Range Planner

London, England, United Kingdom

12/11/2024

All the details

M&S Food is changing, and fast! We are undergoing one of the biggest transformations in retailing today to build a bigger, better, fresher food business.

From Percy Pig to the freshest M&S Select Farms produce, we grow, source, and develop our own products to give our customers family-ready food that's unbeatable on flavour and innovation.

We need motivated people who are ready to bring their whole self to work and give it their all in a fast-paced team committed to being the best. After all, this is not just food… This is M&S Food.

As a Range planner you will build ranges that are curated for the Convenience channels, make product areas easy for customers to shop, support ‘best in town’ display principles and efficient replenishment. Provide a customer and operational perspective with regards to range within the categories and work closely with the Commercial teams and Franchise Partners. Partner the Supply Chain in the delivery of product space that focusses on excellent displays and appropriate cost to meet credible displays. Ensure ranges & planograms to agreed timeframes through effective workload management. To partner the New Product Development (NPD) to ensure products are aligned with strategy.

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 you’ll do

Your key accountabilities will include

• Build and implement maintenance of Convenience category ranges, ensuring that they are updated to agreed critical path and display and operational principles
• Work closely with Commercial Managers to curate ranges and sign off with Franchise Partners.
• Lead product attributes and customer decision trees to support execution of relevant displays and ranges
• Play a key role in leading the display strategy with Display teams, making recommendations in line with display principles, as well as defining product attributes.
• Work closely with M&S Convenience store & retail teams to drive right first time launches and integrate feedback into range builds.
  
  
  

What you are

Your key accountabilities will include

• Excellent project management with attention to detail and high degree of accuracy
• Proactivity and solution driven
• Excellent ranging analysis, interpretation and problem-solving skill
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Suite including Microsoft Excel
• Knowledge of the Space Range, Display, NPD, Supply Chain and Procurement processes and critical paths
  
  
  

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.