Junior Merchandiser / Trader International

We're looking for a commercially minded and proactive Junior Merchandiser / Trader to support the planning and trading activity across our global markets. In this role, you'll help drive a profitable and customer-focused international range, working to maximise both retail sales and reported sales across multiple departments.

You’ll play a key role in analysing trade performance, identifying opportunities, and supporting the delivery of strategic plans. As part of the International team, you’ll also deputise for the International Trader, giving you valuable exposure to senior decision-making and cross-functional collaboration.

If you're passionate about global retail, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and have a strong eye for numbers and trends, this is a great opportunity to develop your career in international merchandising and trading.

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.

What you’ll do

Your key accountabilities will include

• Accountable for delivering key International KPI’s for your product area e.g., sales, order book, profit across all channels.
• Assisting in crafting an environment which cultivates a selling and trading culture across your team. You will support in promoting an International mindset and be a catalyst in your business unit, ensuring it is fully integrated with, and treated as a priority by the global merchandising teams and that the needs of our customers / partners are fulfilled. Deputising for your line Manager when appropriate and provide support to the Assistant Traders and the central planning team
• Support the delivery of the selling event for best-in-class selling, utilising sales trends and data to identify market opportunities that drive growth in the market and align to the key growth ranges and strategic priorities for your area.
• You will lead the team through the orderbook reviews and support the Trader by identifying risk and opportunities and drive international volume orders to assist with price negotiations for the global buy.
• Re-forecast forward sales and orderbook collaborating with partner and planning teams to identify and challenge areas of opportunity and risk.

Who you are

Your skills and experience will include

• Numerical, analytical, and interpretive skills with a proven experience within a similar role.
• Ability to initiate and build positive relationships with the wider business, partners and buying team.
• Strong communication, influencing, and organisational skills, with experience of motivating and developing team members.
• Sound understanding of key performance metrics and how to use such data to improve sales and deliver growth in future seasons in their area.
• Tech savvy with the ability to fully utilise appropriate IT systems.

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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