Works For: Senior Commercial Manager.
Works With: Predominantly commercial and forecasting teams, working cross functionally across dps M&S and M&S.
Work Location: M&S Paddington (minimum three days per week), balance of the week based at dps (M&S) office - Bearsted or Wimbledon.
Purpose of Job: This hybrid role supports both dps M&S Commercial and M&S Produce Specialist teams. It blends data analytics with display planning, using data driven insight and cross functional collaboration to drive commercial outcomes by enhancing availability, space use, and in store experience. The successful candidate will deliver timely and accurate range change and planogram creation within the produce category.
Key Responsibilities:
M&S Produce Display Planner role:
• Attend weekly WAM meetings and huddles with SRD and the category team; support wider SRD engagement through in-person or virtual participation in team talks and cross-functional meetings.
• Own and manage the Weekly Range Change process, collaborating with Display Planners, Buyers, and Supply Chain to deliver changes in line with governance and critical paths.
• Collect, review and implement feedback from retail operations and stores about displays.
• Apply display principles consistently while working with the Space team to accommodate different equipment types across store formats.
dps (M&S) commercial role:
• Support the Commercial team in the management of key customer accounts
• Maintain and report on customer data including KPIs and sales.
• Support customer portal management, including code generation and product updates in Prophet.
• Lead on customer reporting and insight send outs e.g. sales/promotional/data/KPI summaries.
Key Skills:
• Excellent communicator.
• Strong self-motivation and drive.
• Team player.
• A can-do positive approach to work.
• Adaptable with excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Capable and confident user of Microsoft Office and data analysis.
• Comfortable handling large data sets and reporting with accuracy.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to manage data, forecasts and cross-functional stakeholder relationships.