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Change Manager
Marks & Spencer
Salford, England, United Kingdom["Full time"]
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What You’ll Do
• Lead end‑to‑end change and project delivery, ensuring initiatives are
delivered on time, within scope, and with clear measurable outcomes.
• Design and implement structured change plans using ADKAR principles, driving
adoption and sustained behavioural change.
• Manage governance, risks, issues, and dependencies, ensuring strong control
and clear reporting throughout delivery.
• Use data, insight, and feedback to inform decisions, track performance, and
optimise outcomes post‑implementation.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships, aligning teams and ensuring clear
communication, engagement, and shared ownership of delivery.
Who You Will Be
• An experienced change and project professional, comfortable managing multiple
initiatives in a fast‑paced environment.
• A strong communicator, able to simplify complex change into clear, compelling
messages for different audiences.
• Highly organised and adaptable, able to prioritise effectively and respond to
evolving business needs.
• A collaborative partner, confident engaging stakeholders across all levels of
the business.
• A proactive problem‑solver with a strong focus on delivery, outcomes, and
continuous improvement.
What You Will Bring
• Proven experience in project and change management, including governance,
planning, and delivery of measurable outcomes.
• Strong understanding of change frameworks such as ADKAR, with the ability to
drive adoption and engagement.
• Experience managing risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies across
complex delivery environments.
• Strong analytical capability, using data and insight to inform decision
making and prioritisation.
• Experience in transformation or process improvement, ideally within customer
service or operational environments.
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 exceptional
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…
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.
Everyone’s welcome
We are ambitious about the future of retail. We’re disrupting, innovating and
leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We’re
transforming how we work together and offering our most exciting opportunities
yet. Marks & Spencer 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.
Lead with purpose. Own the outcomes. Raise the bar. This is your store. And your
chance to shape the future of M&S. Are you ready for it? Take Your Marks and
apply today.