Food Business Graduate Programme - 2024

Marks and Spencer

Dec 5, 2023

Applications are closed

Job
Full-time
Entry Level
Business, Operations & Strategy
Hospitality & Retail
£32K
London

Requirements

Our food products are world-famous and high-quality, so a genuine interest in business and love for food is important to driving success.
You don’t need to have a specific degree but if you choose to specialise in Commercial, you’ll need an analytical mind and be comfortable interpreting data. If Product is where your passion lies, you’ll need an eye for detail and an enthusiasm for innovation and creative thinking.
For both specialisms, you’ll need an appetite for doing things differently. Everything we create, we create for customers, so we look for people who are obsessed with delighting them with better ways of working. Above all, you’ll need to love collaborating with colleagues to solve challenges and develop new solutions.
Candidates must have the right to work in the UK for the full duration of their preferred programme.

Responsibilities

First, you’ll choose whether you would like to specialise in Commercial or Product. Then you’ll hit the ground running with a 4-month placement at one of our stores, where you’ll discover what it takes for our food products to reach our customers’ baskets.
After your time in store, you’ll move on to a 9-month placement in your chosen specialism. In Product, you’ll learn how to spearhead pioneering products from concept to shelf and how to create the displays that wow our customers in store. In Commercial, you’ll learn how to get the right products to the right place at the right time, analysing customer data to forecast and buy product ranges for our Foodhalls.
In your second year, you’ll take on two 3-month placements in Supply Chain & Logistics and Online Operations, before finishing with a 4-month placement in one of the broader teams that support our Food business. In Product, that means you could get a taste of forecasting, ordering or allocation, and in Commercial, you could learn more about product development or marketing.

Marks and Spencer

Forward thinking, future-focused and digital-first retail

Retail & Consumer Goods

Industry

10,001+

Employees

1884

Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

We hold ourselves to a very high standard here at M&S. That much has never changed. Our attention to detail, forward thinking and passion for improvement has led to the creation of some of the nation’s most loved products. But a rapidly changing world demands that we change along with it. M&S has been at the forefront of social change for the past 134 years, and we’re determined to keep it that way. Setting bolder goals and giving our people the space and resources to achieve them. Today, we are a unique retailer delivering top quality food, clothing, home products and financial services. We employ over 80,000 colleagues who serve over 32 million customers. But what about tomorrow? We’ve put customer-focused digital innovation at the heart of our business, partnering with world-class technology firms to help shape the retail experience of the future. From digital transformation to empowering people to make a positive impact on wellbeing, communities and the planet, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us. Because if you become part of our journey today, you’ll be shaping the very future of our business.

Benefits

Colleague Discount
Receive 20% discounts in-store for you and members of your household
Bonus
We have discretionary bonus schemes depending on your role and our business performance
Pay
Our salaries are competitive and reviewed every year
Life Assurance
Life cover of twice your salary up to age 70 which is double when you join your M&S pension savings plan

Food Business Graduate Programme - 2024

Requirements

Responsibilities

Marks and Spencer

Mission & Purpose

Benefits

Colleague Discount

Bonus

Pay

Life Assurance