Range & Display Planner

Job description
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.

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
• Family friendly policies to support life’s most important milestones including maternity leave, neo-natal

What you’ll do

Your key accountabilities will include
• Create and execute maintenance of ‘best in town’ category planograms, ensuring that they are updated to agreed critical path and display & operational principles
• Analyse product and store inventory data to determine the best attribution of micro space, to optimise operational efficiency and shelf fill
• Manage product attributes and customer decision trees to support execution of relevant displays & ranges
• Provide display related management information such as shelf efficiency, product ‘look and feel’, ease of shop, customer blocking, and provide recommendations for potential enhancements to provide oversight of the product end to end
• Play a key role in managing the display strategy with Buyers and NPD, making recommendations in line with display principles, as well as defining product attributes.
• Conduct M&S & competitor store visits regularly to review implementation of displays, gain store feedback and to identify potential improvements and opportunities.

Who you are

Your skills and experience will include
• Excellent project management
• Food category & customer knowledge to ensure focussed displays
• Excellent analysis and problem solving
• Detailed knowledge of the Space Range & Display processes and critical paths
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Suite including Microsoft Excel & Power BI
• Food Analytics Query Tool (Business Objects)
• JDA Suite Including – Space Planning, Assortment Optimization & Intactix Knowledge Database

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’re an in-person business and have core collaboration days in our Support Centre each week. For most teams, this is 3 working days where we come together to collaborate, innovate, and serve our customers brilliantly.

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.