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What's in it for you

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, 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...

- After completing your probationary period, you'll receive 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 access to our 24/7 Virtual GP and PAM Assist to support you and your family.

- A charity volunteer day to support a charity or cause you're passionate about through a dedicated day away from work.

To stay close to customers, we expect our support teams to come into the office three days a week. We think that learning comes from working alongside each other, and that spending time with our teams makes us more creative and connected. It also means we can solve problems as soon as they arise, build trust, and get closer to our colleagues.

What you'll do

As an Assistant Buyer Advanced on Womenswear Outerwear your key accountabilities will include

• Support the Buyer by displaying a clear understanding of M&S' customer, ensuring the segments and demographics needs are understood and put at the heart of the product offer developed
• Support the Buyer working with Design to interpret and adapt to market trends and direction, ensuring that the conceptual range developed is differentiating and targeted to the needs of the customer
• Work with the Buyer to analyse historical sales in line with trends and design direction to manage product mix parameters including price architecture, colour balance, shape and margin to deliver a highly commercial and balanced range
• Promote and support the collaboration with Sourcing Offices globally to help develop appropriate supply routes enabling the Department to react to trade, as well as negotiating the best prices and lead times with supplier to achieve the gross margin buying target
• To support the Buyer with the co-ordination and development of product Tech Packs, working with Design, Technology and Sourcing Offices to achieve better hit rates and taking accountability to ensure Tech Packs are delivered complete and on time to minimise sampling lead times
• To work with the Buyer to manage the departmental critical path (including supporting approvals), providing guidance and direction to junior members of the Buying team as well as other participants in the buying and product development process. To own and drive the production critical path.
• Manage BAAs to ensure efficient product & sample management across the buying floor in order to meet all H&S regulations. Support BAA training and development to help upskill teams.
• To actively participate in coordinating and presenting the range for sign-off and effectively managing systemic elements of the buying process, ensuring the timely completion of relevant systemic approvals and processes
• To demonstrate good knowledge of the Departmental finished goods and materials supply base and support processes to ensure M&S' scale and buying power is fully leveraged
• To work with Buyer in setting and delivering the strategy for the department
• To develop strong working relationships with, and understanding of, external roles such as merchandising, technical, design as well as building networks across the wider structure

Who you are

Your skills and experience will include

• Experience working to at least Established Assistant Buyer level in a fashion retailer.
• Experience in Womenswear & Outerwear
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to motivate junior members of the team and communicate with Global Sourcing Offices and influence internal and external stakeholders - Experience of cost price negotiations and global sourcing
• Critical Path Management
• Highly organised and self-motivated, accustomed to leading by example and taking the initiative
• Proactive in agreeing to take on Buyer responsibilities - Role model for BAAs and strong interpersonal skills, capable of managing vertically and laterally

Everyone's welcome

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.

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