M&S Food is changing, and fast! We are undergoing one of the biggest transformations in retailing today to build a bigger, better, fresher food business. From Percy Pig to the freshest M&S Select Farms produce, we grow, source, and develop our own products to give our customers family-ready food that's unbeatable on flavour and innovation. We need motivated people who are ready to bring their whole self to work and give it their all in a fast-paced team committed to being the best. After all, this is not just food… This is M&S Food.
Looking for a fresh challenge? Join us as a Homecare Products Buyer for our own brand! This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of an exciting time in our business. We're all about innovation and sustainability, and we have a strong lineup of core products.
As a Homecare Products Buyer for our own brand, you'll be responsible for sourcing and selecting a variety of high-quality Homecare products. You'll work closely with our product development team to stay on top of trends and find new ways to improve our products. Plus, you'll collaborate with our Supply Chain, Marketing, Range & Display, and Store Operations teams to ensure our product launches and promotions go smoothly and make our customers' lives easier.
If you're passionate about retail and Homecare solutions, have a good eye for quality, and are great at negotiating, we'd love to hear from you! Join our team and help us keep innovating and satisfying our customers.
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.
What you’ll do
Your key accountabilities will include:
* Drive sales and profit in line with operating plan budgets
* Drive market share performance
* Lead relationship with suppliers through effective commercial management
* Prepare and agree category plan with Management Team through analysis of customer insight, sales and trends
* Set effective range strategies to optimise selling format and product choice, understanding space requirements
Who you are
Your skills and experience will include:
* Decision making
* Commercial savvy and negotiation skills
* Strong communication and influencing skills
* Analysis of commercial and customer information to seize & deliver commercial opportunities
* Team working
Everyone’s welcome
We are ambitious about the future of retail. We’re disrupting, innovating and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We’re 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.
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