Brands Sustainability Assistant Manager

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Job Description

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-orientated colleagues that not only have a passion for our product, but a strong team working ethos, creativity and a healthy commercial aim to join us on our journey.

This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in the new Third Party Brands Business Unit, supporting the Brands Sustainability & Safety Manager within a cross functional team incorporating our Brand partners, Plan A & Sustainability teams, and internal stakeholders.

The role will be perfect for someone who is passionate about sustainability and project management. Key to the role will be understanding the M&S Plan A strategy, clear communication both internally and externally, with attention to detail. This role will play a critical part in helping the business deliver both the Brands strategy and the Net Zero strategy, with the ideal candidate being passionate about driving change within a supply base.

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.

We have a flexible / hybrid approach - talk to us about part time or job share opportunities in this role, if it's meaningful to you, it's important to us.

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

• Co-ordinating Brand Sustainability and Safety actions and project management. Liaising with Brands and internal teams through the process to the agreed critical path.
• Resolve queries and issues for stakeholders and Brands.
• Supporting Brands with M&S Sustainability and Safety documents, including kick off meetings and project plans across different product types, business units and operating models such as Wholesale, Consignment and Dropship.
• Maintain and grow the mapping and scoring of Brand partners along their sustainability journey. Support Business Development team to get a clear view of our partner Brands Net-Zero strategy and raw material journey.
• Reporting Brand Sustainability and Safety status to stakeholders, including weekly dashboards and planned launches.
• Gathering insights and feedback on product. Provide information to the Business Units and Operations team, to identify improvements, ensuring that the Brands sustainability and safety process is industry leading and fulfils our desire to be the best partner to do business with.

Who you are

Your skills and experience will include

• Experience working with Brands as a Sustainability Administrator
• Implementation of technology, in embedding processes and systems to support the business functions.
• Data driven with strong analytical and problem-solving skills to turn findings into executable plans
• Adaptable, decisive with the ability to deliver solutions despite ambiguity, obstacles, and complexity
• Confident, sound decision-making, ability to challenge and credible influencing skills
• Excellent organisation & time management skills with attention to detail

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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