Project Manager - Beauty

From Merchandising and Marketing - Product Development and Design, through to Supply Chain and Space Planning - our mission is to bring stylish wardrobe, home and beauty essentials to our customers via an easy, inspiring shopping experience online and in store that will delight them every time. As we accelerate the transformation of our business to suit the changing needs of our customer, we need results-orientated colleagues that not only have a passion for our product, but a strong team working ethos, creativity and a healthy commercial aim to join us on our journey. Being a part of M&S is exactly that – becoming a part and playing your part. We’re an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and always evolving business built on core values.

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 branded products for you and one member of your household.
• Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days.
• We have discretionary bonus schemes depending on your role and our business performance.
• Get cover for twice your salary up to age 70 (double with our Pension Plan).
• We’ll help you save through our Pension Savings Plan, Share Buy and Sharesave schemes.
• Save on everyday costs through discounts and offers and get access to great health benefits.
• Bike/accessory hire with Cycle to Work and save on tax and national insurance.
• Buy the latest technology with interest-free financing directly from your salary.
• Get access to resources to support your wellbeing, including a free virtual GP service.
• Support your favourite charities by donating through your pay or volunteering for them.
• Industry-leading maternity, paternity, adoption and neo-natal policies, providing support and flexibility for you and your family.

What you’ll do…

As the Transformation Project Manager you will be responsible fo r f inalising detailed delivery plans and governance structures​, mobilising cross-functional teams and embedding new ways of working​ whilst establishing a Transformation Management Office (TMO) to coordinate delivery and track value realisation

Your key accountabilities will include

• Ensuring delivery and execution remains at the forefront of the Beauty department, adopting an agile approach to ensure we deliver against the 5 year growth ambition in line with expectations

• Project managing key priorities across Fashion Home &Beauty, wholly owning taking a strategic ambition through to a plan and finally through to delivery. In conjunction with the stakeholder, identifying clear project milestones, KPIs and business benefit.

• Supporting the Programme Lead and Transformation Leads as and when required on the leading pillars of the 5 year transformation plan, working in an agile manner to ensure we deliver on time in a business benefit focused manner

• Working across the FH&B function, managing stakeholder relationships, building up a solid knowledge base of the opportunities within the business

• Understanding current business process, challenges and opportunities, taking an innovative lens to identify opportunities to streamline, enhance and reduce cost, always ensuring the outcome adds business value

• Working alongside Transformation team to create and drive a seamless Transformation Office, executing at speed, with clear comms, change and learning support, all fed through to the FH&B PMO ensuring we remain coherent of our progress and are continuously unlocking and realising benefits.

• Reporting into the Programme Lead to drive delivery and execution, identifying blockers, risks and requirements essential to unlocking change within the organisation.

Who you are…

Your skills and experience include…

• E xperienced program management professional.

• Expert communication skills with the ability to influence and manage stakeholders up to and including Board / ExCo.

• Ability to lead projects with confidence, remaining calm under pressure and driving forward delivery and execution

• Driven and motivated individual who likes to work at pace, can adopt an agile approach and is experienced with working alongside a varied group of stakeholders at multiple levels across the organisation 

• An innovator, someone who can think outside the box, looking for smarter solutions

• Strong people skills, leading and developing a team to be best in class business improvement professionals

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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