Marketing Manager (Beauty & Brands)

Summary

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 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, and 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 do

Drive the successful launch, integration, and ongoing marketing activation of third-party beauty brands at M&S, coordinating with brand partners and internal teams to create and execute impactful, customer-focused marketing activity. Deliver marketing initiatives that align with business goals, ensuring a consistent brand presence across channels.

• Develop strong relationships with beauty brand partners and brands marketing teams, demonstrating a keen understanding of brands positioning, priorities, products, and marketing initiatives, and be the go-to beauty brand expert in Marketing.
• Collaborate with partner brands to plan and implement product launches and seasonal campaigns that align with both brands and M&S objectives.
• Support the onboarding of new brands, preparing strategic and budget-aligned briefs that target customer and commercial goals.
• Collaborate with channel partners across Visual Merchandising and store, online, social, and PR to deliver brand activation and support plans in line with briefs.
• Partner with internal social and PR teams to support always-on activity including influencer and content creation that enhances beauty brands at M&S visibility.
• Undertake post-launch and post-campaign reviews and make recommendations to deliver win-wins for both M&S and the brands.

Who you are

• Strong experience in beauty brand marketing, particularly in managing third-party branded beauty relationships.
• Experience in developing and implementing marketing campaign strategies within the beauty space.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Strong understanding of beauty industry trends.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.

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.

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