Are you looking for a career in Planning and have an analytical approach? Then we have an exciting opportunity for an Inbound Planning Assistant to join our Planning Team. Our Inbound Team are accountable for improving visibility, minimising the commercial impact of delays and facilitating improvements to the flow of all our stock.
This role supports the Planning Team to ensure the Inbound flow of product into the network is aligned to the Commercial demands, so availability and sales are maximised. This will involve maintaining PO integrity, supporting with the delivery of reductions in the number of PO changes, and analysing and redirecting M&S.Com PO's to improve lead times thus improving efficiency and avoiding any unnecessary costs to the Business!
NB: To stay close to customers, our support teams work from our Paddington office at least three days a week as we believe that skills are developed through collaboration, and that spending time together makes us more creative and connected. The salary on offer for this position is £25,000 to circa £28,000 dependent on experience.
What’s in it for you
Being a part of M&S is exactly that – playing your part to bring the magic of M&S to our customers every day. We’re an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and ever evolving business built on doing the right thing and bringing exceptional quality, value, service to every customer, whenever, wherever and however they want to shop with us.
Here are some of the benefits we offer that make working for M&S just that little bit more special…
* After completing your probationary period, you’ll receive 20% colleague discount across all M&S products and many of our third-party brands for you and a member of your household
* Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days!
* Discretionary bonus schemes awarded based on how you achieve your personal objectives and our performance as a business
* A generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance
* A dedicated welcome to our teams with a tailored induction and a wide range of training programmes to develop your skills
* Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices portal to maximise your financial and personal wellbeing
* Industry-leading parental, adoption and neonatal policies, providing support and flexibility for your family
* Access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support for all colleagues including access to our 24/7 Virtual GP and PAM Assist to support you and your family
* A charity volunteer day to support a charity or cause you're passionate about through a dedicated day away from work
What you’ll do
Your key accountabilities will include:
* Complete inbound execution to deliver against commercial (Merchandise Planning) intake plan, and provide visibility of reasons for expected and actual miss
* Ensure risks and issues impacting commercial plan in flow of stock from FOB to warehouse receipt are managed and commercial teams advised
* Manage freight delays and mitigate commercial impact
* Provide intake diagnostics compiling a summary of the key drivers of the variance to the agreed intake plan by week/month for each BU/T Dept and communicate this to the relevant teams
* Support tactical and strategic Department transitions across the UK Network, working with the Transition, Origin and Commercial teams in ensuring availability is not compromised during such times and adhering to project costs
Who you are
Your skills and experience will include:
* Knowledge of the fundamentals of Supply Chain Planning (forecasting, planning, logistics operations, sourcing) and Freight and Logistics operations
* Ability to use Excel/Power BI reports to interpret and analyse data, identify trends, risks and opportunities for improvement
* An understanding of how Clothing & Home critical paths for new product launches and Buying and Merchandising processes work
* You will have great interpersonal skills with the ability to coordinate and prioritise across multiple areas
* Comfortable liaising with different areas of the business at all levels and very much enjoy working as part of a team.
Everyone’s welcome
We are ambitious about the future of retail. We’re redefining, innovating and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We’re reimagining 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.
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