Job Description:
The Corporate Affairs (CA) team of Mars Global Services (MGS) leads the communications and engagement activities of the shared services group within Mars, Incorporated. The global CA team supports the Mars Global Services objective to make work easier across Mars. The MGS Commercial group comprises 400 Associates and 20,000 vendors across Mars worldwide. Traditionally referred to as procurement, our Commercial service line has several diverse areas of accountability.
What are we looking for?
You will have strong collaboration skills, comfort with senior leaders, and an ability to influence a variety of stakeholders.
You will have worked within owning and implementing change management or transformation previously. A critical responsibility will be to partner with the change management leads of key MGS Commercial deployments, drive development of their communications strategies and, where possible, support roll out and measurement of those initiatives.
You will be results driven and be comfortable with ambiguity and organizational agility.
You will have worked with multiple locations and ideally have global experience/exposure.
What will be your key responsibilities?
You will have energy and passion for driving change through high quality communications. You will be adept working in a global, multi-functional environment.
You will drive communications activities exclusively for MGS Commercial, the team that leads indirect buying services, Commercial services operations, and the Commercial centre of excellence for all business units across Mars.
You will be a thought leader, project manager, and strategic communicator capable of executing the following responsibilities:
Partnering with the Global VP of MGS Commercial and her direct reports on critical communications to leaders of Mars.
Evaluate the change management strategies for critical programs being deployed by MGS Commercial and determining the right resource to drive communications.
Lead and drive overall narrative, storytelling, and communications cadence for the Service line both internally and externally.
You will develop and execute communications that drive engagement of MGS Commercial Associates
You will focus intensely on major transformation initiatives. It will include development of unifying periodic communications to support.
The CA Director will report to the VP for Corporate Affairs and have a dotted line reporting relationship to the VP of MGS Commercial and work closely with her team.
What can you expect from Mars?
Work with 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.
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.
Mars Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Mars and has not been reviewed or approved by Mars.
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Healthcare Strength — The benefits package is positioned as comprehensive, with broad medical coverage and additional protections like life insurance and short- and long-term disability. Mental health support is emphasized, including free mental health services and wellbeing programming under initiatives such as Mars Be Well.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is highlighted as market-leading in the U.S., with an example of 18 weeks fully paid for both parents. Additional family-related leave types such as sick time for caregiving and bereavement leave are also described as part of the overall package.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings are described as strong, including 401(k) matching (with a 6% match cited) and pension plans in some cases. The broader package also references retirement savings options and contributions aligned to local market practice, supporting long-term financial security.
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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.
