Assistant Technologist - Advanced Babywear

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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. –

To provide technical support to deliver quality, innovation, safety, compliance and ethics that differentiate M&S from the High Street

We are currently looking for an Assistant Technologist to join our Babywear team, this is a 12-month secondment opportunity.

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

• Where appropriate take technical responsibility for a range/department as well as providing support to the Technology team across the Department acting on behalf of the Technologist to represent M&S externally and the Department internally
• Critical path - ensure all technical deadlines are met in line with BU critical path and continually working to optimise Leadtime whilst maintaining product technical standards
• Risk assess new materials are appropriate for end use
• Assist the departmental technologist to manage adherence to product safety, compliance and ethical standards in line with legislation and corporate policy
• Monitor the voice of our customer around Quality and Fit and build into ongoing product development strategy

Who you are

Your skills and experience will include

• Ability to interpret Departmental Strategy and provide insights based on technical knowledge
• Multi tasked orientated working to tight deadlines, understanding when to take decisions and when to seek guidance
• Knowledge and experience of creating product specifications
• Ability to manage departmental data and leverage M&S systems to enable strategic reporting
• Ability to embrace change and strive to embed new process and ways of working

Interested? Apply here!

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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