Are you passionate about fashion and eager to start your career in the retail industry? We're looking for a highly organised Buying Admin Assistant (BAA) to join our dynamic Womenswear team. In this role, you’ll support the Buying team to create and deliver product ranges that resonate with our customers. You’ll be at the heart of the action, helping to manage product development, analysing market trends, and ensuring our collections are both innovative and commercially successful.
If you’re detail‑oriented, excited by the prospect of working with a leading retail brand, and ready to dive into the fast-paced world of Buying, this could be the perfect role for you. This is a 4 month fixed‑term contract. Due to high interest, this role may close earlier than advertised. We recommend applying as soon as possible.
We’re an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and ever‑evolving business built on doing the right thing and bringing exceptional quality, value, and service to every customer, whenever, wherever, and however they want to shop with us.
Benefits
* 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!
* 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
* Analysing market trends, competitor products, and historical sales data to compile and present findings that support the development of commercially successful product ranges.
* Working closely with the Buying team to assist in the development of fashion‑forward products, ensuring that each item aligns with customer needs and market trends.
* Organising and managing the daily sample process, ensuring timely and accurate tracking of products.
* Assisting in monitoring the critical path to ensure that all product development milestones are met.
* Building strong relationships with internal teams such as Design, Merchandising, and Sourcing, as well as external suppliers, to support the delivery of our product ranges.
Who you are
* Relevant fashion or buying degree preferred but not essential.
* Passion for womenswear fashion required.
* Attention to detail and ability to use internal IT systems.
* Strong communicator and team player.
* As this is a fixed‑term contract, short notice period essential.
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.
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