Regional Manager - South Coast West

Team
In Store
Location
Contract type
Permanent
Position type
Full Time
Salary
Competitive + Benefits
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How We Hire

Everyone is welcome at M&S. No exceptions. It’s your background, abilities and differences that make you, uniquely you. And when you’re part of M&S, that individuality has the potential to make waves.

About the role

This section tells you all you need to know about the position and its responsibilities, outlining everything we hope to see in a successful candidate.

Summary
As the Regional Manager for the South Coast West region, you will lead the commercial growth and profitability of your portfolio by delivering the regional retail plan and achieving key KPIs.

You will champion a customer-first culture, ensuring exceptional service standards and using customer insight to shape continuous improvement. Through inspiring, visible leadership, you will empower Store Managers and their teams to deliver high performance while building a strong, future ready talent pipeline across the region.

You will play a critical role in developing capability at all levels, ensuring robust succession and colleague engagement. Above all, you will ensure every store operates safely, legally, and in line with the values and standards that protect our colleagues, our customers, and the M&S brand.
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What You Will Do

  • Lead your region to deliver strong sales, profitability and full P&L accountability across all stores.

  • Achieve key performance metrics across Profit, Customer and Colleague measures by driving operational excellence.

  • Ensure consistently high product presentation and visual merchandising standards, delivering all campaigns, events and launches brilliantly.

  • Build diverse talent plans, ensuring internal talent is identified and developed alongside external talent.

  • Lead and embed transformation programmes, develop change capability, drive Plan A initiatives, and create a high performance, digitally enabled culture.

Who You Will Be

  • A leader who holds yourself and your teams accountable for performance, results and delivery of business objectives.

  • Someone who proactively seeks insight from customers and colleagues, uncovering new commercial and service opportunities.

  • Resilient and optimistic, maintaining momentum and focus even through challenging or fast changing environments.

  • A people leader who sets clear objectives, regularly reviews performance, and provides high quality coaching and feedback.

  • A confident change leader who adapts style to different stakeholders, empowers teams, and guides others through transformation with clarity and involvement.

Working at M&S means being part of something bigger - helping to deliver quality, value and service to millions of customers every day. We’re inclusive, fast-moving and always evolving, with a strong sense of purpose and a focus on doing the right thing.Here are just a few of the benefits that make working here even more rewarding:· 20% colleague discount on all M&S products and many third-party brands for you and someone in your household, available once you’ve completed your probation· Competitive holiday allowance with the option to buy more· Discretionary bonus schemes linked to your performance and ours· Strong pension and life assurance to help plan for the future· Tailored induction and training to support your development from day one· Exclusive perks and savings through our M&S Choices portal· Market-leading family policies, including parental, adoption and neonatal leave· 24/7 wellbeing support, including virtual GP access and mental health services· One paid volunteer day a year to support a cause that matters to youEveryone’s welcome:We are ambitious about the future of retail. We’re disrupting, innovating and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We’re transforming how we work together and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. Marks & Spencer strives to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make change happen.We are committed to building diverse and representative teams, where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and be at their best. We support each other and work together to win together.If you feel you'd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.

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Our Support

Mentorship

It’s important to us that our new colleagues feel supported in their roles and can learn from each other. That’s why we offer mentorship through our buddy system.

Flexible working

We’re a 24/7 business and our working patterns adapt to our customers’ needs. Worklife is our flexible working policy that gives colleagues the option for part-time working, a 4-day compressed week, or to job share if it’s in the best interests of everyone.

Benefits

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Colleague Networks

We want you to feel supported, no matter what.

Health and Wellbeing Network

Providing a safe space for colleagues with all types of health conditions or disabilities and supporting with business initiatives to ensure our stores are truly accessible for our customers.

Menopause Network

Initiating and encouraging open conversations about menopause by offering support and sharing experiences.

Forces Community Network

Supporting colleagues connected to the Armed Forces, aiding their transition to civilian life, and ensuring that they thrive in the workplace.

LGBTQ+ Network

Proactively representing LGBTQ+ issues and opportunities to deliver a truly inclusive place to work and shop for our colleagues and customers.

Cancer Network

Fostering a supportive and inclusive workplace culture, addressing stigma, providing guidance and raising awareness to empower and assist colleagues affected by cancer.

Family & Carers Network

A support network for parents and carers, offering a space for colleagues to share experiences, exchange ideas, and access useful resources.

Gender Equality Network

Addressing gender-related challenges, raising awareness, and driving action to ensure equal opportunities for all.

Culture and Heritage Network

Raising awareness of various religions and cultures through events and comms, to educate others and better represent our M&S colleagues and customers.

How to Apply

Here’s what to expect at each stage of the application process. This can change depending on the role you’ve applied to. If you need any reasonable adjustments made at any stage, let us know and we can help.

Send us your application

Fill in our short application form and hit submit.

Online assessment

We’ll invite you to take part in an online assessment. This could be before or after your interview.

In-person assessment centre

We’ll invite you to an in-person assessment centre or an interview. This process may differ depending on the role you’ve applied to.

Decision

After we’ve decided, we’ll be in touch. If you’ve been successful, we’ll officially invite you to join the team and let you know the next steps.

Regional Manager - South Coast West

Team
In Store
Contract type
Permanent
Position type
Full Time
Salary
Competitive + Benefits
Reference: 116799