International Network Planning Manager

This role will work cross functionally with international trading, commercial planning, logistics, finance, online and franchise partners. It will cover the End 2 End from the order book through to the flow of stock to working capital and underpin this with the appropriate reporting. If you are looking an exciting new challenge then this could be the opportunity for you?

NB: This role is UK based and will work out of our Padding to Support Office however some overseas travel may be required as part of the role.

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 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 well-being 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

What you’ll do

Your key accountabilities will include

• Lead network planning and the alignment of the overall International Clothing & Home stock flow and stock holding. By route to analyse network capacity and associated actions across both short, mid and long term. Options in the future to extend further to Franchise partners
• International Clothing & Home shipment and order book reporting for International Franchise, Joint Venture and Wholly Owned Businesses including online (both D2C and marketplace). To enable scenario modelling to support both financial and operational plans.
• Management and preparation of weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly Shipment reporting vs. Op Plan, Quarterly Revisions and last year plans by BU / partner. To ensure the roll up and alignment to the overall Clothing & Home plan, making recommendations for action where required
• Key member of the EU EDC programme team. To set up new ways of working to create a new E2E planning process with appropriate governance structure, accountabilities and stretching metrics
• Provide on time and accurate reporting Key Performance Indicator’s and SLA’s across the network. To include, cover levels, inbound and outbound capacity and delivery of fulfilment metrics
• Work across functions through the Stock WSSI to set, review and manage stock holding / working capital targets

Who you are

Your skills and experience will include

• Knowledge of Retail and Ecom Supply Chain and Supply Chain Planning practices across channels
• An inspiring leader who has experience of network planning and or logistics/operations
• A highly organised both at an individual level and with an ability to build team capability to adhere to a plan across multiple functions
• A confident communicator who can convey ideas and points of view in a compelling and engaging manner. With the ability to initiate and build positive relationships with business partners across functions
• Has strong commercial Foresight and knowledge of business IT systems who can assimilate data from multiple sources to drive operational outputs

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.

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