Junior Buyer Womenswear Brands - 12 Month FTC

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.

Please note this is a 12 month fixed term contract. What you’ll do…As the Womenswear Branded Junior Buyer you will be working closely with our 3rd Party Brand Partners to create the optimum product assortment that exceeds customer expectations.Key accountabilities and measuresCreate positive partnerships with our brands, establishing strong direct relationships quickly and leveraging these to develop a long-term benefit to M&SAct 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 departmentsConstantly monitor sales and range offering to ensure commercial and customer aspirations are potentialised, liaising with brands to curate and amend accordingly. Accountable for ensuring all contractual, business process, business plans and critical paths are shared, up to date and complete. Who you are…Your skills and experience will include 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 3rd 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.Everyone’s welcome M&S is ready to push boundaries to lead the retail industry into a greener, speedier, more inspiring digital era. That’s why we’re revolutionising how we work and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. There’s never been a better time to be part of our team. Marks & Spencer aims to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make an immediate impact.We are committed to an active Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunities Policy, which starts with our recruitment and selection process, and we are happy to talk flexible working.If you consider yourself to require reasonable adjustments to any part of 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.#LI-AP1#hybrid