Junior Buyer WW Footwear

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Junior Buyer to join our Womenswear footwear team and make their mark across women’s footwear. 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 Womenswear footwear.

Due to high interest, this role may close earlier than advertised. We recommend applying as soon as possible.

What you’ll do

Your key accountabilities will include

• 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. Work in collaboration with Sourcing Offices globally.

• Analyse historical sales in line with trends and design direction to manage product mix parameter.

• Present the global range for sign-off and 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

Who you are

Your skills and experience will include

• Incredibly strong Womenswear footwear product eye. women’s footwear experience is an advantage!

• 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

What’s in it for you?

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.

Here are just a few of the benefits that make working here even more rewarding:

• 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 to help plan for the future

• Tailored induction and training to support your development from day one

• 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

Everyone’s welcome

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.

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.

To stay close to customers, our support teams are in the office three days a week as we believe that skills are developed through collaboration, and that spending time together makes us more creative and connected.

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