Space Projects & Blueprint Manager at Marks & Spencer

London, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

06 Sep, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

08 Jun, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Programme Management, Retail Space Planning, JDA Floor Planning, PowerBI, Cross-functional Collaboration, Space Productivity Optimization, Stakeholder Management, Retail Operations, Data Analysis, Project Execution

Industry

Retail

Description

Working cross-functionally with Property, Design, VM, and Business Units, you will develop and implement effective store blueprints, ensuring all projects are commercially robust and space-efficient. From concept through to in-store execution, you will oversee trials, rollouts, and innovation in space productivity. You will also ensure strong governance, securing cross-team alignment and approval on all space-related initiatives before stakeholder sign-off, driving consistency, quality, and successful delivery across the estate. 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. Due to high interest, this role may close earlier than advertised. We recommend applying as soon as possible. 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 on all M&S products and many third-party brands for you and someone in your household, available once you’ve completed your probation * Competitive holiday allowance with the option to buy more * Strong pension and life assurance to help plan for the future * Tailored induction and training to support your development from day one * Exclusive perks and savings through our M&S Choices portal * Market-leading family policies, including parental, adoption and neonatal leave * 24/7 wellbeing support, including virtual GP access and mental health service * One paid volunteer day a year to support a cause that matters to you What you’ll do Your key accountabilities will include * Works with space insight team in the creation of new insight to provide challenge with action-orientated outcomes. Driving optimal and incremental profit, providing insight to grow understanding and a step change in catchment & omni-channel performance * Continue the development and deployment of the space productivity levers – working closely with the BU planning team to deliver effective change and optimisation * Implement trials to explore productivity and optimisation solutions, highlighting the opportunity available * Continually refines the processes, challenging ways of working not adding value to ensure we work optimally. * Inspires and develops self and others, in own team to deliver the business plan, programme deliverables or support individual ambitions, creating an “art of the possible” culture that settles only for highest standards. Who you are Your skills and experience will include • Understanding of the Clothing & Home business and operation • Programme management skills • Understanding of the processes of delivering product within the store retailing environment • Understanding of Retail Space planning principles • All relevant C&H, Space & Retail reporting, and merch systems, specifically: JDA floor planning, RP, MP, GMOR, PowerBI 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. #LI-AC1 #LI-Hybrid, #LI-Onsite

Responsibilities

Develop and implement effective store blueprints and space productivity levers to drive incremental profit and commercial robustness. Oversee the end-to-end process from concept and trials to in-store execution and governance across the estate.