We are looking for an experienced Strategy leader to join our Group Strategy function at M&S.
As a Head of Strategy, you will help shape and improve the M&S strategy across the business - Food, Clothing and Home, International, technology, and stores. You will partner with the leaders of the business to accelerate the pace of transformation and solve their biggest problems, and lead some of the business' most important and complex projects.
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.
What's in it for youBeing 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:
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!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.What you'll doYour key accountabilities will include:
Leading end-to-end strategic reviews, supported by Strategy Managers: identifying, framing and prioritising the opportunities; working with the businesses to conduct a diagnosis, generate options, and make a decision; and ensuring we complete at the right pace.Accelerating the pace of transformation, rolling sleeves up to resolve roadblocks where needed.Beyond individual projects, helping build the overarching vision for the next stage of M&S.Partnering with the leaders of M&S and colleagues across the Group as a source of challenge and thought partnership.Maximising the impact of the broader strategy team, including supporting recruitment, team development, and ways of working.Who you areYour skills and experience will include:
Proven ability to identify, design and lead strategy projects from a Consulting firm.Exceptional critical thinking and structured problem-solving skills, and analytical skills.Concise and persuasive written and verbal communications.Able to form relevant, valuable and challenging perspectives, telling it like it is to senior partners, holding under challenge, while listening and learning from alternative views.Expertise and functional/industry experience relevant to M&S – e.g., fashion, food, retail and digital.Everyone's welcomeWe 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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