Store Performance Planner - 12 month Fixed Term Contract.

We're reshaping our Food business to broaden its appeal, protecting the magic our customers love while modernising everything else. That means outstanding quality, high sourcing standards, and market-leading innovation remain at our core, while we transform our supply chains, improve our stores, and deliver better value. We're looking for motivated people ready to bring their whole self to work and thrive in a fast-paced, ambitious team. After all, this isn't just food this is M&S Food.

What you'll do

Your key accountabilities will include

• Play your part in the delivery of the Food Group Sales, Availability and Waste targets.
• Accountability for proactively driving the performance in stores across Workstreams and Categories.
• Actively see opportunities to improve sales, availability and reduce waste to drive positive business performance
• Deliver great forecasting, such as for: local events, recapture and deflection and disruption to trade
• Co-ordinate store forecasting for major business events including Christmas & Easter
• Exploit business reporting solutions and tools available to provide periodic trend analysis on performance to drive swift decision making and actions
• Own workstreams end to end, to support stores and drive improvement across the business
• Build on and establish great relationships across the business to create awareness and improve Store Performance

Who you are

• Growth mindset and naturally curious
• Strong analytical skills - ability to interpret data and identify solutions to improve performance and competent in Excel
• Strong mathematical skills
• Great partner management - a pivotal part of the role will involve collaborating with a range of partners
• Strong verbal and written communication skills - being clear and concise

What's in it for You?

Working at M&S means being part of something bigger - delivering quality, value and service to millions of customers every day. We're inclusive, fast-moving and always evolving, with a strong sense of purpose and a focus on doing the right thing.

• 20% colleague discount for you + 1 household member (after probation)
• Competitive holiday allowance + option to buy more
• Discretionary bonus schemes linked to performance
• Strong pension + life assurance
• Tailored induction + training from day one
• Perks and savings via M&S Choices portal
• Market-leading family policies (parental, adoption, neonatal leave)
• 24/7 wellbeing support (GP access + mental health services)
• 1 paid volunteer day a year

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