Planner

Marks & Spencer Plc; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Colleague discount 20%

Holiday allowance

Bonus schemes

Pension & life assurance

Induction & training

M&S Choices portal

Family policies

Wellbeing support

Volunteer day

Job summary

Marks & Spencer plc is seeking an Outlet Planner on a 12-month fixed-term contract in London. You will join the Outlet Planning team to roll up commercial data, align outlet and BU plans, highlight risks and opportunities, and implement priorities with the Outlet Planning Manager.

You will leverage strong merchandising skills, IT systems knowledge, and numerical analysis to shape forecasts, ensure timely decisions, and support merchandising budgeting and planning processes.

Qualifications

• Strong merchandising skills.
• Knowledge of business IT systems and stock interdependencies.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills.
• Strong influencing and communication skills.
• Understanding of non-buying support areas e.g. Space, Logistics, Pricing & Promotions.

Responsibilities

• Monitor targets for stock, intake, OTIF, cost reductions and options; provide BU/Outlet view on progress, risks and opportunities.
• Facilitate budgeting and planning for stock and commitments within timelines.
• Work with Data & Reporting to shape reporting requirements and develop automated self-service reports for BUs.
• Assist in developing and adhering to end-to-end critical path and identify operational issues.
• Support Planning Manager with trading activity insights (markdowns, promotions, seasonal planning, weekly sales).

Skills

Merchandising

IT systems

Numerical analysis

Influencing & communication

Space, Logistics, Pricing & Promotions

Job description

Ready to turn commercial insight into action? Join our team as an Outlet Planner on a 12-month fixed-term contract and help shape plans that deliver real results. Working closely with the Outlet Planning Manager, you’ll bring together key commercial information, roll-ups and analysis to align Outlet and Business Unit plans, highlight risks and opportunities, and ensure priorities are implemented effectively.

Due to high interest, this role may close earlier than advertised. We recommend applying as soon as possible.

What you’ll do

Your key accountabilities will include

• Monitor targets for made stock, intake, OTIF, cost of reductions and options management. Complete relevant data roll ups and collation to provide clear BU and Outlet view on progress against targets, risks and opportunities.
• Facilitate the merchandise budgeting and planning process for stock and commitment ensuring that all key operational and strategic decisions are incorporated within the agreed timelines.
• Work with the Data & Reporting team to shape the reporting requirements and develop automated self-service reports for the BUs.
• Assist in developing and adhering to the end-to-end critical path and identify any operational issues.
• Support the Planning Manager by providing commercial information as required on trading activity eg. Markdowns, promotional activity, seasonal planning, review summaries and weekly sales.

Who you are

Yourskillsandexperiencewillinclude

• Strong merchandising skills.
• Knowledge of the business IT systems and the stock interdependencies.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills.
• Strong influencing and communication skills.
• An understanding of non-buying support areas eg. Space, Logistics, Pricing & Promotions

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 are disrupting, innovating and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We are 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.

To stay close to customers, our support teams are in the office three days a week as we believe that skills are developed through collaboration, and that spending time together makes us more creative and connected.