Job Description:
In a rapidly changing world, an agile supply chain (SC) is a critical differentiator for our customers and consumers. At Mars, we are continuously evolving our supply chain to be more end-to-end connected, transparent, responsive, and digitally enabled. We believe that a human-centric, digitally empowered planning community is essential to unlocking this vision and serving as the foundation for one seamless, end-to-end SC organization.
The Mars Wrigley Europe Supply Chain Center of Excellence (CoE) sits at the very heart of this transformation. As a digital catalyst, our mission is to accelerate and elevate digital planning capabilities while fostering a modern, data-driven way of working across our European planning teams.
Within the CoE, the Insights & Analytics (I&A) team addresses strategic business challenges and opportunities by strengthening the organization's decision-making power. We are a collaborative team of business analysts, data analysts, and data scientists partnering to clarify business challenges, build digital prototypes, and deliver scalable analytics solutions.
THE ROLEAs a Front-End Developer / Business Analyst, you will directly collaborate with the planning organization/Business stakeholders, development teams to design and build intuitive digital tools that drive impactful decision-making. You will participate in high-impact initiatives across the end-to-end planning domain, pairing exceptional UI/UX design with valuable business insights.
All projects directly support optimizing Customer Service, Supply Chain Costs, and Working Capital (Inventory). In this dual-capability role, you will not only build front-end applications but also bridge the gap between advanced analytics and user-friendly digital solutions that drive continuous operational improvement.
WHAT WILL BE YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES?- Develop & Maintain Analytics Solutions: Build, optimize, and maintain responsive front-end applications and interactive Power BI dashboards.
- Lead UI/UX & Design Thinking: Facilitate design sessions, gather business requirements, and create intuitive wireframes, mockups, and prototypes.
- Collaborate & Deliver via Agile: Partner closely with Data Scientists, Data Engineers, and Business Analysts, while directing external delivery partners within an Agile/Scrum framework.
- Continuous Improvement: Translate complex planning workflows into automated, trusted, and user-centric digital products.
Need to Have
- Higher education and 3-5yr relevant experience
- Business Analysis & Requirements Gathering: Proven ability to translate complex supply chain challenges into clear technical requirements, user stories, and interactive wireframes.
- Front-End Delivery & Data Visualization: Strong expertise in Power BI/fabric to model data and design actionable dashboards. Hands-on development experience with core web technologies (React, JavaScript) to build responsive user applications.
- Domain Knowledge: Familiarity with Supply Chain planning concepts (Demand/Supply planning, Inventory optimization, S&OP).
Nice to Have
- UI/UX Design & Prototyping Tools: Working background with Figma, Adobe XD, or similar tools for rapid prototyping and usability testing.
- Agile & DevOps Practices: Experience with Azure DevOps, Git version control, and CI/CD deployment pipelines within a Scrum environment.
- Passionate for Change: Drive for Change management and embedding digital solutions into Processes
- System Knowledge: Experience with Kinaxis (or related planning systems), SAP and Databrick
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. A strong focus on 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.
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Skills Required
- Higher education
- 3-5 years of relevant experience
- Business analysis and requirements-gathering experience, including translating supply chain challenges into technical requirements, user stories, and wireframes
- Strong Power BI and Microsoft Fabric expertise for data modeling and dashboard development
- Hands-on experience with React and JavaScript
- Familiarity with supply chain planning concepts, including demand planning, supply planning, inventory optimization, and S&OP
- Experience with Figma, Adobe XD, or similar UI/UX prototyping tools
- Experience with Azure DevOps, Git, and CI/CD deployment pipelines in a Scrum environment
- Experience with Kinaxis or related planning systems, SAP, and Databricks
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.
