Job Description
Summary
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Our International business has the exciting job of bringing our famous clothing, food and home products to over 32 million customers worldwide. Collaborating with our partner businesses, different countries and cultures, you'll work with colleagues around the world to help us reshape International as we know it.
Our ambition is to more than double International retail sales online, so there's never been a better time to join the department and make your mark as we continue to build inclusive and diverse relationships, and put the business and our colleagues at the forefront of every decision we make!
About the Role
- Own the end to end buying and merchandising processes. Ensuring we have the most profitable range that is customer driven from the insights we have
- Planning at DPS stage, what products will be needed with the right ranges at the right time, full availability and a robust online trading plan to execute a sales plan
- Ensure along with the Digital team key KPIs of sales and profit are fully maximised
- Work closely with the Market Place Online team and Supply Chain Logistics team to ensure we resolve problems, ask the right questions to find out the issues and resolve collectively
- The individual will be the leader of the Buying & Merchandising market place function responsible for creating a best in class culture, upskill the team, review end to end processes, and continually strive for excellence
- Ensuring the Traders and Business Unit's are updated accordingly on any key buying, merchandising and trading decisions
- Ensure the transition to the EUEDC is seamless , through strong communication with project team
About You
You will play a lead role in developing and strengthening partnerships with all channels including International.com, the Clothing & Home BU Leads, help mirror our ways of working with existing processes, as we become a more owned stock channel. As a senior member of the wider leadership group you will work with peers to influencethe wider International team and culture.
- Operated as a Head of in a dynamic Buying and Merchandising function
- Owned significant turnover across categories
- Understands end to end planning and trading
- Worked in aPure Play environment
- Experience of fulfilment from multiple global locations
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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.
London, GREATER LONDON, ENGLAND;
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