Job Description:
- Support the development and documentation of global range and assortment standards aligned to category strategy and portfolio priorities
- Embed clear principles for role of range, segmentation and price pack architecture into global execution guidance – linking in with key capability pillars such as SRM
- Build strong understanding of global range and assortment tools, capabilities, and methodologies internally and externally
- Support markets in effectively applying tools to identify range gaps, inefficiencies, and growth opportunities
- Consolidate and codify best practices from markets into simple guidance, playbooks, and learning assets
- Identify best in class range and assortment principles linked to S&OP cycle and IVCP in markets related to range and assortment decision-making and highlight globally to drive adoption
- Support analysis of portfolio performance linked to flywheel strategy, shopper needs, and market dynamics
- Support capability-building initiatives across regions, including training content, workshops, and learning sessions
- Participate in global and regional category forums to support knowledge sharing and consistency
- Proven understanding of range assortment, and portfolio management principles
- Experience working with commercial or category tools and data
- Analytical capability with the ability to draw insights and frame opportunities
- Exposure to multi-market or regional ways of working preferred
- Strong learning agility with interest in building category leadership capability
- Comfortable supporting senior stakeholders in a matrixed organization
Skills Required
- Proven understanding of range, assortment, and portfolio management principles
- Experience working with commercial or category tools and data
- Analytical capability with the ability to draw insights and frame opportunities
- Exposure to multi-market or regional ways of working
- Strong learning agility and interest in building category leadership capability
- Comfortable supporting senior stakeholders in a matrixed organization
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.
