SRM Pricing and PPA D&A Lead

Posted 19 Days Ago
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Remote
Senior level
Food
The Role
The SRM Pricing & PPA D&A Lead will drive the delivery of data and analytics products aligned with Mars Pet Nutrition's growth vision, focusing on strategic pricing capabilities. Responsibilities include developing a comprehensive data strategy, collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement analytics solutions, leading a high-performing D&A team, and ensuring value creation through effective data use.
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Job Description:

Pet Nutrition (PN) is the most vibrant category in the FMCG sector. As we work to transform this exciting category, a new program, Digital First, has been mobilized by the Mars Pet Nutrition (PN) leadership team. Digital First places pet parents at the center of all we do, while digitalizing a wide range of business process areas, and creating future fit capabilities to achieve ambitious targets in top line growth, earnings, and user centricity.

Digitizing at scale across Demand & Supply is one of the key focus areas for Digital First. The agenda requires you to demonstrate significant thought leadership, quality decision making, deep technical know-how, and an ability to navigate complex business challenges while building and leading a team of world class data and analytics leaders.

Within the framework of Digital First, a new position has been established to develop and scale Data & Analytics (D&A) products to unlock SRM potential in Mars: SRM Pricing & PPA D&A Lead. Reporting to the SRM D&A Lead, Global Director, PN Growth, the person in this role will also be accountable to the Global SRM Pricing & PPA Product Owner and will be an integral member of the PN SRM product leadership team. This role operates on a global scale and collaborates closely with PN business team members across all departments.
This role is a project-based transformation role and has a current expected end date of 3 years. As we move closer to the date, we will work with you to explore other opportunities for employment within the Mars family of companies. If a suitable alternative role is not available at that time, your employment will end.

What will be your key responsibilities?

  • Spearhead the D&A delivery of a comprehensive product strategy for Strategic Pricing & Price Package Architecture, aligned with PN overall growth vision, priorities and goals

  • Partner with business product owner to deliver SRM D&A capabilities to drive & embed top quartile Pricing & Price-Pack Architecture capabilities within Mars PN, and as a result, fulfil consumer penetration, category profit pool, NSV growth and MAC target commitments

  • Partner with global and regional SRM Pricing teams on the use of D&A products to collaboratively transform our collective capabilities and maturity, and drive a culture of data driven, informed decision-making 

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement analytics solutions that scale and are aligned with product objectives set out in the roadmap

  • Develop and implement a comprehensive data strategy ensuring effective collection, storage, and utilization of relevant data. Contribute to the development of a sound data foundation for all growth initiatives.

  • Be laser focused on value creation and exceptional adoption of created capabilities to deliver impact/ results through routine or advanced analytics, identifying opportunities for efficiency improvements

  • Engage with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring alignment between D&A initiatives and business objectives

  • Lead a high performing D&A team, direct /dotted, and partner with other resources, fostering collaboration and skill development

  • Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess product success and impact

  • Effectively communicate data concepts to non-technical stakeholders and provide training to product teams.

  • Identify and mitigate data-related risks, ensuring compliance with data privacy regulations, and with agreed governance practices for data accuracy, interoperability, integrity and security of our data assets

What are we looking for?

  • Proven track record of leading teams to develop and implement data and analytics solutions to drive business value. Understanding of pricing domains is a must.

  • Experience in delivery management of analytical products, including strength in business -to-science translation to enable partnering with Product Teams in bringing analytics products to life at scale

  • Proven ability to integrate data-driven insights into processes and decision-making.

  • Strong story-telling skills with ability to educate non-digitally savvy leadership & staff, working across multiple levels. Executive stakeholder communications experience is a plus.

  • Proven track record to get things done in a matrixed organization – including the ability to influence without authority

  • Experience in building and managing high-performing data and analytics teams is a must.

  • Experience in managing relationships with external data vendors and analytics service providers.

  • Demonstrated project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

  • CPG and Retailer knowledge, including knowledge of, and experience using key external third-party data sources including, first-party data, and Associates surveys

What can you expect from Mars?

  • Work with over 140,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.

  • Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.

  • Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.

  • An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

#TBDDT

Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.

The Company
HQ: McLean, VA
41,866 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1911

What We Do

For more than a century, Mars, Incorporated has been driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. This idea is at the center of who we have always been as a global, family-owned business. Today, Mars is transforming, innovating and evolving in ways that affirm our commitment to making a positive impact on the world around us.

Across our diverse and expanding portfolio of confectionery, food, and petcare products and services, we employ 133,000 dedicated Associates who are all moving in the same direction: forward. With $40 billion in annual sales, we produce some of the world’s best-loved brands including DOVE®, EXTRA®, M&M’s®, MILKY WAY®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, ORBIT®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, SKITTLES®, WHISKAS®, COCOAVIA®, and 5™; and take care of half of the world’s pets through our pet health services AniCura, Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, Pet Partners™, and VCA™.

We know we can only be truly successful if our partners and the communities in which we operate prosper as well. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our Associates to take action every day to help create a world tomorrow in which the planet, its people and pets can thrive.

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