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About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Junior Buyer to join our Menswear team and make their mark across Casual Shirts and Outerwear. You’ll help shape standout ranges that inspire our customers, combining a sharp product eye with commercial thinking to drive sales, grow the category and play a key part in the continued evolution of M&S Menswear.
Responsibilities
- Work with Merchandising and all other relevant areas of the business to aggressively trade outerwear.
- Work with Design to interpret and adapt to market trends and direction.
- Collaborate with Sourcing Offices globally.
- Analyze historical sales in line with trends and design direction to manage product mix parameters.
- Present the global range for sign-off.
- Effectively manage systemic elements of the buying process, taking accountability for the timely completion of relevant systemic approvals and processes.
- Drive department strategy giving consideration to wider BU, FH&B and Int FH&B strategy.
Requirements
- Incredibly strong menswear product eye.
- Ability to initiate and build strong relationships with Design, Merchandising and Technology and Global Sourcing Offices.
- In-depth knowledge of cost price negotiations and global sourcing.
- Confident developing and building a comprehensive product range.
- An in-depth knowledge of the current competitive marketplace.
Skills
- Menswear product eye
- Casual Shirts experience
- Outerwear experience
- Relationship building
- Cost price negotiations
- Global sourcing
- Product range development
- Marketplace analysis
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Junior Buyer
Benefits
- 20% colleague discount on all M&S products and many third-party brands after probation.
- Competitive holiday allowance with the option to buy more.
- Discretionary bonus schemes.
- Strong pension and life assurance.
- Tailored induction and training.
- Exclusive perks and savings through M&S Choices portal.
- Market-leading family policies.
- 24/7 wellbeing support, including virtual GP access and mental health services.
- One paid volunteer day a year.
About the Company
- 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.
- 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.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.