Assistant Designer - Holiday Shop London, England
Job description
Key Capabilities
The Commercial Analysis team is recruiting an analyst to help drive our Food Supply Chain transformation.
You will be working on the end-to-end transformation, from how we order products from suppliers to how we serve our stores, the Supply Chain is the backbone of our food business.
The Team
You will work within the Commercial Analysis team of Food Data Science. This team provides insights using analytical skills and commercial awareness to drive better business decision making across our award-winning food business. The team is also responsible for designing and running trials across the food business to evaluate the effects of commercial transformation.
You will also work with collaborators across Food Supply Chain, including teams responsible for the optimisation of the supply chain, including culture change, and ways-of-working.
We have a flexible approach - talk to us about part time or job share opportunities in this role. If it’s meaningful to you, it’s important to us.
What’s in it for you
Being a part of M&S is exactly that – becoming a part and playing your part. We’re an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and always evolving business built on core values.
Here are some of the benefits we offer that make working for M&S just that little bit more special…
- 20% Colleague discount on most things from furniture, fashion and food
- A first-class welcome to M&S with a tailored induction and a wide range of training schemes to help with your learning and development. Having options to progress is something we’re proud of at M&S
- Attractive annual bonus, based on company performance and personal objectives
- Competitive holiday entitlement
- Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices website. Including GymSave – that offers up to 25% off Gym Memberships and the option to become an M&S Shareholder using our ShareSave & ShareBuy Schemes
- Charity Volunteer Day – A paid day away from work to support your chosen charity
- A very generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance
Every colleague at M&S has access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support – this includes access to our 24/7 Virtual GP, PAM Assist to support you & your family & free access to the UnMind App as well as many other schemes
What you’ll do
Your key accountabilities will include
- Deliver clear, practical insights to supply chain colleagues
- Develop domain knowledge and strong working relationships with the supply chain team
- Develop and maintain high levels of statistical and programming skill
Who you are
Your skills and experience will include
- Ability to think critically, with a structured, analytical approach to end-to-end problem solving, combined with excellent attention to detail and a love of nuance
- Ability to distil out key information from collaborators into what is useful and relevant, as well as deliver clear communication of commercial and analytical findings to both team members and to non-specialists
- Dedication to continuous development of professional skills
- Understanding of supply chain theory and practice is preferred
- Practical knowledge of Python and/or SQL preferred - particularly for data manipulation, analysis and visualisation
Everyone’s welcome
M&S is ready to push boundaries to lead the retail industry into a greener, speedier, more inspiring digital era. That’s why we’re revolutionising how we work and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. There’s never been a better time to be part of our team. Marks & Spencer aims to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make an immediate impact.
We are committed to an active Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunities Policy, which starts with our recruitment and selection process, and we are happy to talk flexible working.
If you consider yourself to require reasonable adjustments to any part of our recruitment process, we invite you to share those requirements with us when completing your application. We will make every effort to ensure your needs are met to provide a fair and transparent process of assessment.
