M&S Trainee Retail Management Scheme provides a fast track to a Commercial Manager role and a range of retail experience. This Management Scheme for School Leavers is fun and challenging and will give you everything you need to run your own ¬£multi-million M&S department , in only 18 months. Through a combination of on-the-job learning, real-life project work, and development activities, you’ll get to know retail management inside out.

Over 18 months, you’ll get to experience retail in real time. Food; Fashion; Home; and Store Operations. Managing ¬£multi-million budgets. Leadership and people management skills. You’ll be coached and mentored throughout. And by the time you’ve finished, you’ll be ready to take on the role of a Commercial Manager and responsibility for an entire department. In addition you will study fora Level 4 Higher Apprenticeship qualification in Retail Management.

You’ll branch out from your base location with a series of short-term roles in stores around the region. You’ll need to be driven and flexible, tackling different shifts and going wherever the role takes you.

Application Process

You will need to complete an online application that includes a verbal and numerical test, plus a talent screener.

The final step will be an Assessment Centre which will include a number of exercises for you to take part in, including a group activity, an analysis exercise and presentation, a competency interview and coaching task.