Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.
Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.
Tailor your resume to this Buyer - Beauty - 9 month FTC role.
Rezi rewrites your resume against Marks & Spencer's job description. Free.
Tailor your resume to this Buyer - Beauty - 9 month FTC role.
Rezi rewrites your resume against Marks & Spencer's job description. Free.
Don't guess if your resume is good enough.
See how it scores against the Buyer - Beauty - 9 month FTC posting at Marks & Spencer — free, in seconds.
Don't guess if your resume is good enough.
See how it scores against the Buyer - Beauty - 9 month FTC posting at Marks & Spencer — free, in seconds.
About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity to lead customer-led product strategy, create standout commercial ranges, and influence the M&S brand globally. You will combine creative vision with sharp trading instincts, inspiring teams and partners to deliver products that delight customers and drive profitable growth. This is a 9-month fixed-term contract.
Responsibilities
- Put customer insight at the heart of every range, translating trends into distinctive products that set M&S apart.
- Own the product strategy from concept to market, balancing price, colour, shape, margin and channel needs.
- Lead a fast-paced trading culture—spotting opportunities, accelerating winning products and acting quickly when performance shifts.
- Partner across Design, Merchandising, Technical, Marketing, Digital, International and global sourcing teams to deliver one compelling vision.
- Negotiate the best prices, lead times and supply routes, using M&S scale to achieve ambitious sales, margin and profit targets.
- Shape wider brand strategy, build strong cross-business networks and lead high-impact projects.
- Coach and develop a talented buying team, creating clarity, collaboration and opportunities for growth.
Requirements
- Experienced buyer with proven experience at a major retailer and a strong record of delivering commercial ranges that exceed sales and profit targets.
- Confident product judgement, market awareness and expertise in cost-price negotiation, materials and global sourcing.
- Ability to build influential relationships across Design, Merchandising, Technical and sourcing teams, turning strategy into action.
- Inspiring, organised leader who thrives in ambiguity, communicates with impact and develops high-performing teams.
- Combines a digital and global mindset with the pace, resilience and attention to detail needed to deliver against the buying critical path.
Skills
- Product strategy
- Commercial ranges
- Trading
- Negotiation
- Global sourcing
- Leadership
- Team development
- Digital mindset
- Global mindset
Work Type
- 9 month FTC
Experience Level
- Experienced buyer
Benefits
- 20% colleague discount on all M&S products and many third-party brands for you and someone in your household, available once you’ve completed your probation
- Competitive holiday allowance with the option to buy more
- Discretionary bonus schemes linked to your performance and ours
- Strong pension and life assurance
- Tailored induction and training
- Exclusive perks and savings through our M&S Choices portal
- Market-leading family policies, including parental, adoption and neonatal leave
- 24/7 wellbeing support, including virtual GP access and mental health services
- One paid volunteer day a year to support a cause that matters to you
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.
- M&S is ready to push boundaries to lead the industry into a greener, speedier, more inspiring digital era.
- Marks & Spencer aims to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers.
- 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-driven colleagues that not only have a passion for our product, but a strong team working ethos, creativity and a healthy commercial drive to join us on our journey.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.
- 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 smart/flexible working.