Disciplined weekly trade management and clear recommendations
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Responsibilities

• Maintain and re-forecast the WSSI using channel-led metrics and identify risks and opportunities.
• Manage BU/department retail sales budget to generate an OTB owned by you.
• Analyse forward seasonal buys with partnership teams to optimise trade.
• Drive weekly trade with data-driven insights to identify risks and opportunities.
• Guide Assistant Merchandisers and support cross-merchandising process consistency.

Skills

Merchandising experience

Numerate

Analytical skills

Communication

Tools

MFP

OTB

Job description

We're taking the magic of M&S global. As our international business grows, we're transforming the way we work, embracing innovation and making it easier for customers everywhere to enjoy our trusted Fashion, Home & Beauty, and Food products.

Ready to take M&S to millions more customers? Join our International Merchandising team as a Junior Merchandiser and help drive planning, stock management and profitable growth across M&S international websites and digital marketplaces.

All the details

As a Junior Merchandiser working across all international online channels, you will play a key role in driving the growth and profitability of M&S international websites and digital marketplaces, including platforms such as Amazon and Zalando. Working at the heart of a fast-paced, commercial team, you will take ownership of planning and trading activity, managing stock across our international websites and marketplace channels. You will maintain and re-forecast the WSSI, manage sales budgets and OTB, analyse seasonal buys and turn weekly trading data into clear actions. In close partnership with the Merchandiser and teams across trading, partnerships, logistics, digital and international markets, you will influence channel decisions, optimise stock and sales, and help deliver the commercial plan while maintaining exceptional brand standards.

NB

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

What You'll Do

Your key accountabilities will include:

• Maintain and continuously re-forecast the WSSI using channel-led metrics, ensuring visibility of performance across all channels and identifying clear risks and opportunities, under the guidance of the Merchandiser.
• Manage the Business Unit (BU)/department retail sales budget, using MFP and other planning tools to generate an OTB that you own and are accountable for delivering in line with the commercial plan.
• Analyse forward seasonal buys, working closely with partnership teams to challenge and influence channels alongside the Merchandiser to optimise trade and maximise sales.
• Drive the weekly trade with consistency and discipline, using data-driven insights to identify risks, highlight opportunities and recommend required actions.
• Champion efficient ways of working, supporting process consistency across merchandising teams and guiding Assistant Merchandisers where needed.

Who You Are

Your skills and experience will include:

• Strong merchandising experience, including maintaining and re-forecasting a WSSI and identifying commercial risks and opportunities.
• Highly numerate, with strong analytical and interpretive skills and confidence using MFP, OTB and other planning tools.
• Commercial judgement and the confidence to challenge and influence channel and partnership teams to optimise seasonal buys and trading performance.
• A disciplined approach to weekly trade, with the ability to translate performance metrics into clear recommendations and actions.
• Excellent communication, influencing and organisational skills, with the ability to build strong relationships and guide Assistant Merchandisers where needed.

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
• 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 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.

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