Category Planning Senior Executive, Fashion - London, United Kingdom - Head Office

Head Office

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

At a glance:

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Salary range

The Partnership salary range for this role is set at £33,800£51,000

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Contract type

This position is permanent.

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Working pattern/flexible working

We know flexible working is important to you, and it is important to us too. The Partnership has adopted a blended working approach meaning you'll be able to work a mixture between the office and home based upon your personal needs whilst balancing the needs of the business. The Marketing Planning team aim
for a minimum of
1 to 2 days per week in the office to connect and travel to shops across the John Lewis estate on an adhoc basis which will be discussed prior to visits.

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Interviews will take place week commencing 29th April 2024.

About the role:

As a Category Planning Senior Executive, you will support the creation of specific innovative customer/marketing strategies and plans which deliver on the key commercial, brand and customer targets.

This role sits within the Fashion & Beauty Category Marketing team, with a primary focus on Adults Fashion.

You will be responsible for coordinating the customer plan delivery process ensuring business owners and planners are aware of the process to deliver change.

You will work closely with the Category Buying teams to identify product stories and hero lines for marketing.

You will support the delivery and administration of John Lewis Marketing functions, ensuring consistently high standards are achieved.

What will you be doing?

You will support the development and creation of a 1218m customer marketing strategy and plan for a relevant category and ensure it helps deliver the Customer and Commercial Targets.
You will be responsible for coordinating the customer plan delivery process to ensure the correct activity concepts are briefed on time across all key meetings
You will own the customer plan roadmaps, managing change control to the plan via an effective process and ensure that this is captured and updated onto the roadmap. Any points of escalation to be made to the Customer Planning Manager
You will support the Category Planning team in generating new ideas and opportunities for marketing, building customer propositions and effectively communicating plans to key stakeholders across the Partnership.
You will own the product nominations process, working collaboratively with the Category Buying teams to identify marketing lines through selection and styling meetings. You will ensure all product information is accurately recorded and shared with key stakeholders in the marketing team.
Proactively support the team to deliver efficient ways of working, to ensure that processes are clear, efficient and appropriately analysed to land creative and compelling customer experiences across our channels. Seeking out best practice from other teams and optimises existing processes accordingly.

Essential skills you'll need:

Great communication skills and relationship building
Experience of working with and improving process and planning
Track record of creating / executing delivery plans crossfunctionally

Desirable skills you'll have:

Experience working with Fashion product teams
Planning experience in a large omnichannel organisation
Commercial awareness and strategic thinking
Interpreting insight and data
Product marketing experience

Benefits of the Partnership and the role:

Hybrid Working.

Full time working holiday entitlement 25 days holiday, plus public and bank holidays
Excellent work life balance, including focus on well being and flexible working and our marketing leading equal parenthood leave Policy
Defined Contribution pension scheme where your contributions will be matched by the Partnership (up to 8% of pay) and, after three years' service, you'll receive an additional Partnership contribution of 4% of pay, regardless of whether you pay in or not
You'll get Partnership discount in store and online once you complete Probation. That's 25% off in John Lewis & Partners (12% off electrical products) and 20% in Waitrose & Partners. You'll also be able to nominate someone you live with to share your discount
Simple cycle to work support scheme
We're really proud of our exclusive hotels based in some of Britain's most beautiful areas and once you've been with us for three months, you're welcome to explore them
Health Care cover

Next Steps:

You'll be asked about any adjustments you might need to support the recruitment process. Let us know, and we'll be sure to discuss it with you.
Thanks for your patience in the meantime and for showing an interest in joining JLP.

You can view a copy of the full job outline here
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