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Summary

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.

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.

We are recruiting for an experienced Category Marketing Manager to develop and deliver compelling and relevant category propositions and marketing campaigns that engage customers in the category and deliver commercial results.

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.

All the details

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 goals.
• Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days!
• 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

• You will be responsible for developing compelling, customer-centric propositions and marketing activity for the category.
• You will build a strong relationship with the Trading Director and Head of Trade, as well as their senior team, swiftly becoming the trusted gateway into marketing for that category
• You will work collaboratively and ensure that all deliverables meet commercial targets and land effectively with point of sale, right first time in stores, being aware and mindful of any operational challenges.
• You will develop proposition briefs for specific category initiatives that meet commercial objectives and are aligned with key stakeholders. Briefs will include clear budgets, timings, and consumer targets.
• You will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of the category proposition and campaigns and for working with other marketing teams to ensure consistency, accuracy and relevance to brief and campaign objectives via our marketing gate process as well as continually seeking ways to improve the process.
• You will be positioned as the go-to category expert for the category within the wider marketing team.

Who you are

Your skills and experience will include

• Ability to create engaging and customer-centric proposition briefs that deliver against commercial objectives
• Strong planning and organisation skills, with the ability to manage multiple multi-channel campaigns
• Commercially-minded - with a passion to understand the numbers and insights, so we can develop learnings for future activity
• Excellent communication and influencing skills
• Strong creative eye and ability to sense which messages will resonate with customers
• Previous experience with insight and market share data would be beneficial (e.g. Kantar, IRI)

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