Range Planner 12 Month FTC

As a Range planner you will build ranges that are curated for the Convenience channels, make product areas easy for customers to shop, support ‘best in town’ display principles and efficient replenishment. Provide a customer and operational perspective with regards to range within the categories and work closely with the Commercial teams and Franchise Partners. Partner the Supply Chain in the delivery of product space that focusses on excellent displays and appropriate cost to meet credible displays. Ensure ranges & planograms to agreed timeframes through effective workload management. To partner the New Product Development (NPD) to ensure products are aligned with strategy.

Please note, this is a 12 Month FTC.

To stay close to customers, our support teams are in the office three days a week as we believe that skills are developed through collaboration, and that spending time together makes us more creative and connected.

What’s in it for you

Being a part of M&S is exactly that – playing your part to bring the magic of M&S to our customers every day. We’re an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and ever evolving business built on doing the right thing and bringing exceptional quality, value, service to every customer, whenever, wherever and however they want to shop with us.

Here are some of the benefits we offer that make working for M&S just that little bit more special…

• After completing your probationary period, you’ll receive 20% colleague discount across all M&S products and many of our third-party brands for you and a member of your household.
• Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days!
• Discretionary bonus schemes awarded based on how you achieve your personal objectives and our performance as a business.
• A generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.
• A dedicated welcome to our teams with a tailored induction and a wide range of training programmes to develop your skills.
• Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices portal to maximise your financial and personal wellbeing.
• Industry-leading parental, adoption and neonatal policies, providing support and flexibility for your family.
• Access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support for all colleagues including access to our 24/7 Virtual GP and PAM Assist to support you and your family.
• A charity volunteer day to support a charity or cause you're passionate about through a dedicated day away from work.

Key Accountabilities

Your key accountabilities will include

• Build and execute maintenance of Convenience category ranges, ensuring that they are updated to agreed critical path and display and operational principles
• Work closely with Commercial Managers to curate ranges and sign off with Franchise Partners.
• Analyse product and store inventory data to settle the best attribution of micro space, to optimise operational efficiency and shelf fill
• Lead product attributes and customer decision trees to support execution of relevant displays and ranges
• Play a key role in leading the display strategy with Display teams, making recommendations in line with display principles, as well as defining product attributes.
• Work closely with M&S Convenience store & retail teams to drive right first time launches and integrate feedback into range builds.
• Regularly visit competitors in the convenience market to keep track of innovation and current trends.

Who you are

Your skills and experience will include

• Excellent project management with attention to detail and high degree of accuracy
• Proactivity and solution driven
• Excellent ranging analysis, interpretation and problem-solving skill
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Suite including Microsoft Excel
• Knowledge of the Space Range, Display, NPD, Supply Chain and Procurement processes and critical paths

Everyone’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.