Product Assistant

Team Food

Store London Support Office

Location London, Greater London

Contract type Permanent

Position type Full Time

Salary Competitive + Benefits

Closing date: 29th April 2025

How We Hire

Everyone is welcome at M&S. No exceptions. It’s your background, abilities and differences that make you, uniquely you. And when you’re part of M&S, that individuality has the potential to make waves.

About The Role

This section tells you all you need to know about the position and its responsibilities, outlining everything we hope to see in a successful candidate.

Summary
M&S Food is changing, and fast! We are undergoing one of the biggest transformations in retailing today to build a bigger, better, fresher food business. From Percy Pig to the freshest M&S Select Farms produce, we grow, source, and develop our own products to give our customers family-ready food that's unbeatable on flavour and innovation. We need motivated people who are ready to bring their whole self to work and give it their all in a fast-paced team committed to being the best. After all, this is not just food… This is M&S Food.

All the details
To assist the product development team in formulating, directing and delivering commercial product development for customers in line with category and project plans and business strategy.

We are looking for an individual with a design flair and passion for the non-food categories. An interest in the areas is a must and this role would suit an individual with a homewares, gifting or stationary background.

What’s In It For You
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.

• 20% Colleague discount on most things from furniture, fashion and food.
• A first-class welcome to M&S with a tailored induction and a wide range of training schemes to help with your learning and development.
• Attractive annual bonus, based on company performance and personal objectives.
• Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days!
• Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices website.
• Charity Volunteer Day – A paid day away from work to support your chosen charity.
• A very generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.
• Every colleague at M&S has access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support.

What You’ll Do

Your key accountabilities will include:

• Manage online photography and content process for Hampers & Food gifts ensuring all product imagery and information is correct and showcases the product for our customers.
• Examine the marketplace and competition to keep up to date with trends in homecare/cards & wraps and gifting, lifestyle and packaging.
• Assist in delivering the stage gate process, managing all product samples, both incoming and outgoing.
• Collate product information, samples and build product displays to support all internal and external events.
• Support the product development team in creating and coordinating presentations and management information.

Who You Are

Your skills and experience will include:

• Highly organised at managing sources of information, systems and processes.
• IT skills in PowerPoint, Excel and Word.
• Positive, proactive and motivated mindset.

Everyone’s welcome

M&S is ready to push boundaries to lead the retail industry into a greener, speedier, more inspiring digital era. That’s why we’re revolutionising how we work and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. Marks & Spencer aims to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make an immediate impact.

How to Apply

Here’s what to expect at each stage of the application process. If you need any reasonable adjustments made at any stage, let us know and we can help.

• Send us your application
• Online assessment
• In-person assessment centre
• Decision

Reference: 94861

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