Jobs at Mars

Leads open innovation and technology scouting for sustainable packaging solutions. Evaluates emerging materials, suppliers, startups, and research partnerships; conducts feasibility studies and proof-of-concepts; develops technology roadmaps; and leads projects through pilot validation and implementation. The role collaborates with R&D, sustainability, engineering, procurement, manufacturing, quality, regulatory, and commercial teams to scale recyclable, circular, reduced-material, and alternative packaging solutions across Mars operations.

Leads R&D and Quality & Food Safety digital transformation data activities across master data modeling, governance, migration, integration, and process mapping. Gathers business requirements, defines data standards, supports ETL strategy, validates data quality, and maintains Signavio process maps for PLM, quality management, traceability, and related workflows. Partners with global stakeholders, documents data definitions, develops training materials, and drives continuous improvement across enterprise digital capabilities.

Provides dedicated executive support to a global leadership team member, managing calendars, communications, stakeholder requests, travel logistics, expenses, purchase orders, leadership events, and confidential information. The role requires strong organization, judgment, communication, prioritization, discretion, and proactive problem-solving while collaborating with senior leaders and the broader Executive Assistant team.

Provides senior technical leadership for global supply and commercial technologies across planning, smart manufacturing, and procurement. Translates business roadmaps into solution designs, technical options, delivery plans, and governance standards. Leads architecture, technical assurance, design reviews, risk management, supplier oversight, integration, testing, deployment, and operational transition across applications, data, cloud, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and operational technology. Coaches technical teams and drives simplification, standardization, scalability, and reduction of technical debt.

Leads Mars’ enterprise growth partnership strategy, evolving joint business partnerships into a scalable One Mars Planning model. Orchestrates cross-functional stakeholders, agencies, media and technology platforms, and strategic partners. Owns the business-led marketing AI agenda, including use-case prioritization, roadmaps, adoption models, enablement, and scaling. Ensures initiatives are commercially valuable, technically feasible, legally compliant, responsibly governed, and aligned with enterprise priorities.

Three-year sales apprenticeship with Mars Wrigley combining a fully funded Level 6 B2B Sales degree with hands-on FMCG experience. Responsibilities include managing accounts and prospects, developing sales solutions, preparing pitches, negotiating, managing pipelines and targets, using digital sales tools, generating leads, and collaborating with supply, marketing, and finance. The role offers professional sales accreditation, mentoring, training, an annual bonus, and benefits.

Owns regional Marketing Mix Modelling delivery, roadmap execution, governance, stakeholder engagement, and continuous improvement. Leads end-to-end MMM studies, including requirements, data quality, model validation, insight development, and business recommendations. Partners with market, marketing, commercial, data, digital, and vendor teams to drive adoption of MMM insights in planning and media investment decisions. Manages risks, reporting, documentation, training, KPIs, and value realization across multiple European markets.

Leads sustainability accounting controls, data substantiation, audit trails, process standardization, and external assurance readiness. Identifies control and reporting gaps, validates supporting evidence, coaches teams on sustainability controls, and partners with controllership and functional stakeholders to improve documentation and accounting processes. Coordinates audit preparation, resolves issues before fieldwork, and supports favorable assurance outcomes. The role requires significant accounting and auditing experience, control framework expertise, strategic leadership, and strong cross-functional stakeholder management.

Three-year international graduate engineering leadership program at Mars, featuring annual placements in project engineering, overseas engineering work, and team management. Participants develop technical, leadership, and project-management skills while improving efficiency and supporting Mars brands. Applicants need a Master's degree in Engineering, English fluency, leadership or project experience, and willingness to work abroad for at least one year.

Three 12-month rotations across business areas such as sales, marketing, manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, data analytics, and project management. Graduates will manage projects, lead teams, gain local and international exposure, and develop business leadership skills through mentoring, coaching, and structured learning.

Three-year graduate programme with three 12-month placements across Mars’s end-to-end supply chain. Participants will lead supply chain projects, gain experience in factory production, production planning, and customer delivery, and develop functional and leadership capabilities. The role includes mentoring, global exposure, and potential international career opportunities. Candidates must hold a degree, be graduating next summer or have graduated within the past two years, and be mobile within the UK, including possible relocation.

Lead end-to-end change communications for a global e-invoicing transformation. Develop communication and training strategies, assess stakeholder impacts, create audience-specific content, prepare leadership updates, support adoption, coordinate with global teams, and monitor engagement and communication effectiveness.

Leads the Integration Hub deployment program, overseeing centralized and local interface deployments across markets, factories, and trading partners. Manages a team and third-party resources, including planning, budgets, scope, milestones, risks, governance, and delivery quality. Engages stakeholders from analyst to executive levels, leads workshops and change management, coordinates steering groups, and ensures integration delivery aligns with enterprise architecture and long-term digital transformation strategy.

Leads end-to-end delivery of global R&D analytics and data initiatives, managing plans, budgets, risks, dependencies, governance, stakeholders, vendors, and transitions to business-as-usual operations. The role aligns analytics roadmaps with enterprise technology standards, coordinates cross-functional teams, prepares portfolio reporting, and applies Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery methods to achieve measurable business outcomes.

Lead end-to-end delivery of global IT and digital R&D projects from investment case through business-as-usual handover. Manage project portfolios, vendors, resources, budgets, and delivery across discovery, prototyping, pilots, MVPs, and existing platforms. Partner with product owners, SMEs, enterprise architecture, and global stakeholders while applying Agile and Waterfall methodologies and Mars project management standards.

Leads end-to-end delivery of digital R&D and laboratory technology initiatives, managing plans, budgets, risks, dependencies, vendors, governance, stakeholders, and BAU transitions. Coordinates global cross-functional teams across business and technology, supports analytics and data initiatives, aligns projects with enterprise roadmaps, and applies Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid methods to deliver compliant, scalable capabilities.

Leads global AI-first MarTech engineering strategy, architecture, governance, compliance, and delivery. Oversees scalable digital platforms, public-facing properties, GenAI applications, R&D, proof-of-concepts, and automated compliance capabilities. Builds and mentors a global team of engineering and AI professionals, manages vendors, and partners with marketing, business, cloud, security, privacy, infrastructure, and legal stakeholders to deliver secure, high-performance digital experiences.

Owns period-end accounting close, balance sheet reviews, account reconciliations, journal entries, financial reporting, and audit support across legal entities. The role ensures accurate and timely financial information, identifies risks and opportunities, coordinates external finance service providers, and partners with business stakeholders. It requires accounting and finance expertise, US GAAP knowledge, SAP and Excel experience, leadership capabilities, and fluent English.

Serve as the subject matter expert for global vendor payments and Travel and Expense reimbursements within a Source-to-Pay transformation program. Design and standardize future-state processes, support testing and country validation, identify automation opportunities, and coordinate with Treasury, Finance, Procurement, Digital Technologies, and regional stakeholders. Contribute to change management, training, documentation, deployment, and continuous improvement while addressing global and country-specific requirements.

Leads transfer pricing requirements, operating model design, process transformation, and SAP S/4HANA deployment within a global ERP program. Serves as the transfer pricing subject matter expert, translating tax policies into intercompany processes, system requirements, calculations, allocations, testing, controls, and deployment activities. Coordinates stakeholders across Tax, Finance, Supply Chain, Business Units, Shared Services, and IT while supporting compliance, audit readiness, UAT, change management, and post-go-live stabilization.