Job Description:
Location: Based at our global headquarters in Aimargues, located just 30 minutes from the city of Montpellier. Our campus offers direct access to major European hubs while letting you enjoy 300 days of sunshine a year!
Segment: Royal Canin
Contract Type: Permanent (CDI)
With E-Commerce set to represent a major piece of all Petfood sales in the near future, Royal Canin is embedding its business in a truly omnichannel landscape. As our Global E-Commerce & Demand Performance Business Analyst, you will stand at the very heart of this transformation with influence and impact. Your mission will be to harmonize performance reporting across 4 global regions, translate complex data into strategic business insights for top executives, and dedicate 30% of your scope to fueling broader commercial and demand growth.
What are we looking for?You bring 5+ years of experience the in Sales, Marketing, or Retail industry, with a proven track record in regional or global Business Analyst roles, ideally centered around E-Commerce.
You are highly analytical with a 'data-first' mindset, holding a degree in Marketing, Sales, Finance, or a related field, and you possess a strong passion for numbers and strategic data analysis.
You are an outstanding communicator and natural influencer who thrives in a highly autonomous role, capable of guiding regional teams and driving change in a complex global environment.
You are fluent in English and possess excellent project management skills with the ability to step back, view the big picture, and maintain strong business acumen in a matrixed environment.
Nice-to-have:
Experience in Sales Operations or financial planning.
Familiarity with data visualization tools (e.g., PowerBI, Tableau).
Orchestrate Global E-Commerce Performance Reporting: You will analyze the current performance measurement processes, benchmark against external best practices, and lead the collection, analysis, and visualization of E-commerce data across 4 global regions. This will involve mapping performance by region, market, channel (e.g., pureplay specialists, marketplaces, quick commerce), and customer.
Drive Strategic E-Commerce Initiatives & Data Alignment: In partnership with the Data & Analytics (D&A) team, you will co-design the global E-commerce analytics strategy, develop short- and long-term Key Performance Indicator (KPI) roadmaps, and improve core business processes (such as Sales & Operations Planning) to better capture E-commerce opportunities.
Deliver Executive Insights & Market Intelligence: You will design high-impact quarterly E-commerce reports for top management, lead quarterly regional alignment calls, collaborate with the Consumer & Market Insights (CMI) team to analyze online market share, and provide tailored performance analyses for priority product portfolios.
Lead Demand Analysis & Act as a Business Consultant: You will own the retail performance dashboards across the Healthy Pets and Veterinary portfolios, manage cross-functional projects (such as portfolio health and innovation tracking), and act as a trusted internal consultant and subject matter expert for regional and local teams.
At Mars, we believe in a relationship of mutual trust, dignity and respect between our company and Associates that is more meaningful than the standard employer/employee relationship.
As Associates, we can expect to be respected, supported and valued as individuals, to be treated fairly and equitably.
The opportunity to learn and develop, taking charge of your own career across Mars.
You will work in a multicultural environment (more than 40 nationalities) and where your dog will be welcomed by more than 100 other Associates’ dogs at the office!
You will work in a unique campus, which gathers more than 800 Associates working for: the international HQ, the French subsidiary, two laboratories, a kennel and a cattery with more than 200 cats & dogs, and finally the most important factory of the Royal Canin group
A unique and ideal work environment to become the leader in health through nutrition for cats and dogs!
Skills Required
- 5+ years experience in Sales, Marketing, or Retail with regional or global Business Analyst experience (ideally e-commerce)
- Degree in Marketing, Sales, Finance, or related field
- Strong analytical, data-first mindset with passion for strategic data analysis
- Outstanding communication and influencing skills to guide regional teams and drive change
- Fluent in English
- Excellent project management skills and strong business acumen in a matrixed environment
- Experience in Sales Operations or financial planning
- Familiarity with data visualization tools (e.g., PowerBI, Tableau)
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.
Mars Insights
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.
