E2E Planning Analyst - Supply Chain

Our remarkable Planning teams deliver the products our customers want through a service they love. We’re redefining our Supply Chain processes to enable data-driven decision-making, and we need you to help drive tangible business outcomes! Are you currently a Data Analyst, then this role could be for you? As a Data Planning Analyst in our End-to-End Development team within Supply Chain & Logistics Planning you will use your expertise to lead and assist in projects aimed at creating new, efficient, and sustainable solutions. The role will be responsible for maximising availability (and therefore sales) by creating an accurate long-term demand plan used for product buying. They will ensure the forecast is set in line with trading strategy to buy the right stock and handle inventory parameters at DC-level to place the stock in the right location to minimise excess stock and operating cost and maximise inventory turn.

NB To stay close to customers, our support teams are in our Support Office in Paddington 3 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…

• 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

• Perform forecast modelling and adjust forecasting parameters to ensure the best possible accuracy
• Use product segmentation for purpose of managing forecast accuracy and bias
• Provide reporting on forecast to range/department/Business Unit level for purpose of Business Unit / Department reviews and alignment
• Regular Forecast checks vs merchandising sales plan and reacting to changes in trade performance and adjusting forecasts as and when needed
• Management of inventory settings, responding to trade and adjusting inventory parameters and buying approaches

Who you are

Your skills and experience will include

• Number orientated analyst with strong mathematical skills
• Experience in business analysis and process improvement: process mapping, problem analysis, opportunity identification, “to be” process proposal and implementation.
• Excellent analytical skills to identify root cause of a process bottleneck/issue and suggest a solution and Proficient in MS Excel and Power Point
• Confident working with data: able to analyse, summarise and confidently tell stories with data and to convey findings in an accessible, informative way.
• Clear and concise communication style, able to simplify and explain complicated concepts to senior audiences. With the ability to effectively manage & influence partners at all levels, building and maintaining a strong network of contacts

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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