At M&S Food, we're growing at pace and transforming how we work with our supplier partners to support the future of our business. We're looking for a Supplier Partnerships Project Manager to join our Food Commercial Operations team and play a key role in delivering one of our most important strategic priorities.
Working within the Capacity workstream, you'll help ensure our supplier base is ready to support future growth, evolving customer demand and long-term business success. This is a highly visible role where you'll bring structure, pace and momentum to key projects, working across Commercial, Supply Chain and Supplier Partnerships teams to turn bold plans into significant outcomes.
We're looking for someone who combines strong project management skills with excellent relationship building, communication and problem-solving capability. You'll thrive in a fast-moving environment, enjoy bringing people together and feel confident handling multiple priorities whilst keeping focus on what matters most.
Due to high interest, this role may close earlier than advertised. We recommend applying as soon as possible.
What you'll do
Your key accountabilities will include:
- Supporting the Capacity workstream, translating strategic priorities into clear and actionable plans that support supplier capability and business growth.
- Driving progress across key projects, helping teams move at pace, make informed decisions and deliver meaningful outcomes.
- Building strong relationships across Commercial, Supply Chain, Supplier Partnerships and central teams to solve challenges and deliver joined-up solutions.
- Creating clear, engaging communication that keeps suppliers and partners aligned on priorities, progress and next steps.
- Bringing structure, visibility and accountability to programme delivery, ensuring actions and decisions are effectively tracked and delivered.
Who you are
Your skills and experience will include:
- Shown project or programme management experience, with the ability to create structure, clarity and momentum in a complex environment.
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail, data analysis skills, with the ability to prioritise effectively and focus on delivering impact.
- Excellent communication skills, confidently tailoring messages for a range of audiences including suppliers, commercial teams and senior partners.
- Strong partner management and relationship-building capability, with the confidence to influence and collaborate across multiple functions.
- Commercial awareness combined with strong analytical skills, using data and insight to inform decisions, identify trends and support future planning.
What's in it for you?
Working at M&S means being part of something bigger, helping to deliver 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.
Here are just a few of the benefits that make working here even more rewarding:
- 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.
- Discretionary bonus schemes linked to your performance and ours.
- 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 services.
- One paid volunteer day a year to support a cause that matters to you.
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. We'd love to help you be at your best throughout the process.
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Skills Required
- Project or programme management experience
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
- Data analysis skills (use data and insight to inform decisions)
- Excellent communication skills, tailored for varied audiences
- Partner management and relationship-building capability with influencing skills
- Commercial awareness combined with strong analytical skills
What We Do
At M&S, we're dedicated to being the most trusted retailer, prioritising quality and delivering value. Every day, we bring the magic of M&S to our customers, whenever, wherever and however they want to shop with us. For over a century, we've set the standard, doing the right thing and embracing innovation. Today, with over 65,000 colleagues serving 32 million customers globally, we're putting quality products at the heart of everything we do. Tomorrow holds boundless opportunities with us. We're pioneering digital innovation and shaping the future of retail where our values drive every action. We stay close to customers and colleagues, always curious and connected. Our decisions are bold, our actions ambitious. Transparency is paramount, with straightforward, honest communication. We're constantly innovating, always striving for the best. Our focus is on aiming higher and winning together, combined with wise financial decisions to secure our future. Join us at M&S to shape the future of retail.
