Business Development Assistant Manager

Summary

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.

All the details

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…

Building a portfolio of owned and partnership brands is a key growth and transformation strategy for M&S and in this role you would be responsible for supporting the shaping and development of the 3rd party Brand strategy for Clothing and Home. Working with the Business Development Manager and wider 3PB team, you will provide insight and analysis to identify a target list of brands, conducting the relevant research and due diligence to ensure they meet the defined M&S criteria.

Your key accountabilities will include

• Supporting the development of the Brands strategy for M&S and update/refine as required. Support Business Development Manager and Category Leads with data and insight for deep-dive strategies into specific categories and business areas
• Collect, organise and manipulate large amounts of data using databases and other technologies. Continually scans market to identify opportunities for partnership, conducting research to ensure fit with M&S
• Manage the contract database and tracking of updates and renewals. Supporting on outreach to pipeline brands and tracking pipeline progress. Manage documents, trackers and databases for the Business Development team
• Building strong relationships by building positive, engaging relationships with Brand Partners, giving them confidence in M&S. Build key relationships and engage effectively with stakeholders at all levels to ensure initiatives are fully understood and cross functional impacts are understood and mitigated
• Work with Finance to ensure that the costs and benefits of new brands and acquisitions are tracked, managed and realised

Who you are…

Your skills and experience will include

• Good understanding of Clothing & Home retailing and the market
• Strong relationship skills and positive personal impact
• Data analysis and ability to derive actionable insights wit previous strategy, insight or Business Development experience, ideally in Retail.
• Highly organised with previous experience at managing multiple priorities/projects. Demonstrates an ability to work across a matrix organisation and to influence & drive progress where not accountable
• Strong commercial and financial acumen – able to analyse complex data from multiple sources to drive financial and commercial decisions

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.

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