VMO Analyst

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 outstanding 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 do

• Maintain and govern supplier records in Ivalua, improving the accuracy, completeness and quality of vendor data.
• Support supplier governance by coordinating service credit validation, risk management, audits and key reporting.
• Coordinate supplier onboarding, transition and replacement activity, and monitor contract renewals, sourcing activity and key milestones.
• Manage supplier documentation, including contracts, statements of work and supporting artefacts.
• Deliver supplier benchmarking and tiering activities, partnering with Partner Management, Procurement and suppliers to support informed decisions.

Who you are

• You bring strong organisation skills and can manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Comfortable analysing large datasets, with a close eye for detail and a focus on data quality and governance.
• Able to communicate clearly with technical and non-technical audiences and build effective working relationships.
• Proficient in Excel; experience with Power BI, data visualisation or AI-enabled tools would be useful but is not essential.
• Curious, proactive and adaptable, with a continuous improvement mindset and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.

Everyone's welcome

We are ambitious about the future of retail. We’re redefining, innovating and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We’re redefining how we work together and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. M&S 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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