Space Planning 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.

Support the defining, development, and delivery of both the overall Space functional and Clothing & Home Space transformation strategies. Work with the Head of BU Space Planning to partner with BUs to develop and deliver the BU Space Strategy with accountability for holding ownership for all BU space allocation, the seasonal and AYR space use, creating opportunities to drive store or category performance in sales, margin, and controllable contribution. Owning all change; from BAU seasonal change to retail trading, to projects; from conceptualisation to in-store delivery.

Support the defining, development, and delivery of both the overall Space functional and Clothing & Home Space transformation strategies. Work with the Head of BU Space Planning to partner with BUs to develop and deliver the BU Space Strategy with accountability for holding ownership for all BU space allocation, the seasonal and AYR space use, creating opportunities to drive store or category performance in sales, margin, and controllable contribution. Owning all change; from BAU seasonal change to retail trading, to projects; from ideation to in-store delivery.

Leads a specialist team to deliver merchandising to space planning & grading and micro-space planning. Work with peers to ensure all space use, drives store performance

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 - becoming a part and playing your part. We're an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and always evolving business built on core values.

Here are some of the benefits we offer that make working for M&S just that little bit more special...

• 20% Colleague discount on most things from furniture, fashion, and food.
• A first-class welcome to M&S with a tailored induction and a wide range of training schemes to help with your learning and development. Having options to progress is something we're proud of at M&S.
• Attractive annual bonus, based on company performance and personal objectives.
• Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days!
• Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices website. Including GymSave - that offers up to 25% off Gym Memberships and the option to become an M&S Shareholder using our ShareSave & ShareBuy Schemes
• Charity Volunteer Day - A paid day away from work to support your chosen charity.
• A very generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance
• Every colleague at M&S has access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support - this includes access to our 24/7 Virtual GP, PAM Assist to support you & your family as well as many other schemes

What you'll do

Your key accountabilities will include

• Works with the Head of BU Space Planning to build and deliver progressive, compelling space propositions, identifying £300m of sales opportunity from Business, Space and BU Strategies to establish the target "value bank" for delivery across all store change across the 3YP
• Ensures the delivery of OBW in all processes - creating best practice (harmonised across all parts of BU Space Planning) with other Managers. Continually refining processes, challenging ways of working not adding value to ensure we are collectively working as effectively as possible.
• Input into the E2E transformation programme and new systems development where required
• Actively challenges and promotes the dynamic use of space, generating ideas that enable flexibility, seasonal shifts where there is obvious opportunity
• Owns the "Space to Stock Efficiency" and space productivity ambitions through effective allocation of space and harmonisation of stock width, depth, space sq ft, linear, fixture design, use and planning, with VM for their BU

Who you are

Your skills and experience will include

• Ability to initiate, build and maintain positive relationships and influence at all levels in the Support Centre and Stores
• Outstanding understanding of the Space/Merchandising critical path, process flows, competencies and activities
• Expert knowledge of the Space and Merchandising systems across the E2E
• All relevant Clothing & Home, Space & Retail reporting, and merchandising systems, specifically: JDA floor-planning, RP, MP, GMOR, PowerBI
• Knowledge of merchandising operations processes

Everyone's welcome

M&S is ready to push boundaries to lead the retail industry into a greener, speedier, more inspiring digital era. That's why we're revolutionising how we work and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. There's never been a better time to be part of our team. Marks & Spencer aims to be an inclusive organisation, trusted, and admired by our colleagues, customers, and suppliers. Join us and make an immediate impact.

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 flexible working.

If you consider yourself to require reasonable adjustments to any part of our recruitment process, we invite you to share those requirements with us when completing your application. We will make every effort to ensure your needs are met to provide a fair and transparent process of assessment.

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