Planner

Ready to turn commercial insight into action? Join our team as an Outlet Planner on a 12-month fixed-term contract and help shape plans that deliver real results. Working closely with the Outlet Planning Manager, you’ll bring together key commercial information, roll-ups and analysis to align Outlet and Business Unit plans, highlight risks and opportunities, and ensure priorities are implemented effectively.

Your key accountabilities will include

• Monitoring targets for made stock, intake, OTIF, cost of reductions and options management. Completing relevant data roll-ups and collation to provide a clear BU and Outlet view on progress against targets, risks and opportunities.
• Facilitating the merchandise budgeting and planning process for stock and commitment, ensuring that all key operational and strategic decisions are incorporated within agreed timelines.
• Working with the Data & Reporting team to shape reporting requirements and develop automated self-service reports for the BUs.
• Assisting in developing and adhering to the end-to-end critical path and identifying any operational issues.
• Supporting the Planning Manager by providing commercial information as required on trading activity, such as markdowns, promotional activity, seasonal planning, review summaries and weekly sales.

Your skills and experience will include

• Strong merchandising skills.
• Knowledge of business IT systems and stock interdependencies.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills.
• Strong influencing and communication skills.
• An understanding of non-buying support areas, such as Space, Logistics, Pricing & Promotions.

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.