Job Description:
- 12 month Assignment opportunity
- Role based onsite Ellerslie, free onsite parking + flexible working
We’re on the lookout for a passionate Key Account Manager covering our Corporate Distributors to help shape the future of Mars NZ’s Snacking segment.
This is more than a sales role—it’s your chance to lead high-impact initiatives, bring bold account plans to life, and fuel category and brand growth in one of our most exciting channels.
As a key player in our Mars Multi Channel and WWNZ team you’ll not only build powerful partnerships with our customers—you’ll also contribute directly to our purpose: inspiring everyday moments of happiness.
What will set you up for success?
You’re commercially savvy, agile, and confident navigating ambiguity. You thrive at pace, love making things happen, and know how to bring stakeholders along on the journey.
Most importantly, you’re curious—ready to grow, evolve, and take your account management skills to the next level.
What you’ll be doing:
- Own and drive sales performance, including trade investment and net sales growth
- Manage accurate forecasting to support business planning
- Turn category insights into actions that drive impact
- Build strong customer relationships with regular WIPs, Ways of Working, and Joint Business Plans
Why Mars?
- Work alongside talented, values-driven Associates guided by our Five Principles
- Be part of a purpose-led company creating a better world for pets, people, and the planet
- Unlock your full potential with best-in-class learning through Mars University
- Enjoy a competitive salary, bonus, and benefits package—including product perks!
Join us and make your mark at one of the world’s most admired companies. Ready to take your career (and our snacks) to the next level?
Internal applicants: This role is a T1 opportunity, please ensure that you discuss your application with your line manager prior to applying including obtaining their endorsement.
Applications close: Wednesday 29th of April, 2026
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.
