Operations Team Manager - Wk 1 & Wk 2 Days

Team
Supply Chain & Logistics
Store
Castle Donington
Location
Castle Donington, Leicestershire
Contract type
Permanent
Position type
Full Time
Salary
Competitive + benefits
Closing date: 10th July 2026
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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
Our Castle Donington Distribution Centre is fast, flexible, agile and ever evolving to support the growth of our online business. As we increase its efficiency to accommodate higher volumes of customer orders.

Are you someone who loves to take the lead and relishes responsibility?

Then we have 2 great opportunities for Operations Team Managers on both Week 1 & Wk 2 Days to join our Inbound & Auto Chambers.
All the details

As a Team Manager your role will be to lead and empower our colleagues, by utilising your leadership, coaching and development skills. Your focus will be on delivering the right products to the right places at the right time for our M&S customers while ensuring a safe, supportive, and high-performing work environment for your team. So we can deliver the right products to the right places at the right time for our M&S customers while ensuring your team are working in a safe environment

Our site Team Managers on Days follow our two-week rota pattern the start and finish times are vary slightly dependent on the area:-

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The contracted hours for this role are 40.25 hours averaged over 2 week period. Start time includes 30 minutes shift preparation for guidance the start and finish times are circa 5:30am to 18:00pm but this does vary slightly dependant on area.

NB: To apply you will be required to upload a copy of your current CV. Then shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a short on-line video interview, successful candidates will be invited to Face-to-Face assessment on site.

Join us on this exciting journey! In exchange for your experience, we will reward you with a competitive salary, opportunities to broaden and develop your career and market leading benefits package.

Interested? Then please apply.

What you’ll do

Your key accountabilities will include

  • Proactively managing people issues (including Wellbeing, absence, talent and performance management). Ensuring consistent application of policy and advice
  • Actively promoting colleague engagement ensuring colleagues feel valued and supported
  • Managing operational processes to improve the opportunity for productivity
  • Supporting Shift Managers in planning, managing and adjusting staffing levels during the shift. Aligned with planned and flexed volumes to support delivery of site Key Performance Indicators as defined by customer requirements
  • Driving a positive culture of health and safety through leading by example and following the standard process requirements
  • Driving cross functional working as one team to ensure delivery of site targets, working at every stage to exceed customer expectation

Who you are

  • We are looking for individuals who have experience leading teams and providing them with clear direction through proactive engagement.
  • With the ability to use Data to make commercially led decisions
  • They will need to be proactive, self-starters who thrive in a fast-paced environment.
  • Who understand the impact of commercial decisions both on the site and on other areas of the business. While maintaining their focus on our external and internal customer requirements for quality, efficiency and accuracy
  • In addition, they will need a flexible approach to work and be willing and able to adjust to the demands of a changing and agile environment

What’s in it for you?

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 you

Everyone’s welcome

We are ambitious about the future of retail. We’re reinventing, innovating and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We’re redefining 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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Meet the Team

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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 others. That’s why we offer mentorship through our buddy system.

Wellbeing

Get access to resources to keep you fit and healthy, in body and mind. This includes access to our Wellbeing Hub, Virtual GP, Check4Cancer, PAM Assist and I&D Networks.

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Lucy Programme Manager
Imy Shift Manager

M&S really has an appetite for change: there is a real belief in where we’re heading, and the business is putting the investment and infrastructure behind it. We’re always looking at where the industry is now, and identifying opportunities to evolve and improve the efficiency of our logistics network.

Lucy (She / Her) | Programme Manager Read full story

M&S gives you the freedom to be yourself. If you are genuinely motivated by a challenge, there’s nothing to stop you or hold you back. I would pass on the same advice I was given. Seize the opportunities. Share your ideas. Try things out. If it works, great. If it doesn’t, learn from it. This is the way we move forward as people – and as a business.

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Benefits

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Colleague Networks

We want you to feel supported, no matter what.

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.

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.

Forces Community Network

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

Gender Equality Network

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

Family & Carers Network

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

Menopause Network

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

Cancer Network

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

LGBTQ+ Network

Proactively representing LGBTQ+ issues and opportunities to deliver a truly inclusive place to work and shop for our 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 that includes a product checking test and a situational judgement test. This could be before or after your interview.

Interview

We'll invite you to join us for an On Demand video interview. Here, we'll ask you some technical questions based on the behavioural attributes we're looking for. 

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.

Operations Team Manager - Wk 1 & Wk 2 Days

Team
Supply Chain & Logistics
Store
Castle Donington
Location
Castle Donington, Leicestershire
Contract type
Permanent
Position type
Full Time
Salary
Competitive + benefits
Closing date: 10th July 2026
Reference: 120888