In Store
Store
Gyle
Location
Edinburgh, City Of Edinburgh
Contract type
Permanent
Position type
Full Time
Salary
Competitive + Benefits
Closing date: 15th March 2026
How We Hire
Everyone is welcome at M&S. No exceptions. It's your background, abilities and differences that make you, uniquely you. And when you're part of M&S, that individuality has the potential to make waves.
About the role
This section tells you all you need to know about the position and its responsibilities, outlining everything we hope to see in a successful candidate.
Summary
Deputy Store Manager - VM
All the details
Deputy Store Manager – Visual Merchandising (Fashion, Home & Beauty)
As Deputy Store Manager for Visual Merchandising, you'll work alongside the Store Manager to deliver the retail plan while leading the creative direction for Fashion, Home & Beauty. You'll combine commercial focus with visual expertise to deliver layouts, displays, and customer experiences that drive sales and reflect the M&S brand. You'll also take responsibility for ensuring the store trades safely and legally at all times, with knowledge and oversight across every department.
What you'll do:
* Lead the visual merchandising strategy for Fashion, Home & Beauty, ensuring brand standards are consistently met.
* Partner with the Store Manager to deliver commercial, operational, and people performance targets.
* Ensure the store trades safely and legally, meeting all compliance requirements.
* Use trading data and customer insight to make confident decisions on space, layout, and promotional execution.
* Coach and develop teams, building capability and fostering a high-performance culture.
* Maintain knowledge and oversight across all departments to support store performance.
Who you are:
* An experienced retail leader with strong visual merchandising skills.
* Commercially minded, with the ability to balance creativity and performance.
* Confident working at pace in a fast-changing environment.
* Skilled at leading teams, managing performance, and using data to inform decisions.
* Knowledgeable across all store departments, with a focus on safety, legal compliance, and operational standards.
What's in it for you
Being a part of M&S is exactly that – playing your part to bring the magic of M&S to our customers every day. We're an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and ever evolving business built on doing the right thing and bringing exceptional quality, value, service to every customer, whenever, wherever and however they want to shop with us.
Here are some of the benefits we offer that make working for M&S just that little bit more special…
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
Discretionary bonus schemes awarded based on how you achieve your personal objectives and our performance as a business.
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.
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.
Lead with purpose. Own the outcomes. Raise the bar. This is your store. And your chance to shape the future of M&S. Are you ready for it? Take Your Marks and apply today.
Our Support
Mentorship
It's important to us that our new colleagues feel supported in their roles and can learn from each other. That's why we offer mentorship through our buddy system.
Flexible working
We're a 24/7 business and our working patterns adapt to our customers' needs. Worklife is our flexible working policy that gives colleagues the option for part-time working, a 4-day compressed week, or to job share if it's in the best interests of everyone.
Benefits
Wellbeing hub
Get access to resources to support your wellbeing, including a free virtual GP service.
Colleague Networks
We want you to feel supported, no matter what.
Gender Equality Network
Addressing gender-related challenges, raising awareness, and driving action to ensure equal opportunities for all.
Cancer Network
Fostering a supportive and inclusive workplace culture, addressing stigma, providing guidance and raising awareness to empower and assist colleagues affected by cancer.
Family & Carers Network
A support network for parents and carers, offering a space for colleagues to share experiences, exchange ideas, and access useful resources.
Forces Community Network
Supporting colleagues connected to the Armed Forces, aiding their transition to civilian life, and ensuring that they thrive in the workplace.
Health and Wellbeing Network
Providing a safe space for colleagues with all types of health conditions or disabilities and supporting with business initiatives to ensure our stores are truly accessible for our customers.
LGBTQ+ Network
Proactively representing LGBTQ+ issues and opportunities to deliver a truly inclusive place to work and shop for our colleagues and customers.
Culture and Heritage Network
Raising awareness of various religions and cultures through events and comms, to educate others and better represent our M&S colleagues and customers.
Menopause Network
Initiating and encouraging open conversations about menopause by offering support and sharing experiences.
How to Apply
Here's what to expect at each stage of the application process. This can change depending on the role you've applied to. If you need any reasonable adjustments made at any stage, let us know and we can help.
Send us your application
Fill in our short application form and hit submit.
Online assessment
We'll invite you to take part in an online assessment. This could be before or after your interview.
In-person assessment centre
We'll invite you to an in-person assessment centre or an interview. This process may differ depending on the role you've applied to.
Decision
After we've decided, we'll be in touch. If you've been successful, we'll officially invite you to join the team and let you know the next steps.