Assistant Buyer - Advanced Accessories

From Merchandising and Marketing - Product Development and Design, through to Supply Chain and Space Planning - our mission is to bring stylish wardrobe, home and beauty essentials to our customers via an easy, inspiring shopping experience online and in store that will delight them every time.

As we accelerate the transformation of our business to suit the changing needs of our customer, we need results-orientated colleagues that not only have a passion for our product, but a strong team working ethos, creativity and a healthy commercial aim to join us on our journey.

To stay close to customers, our support teams are in the office at least 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
As the Accessories Assistant Buyer Advanced on Womenswear your key accountabilities will include

• Support the Buyer by displaying a clear understanding of M&S' customer
• Support the Buyer working with Design and Sourcing Offices to interpret and adapt to market trends and direction whilst analysing historical sales in line with trends and design direction
• Contribute as an active member of the Buying team to work within a commercially focussed culture
• Work with the Buyer to manage the departmental critical path. Manage BAAs to ensure efficient product & sample management across the buying floor. Support BAA training and development to help upskill teams.
• Actively participate in coordinating and presenting the range for sign-off and work with Buyer in setting and delivering the strategy for the department
• Demonstrate good knowledge of Accessories finished goods and materials supply base and support processes to ensure M&S' scale and buying power is fully leveraged

Who you are
Your skills and experience will include

• Experience working to at least Assistant Buyer level in a fashion retailer. Experience in Accessories or Non Clothing is required!
• Product obsessed and a passion to drive M&S forward!
• Experience of cost price negotiations, global sourcing and a commercial mindset
• Highly organised, self motivated and proactive
• Role model for BAAs to live the M&S behaviours

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.