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.

We are currently looking for a Marketing Manager (Partnerships) to join us at M&S. The purpose of this role is to oversee the day-to-day management of the partnerships between England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland Football Associations with M&S Food.

Key Accountabilities and Measures

• Driving the M&S Food health agenda through a market leading partnership
• Lead the strategic planning and marketing across the M&S Food partnerships with England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Football Associations
• Lead cross functional team to oversee the strategy for partnership within the Food Group
• Lead cross functional teams in the creation of the annual marketing plan, including identifying new opportunities and bringing these into reality in a way that delivers commercial results and engages customers.
• Responsible for the marketing strategy, including the creative approach, budget allocation and activity plan and the customer KPIs.
• Lead on the partnership with the FA around health and wellbeing and implement a plan of activity to support the health of the nation
• Develop new innovative and cost-effective POS formats that showcase the partnership and create standout / theatre in store.
• Work with the FAs, nutritionists, chefs and product developers to feed in new product ideas for the partnership
• Liaise with the Clothing & Home partnership team to share strategies for key campaigns and seek opportunities to align and create synergies.
• Lead the Partnerships Team to set-up and manage Campaign Touchpoint meetings for all key stakeholders, ensuring that each campaign lands with impact, with clear messaging that is consistent and aligned across all touch points.

Key Skills

• Campaign and end to end project management
• Strong partnership management skills and relationship building
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Experienced in leading high-profile projects and campaigns
• Strategic thinking and business planning
• Budget management and high level of commerciality
• Collaboration
• Agility, resilience and making the right decisions at pace

M&S is ready to push boundaries to lead the 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. There’s never been a better time to be part of our team. Marks & Spencer aims to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make an immediate impact. We are committed to an active Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunities Policy, which starts with our recruitment and selection process, and we are happy to talk flexible working.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process. If you consider yourself to have a disability or learning difficulty which means you are unable to complete the application process online, please get in touch either by phone on 0345 300 3725 or by email recruitment.online@marksandspencer.com so we can make alternative arrangements

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