Deputy Manager jobs in United Kingdom

We're growing our leadership community and building a talent pipeline for future Store Manager and Deputy Store Manager roles across the region.

We're looking for ambitious, energised and commercially minded leaders who want to help raise the bar across our stores. This is your chance to step into a role where you set the pace, inspire your teams and play a key part in our transformation. Apply today to register your interest in upcoming opportunities.

Our stores come in all shapes and sizes, from fast paced Simply Food locations to full line stores with Fashion, Home, Beauty and Food under one roof. In full line stores, a Deputy Store Manager will take full ownership of a department and work alongside the Store Manager, often deputising for them and shaping day to day operations.

As a Store Manager, you'll lead the full store operation, setting the vision, driving commercial performance and creating a culture where teams thrive and customers love to shop.

Joining our store leadership community means creating a place where customers love to shop and colleagues love to work. You'll bring clarity, confidence and commercial focus to every shift, driving high standards and exceptional experiences.

• Lead daily operations across your area or the full store, ensuring excellent service, strong availability and consistently high standards.
• Deliver the retail plan by driving commercial, operational, visual and people performance.
• Step up to run the full store when required, keeping energy high and teams aligned.
• Coach and develop Team Managers and colleagues so they feel confident, capable and ready to deliver.
• Use data and insight to make informed decisions that improve sales, service and efficiency.

• An experienced leader with a background in retail, operations or a customer focused environment.
• Organised, proactive and calm under pressure, able to balance detail with the bigger picture.
• Confident making fast decisions that improve customer experience and commercial outcomes.
• Skilled at coaching, feedback and performance management, with a passion for developing others.
• Adaptable, resilient and ready to step up when needed, bringing clarity and energy to every shift.

Being a part of M&S is exactly that - playing your part to bring the magic of M&S to our customers every day. We're an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and ever evolving business built on doing the right thing and bringing exceptional quality, value and service to every customer, whenever, wherever and however they want to shop with us.

Here are some of the benefits we offer that make working for M&S just that little bit more special

• 20% colleague discount across all M&S products and many of our third party brands for you and a member of your household.
• Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days.
• Discretionary bonus schemes awarded based on how you achieve your personal objectives and our performance as a business.
• A generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.
• A dedicated welcome to our teams with a tailored induction and a wide range of training programmes to develop your skills.
• Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices portal to maximise your financial and personal wellbeing.
• Industry leading parental, adoption and neonatal policies, providing support and flexibility for your family.
• Access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support for all colleagues, including our 24/7 Virtual GP and PAM Assist for you and your family.
• A charity volunteer day to support a cause you're passionate about through a dedicated day away from work.

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. 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.