Packaging Sustainability Manager

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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.

We are looking for a Packaging Sustainability Manager to join our Clothing & Home Team. You will be responsible for across Clothing & Home Packaging and will provide technical support to focus on Packaging Sustainability, compliance, innovation that differentiate M&S from the High Street

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

Whats in it for you

Being a part of M&S is exactly that becoming a part and playing your part. Were 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 were proud of at M&S.
• Attractive annual bonus, based on company performance and personal goals.
• 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 & free access to the UnMind App as well as many other schemes

What youll do

Your key accountabilities will include

• Protect all packaging components across Clothing and Home from product safety, compliance and sustainability and ethical issues in line with legislation and policy
• Ensure deployment of environmental sustainability data management tools, with the M&S Supply Chain including HIGG and ZDHC tools
• Develop and maintain documentation that supports PLAN A reporting for internal and external purposed in line with key C&H Plan A measurements and targets, including Packaging Sustainability targets and conversion to preferred raw materials
• Set and maintain technical standards across the packaging for all Clothing and home business area putting customer requirements at the centre of policy, and ensuring that these standards are frequently and clearly communicated to all stakeholders involved in the packaging design, product development and production processes (Buying Departments, packaging Suppliers, Sourcing Offices
• Act as a business ambassador protecting all Packaging Plan A, safety, ethical and environmental requirements

Who you are

Your skills and experience will include

• Excellent project management skills delivering to critical path time scales and legislative agendas e.g.: packaging reductions
• Degree in Chemistry, Textile, Packaging, Sustainability and Environmental Science or related disciplines
• Highly analytical, able to interpret data (Higg Index, LCA, CIU, Bizarre Voice, QPIs, PLM) and drive insights and present results to support strategic thinking.
• Experience and knowledge of packaging creation, print, woven and constructional manufacturing
• Proven track record to drive and deliver sustainability, innovation, and newness in aligned and joined up approach with Colleagues and suppliers.

Everyones welcome

M&S is ready to push boundaries to lead the retail industry into a greener, speedier, more inspiring digital era. Thats why were revolutionising how we work and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. Theres 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.

Were 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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