Job Description:
Start date: 1 September 2026
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Start your career as a future leader through our comprehensive Mars Leadership Experience (MLE) Traineeship that lays a solid foundation for you as a future leader. Seize the opportunity to lead projects, manage teams and gain both local and international experience while making decisions in real time. The dynamic work environment will prepare you for the challenges of the future.
The MLE programme is a three-year traineeship consisting of three 12-month rotations in varies business areas such as Sales, Category Management, Marketing and Digital, which directly contribute to the growth and impact of our business. This is your chance to shape your leadership trajectory and create a lasting impact.
The MLE traineeship offers you a unique opportunity to accelerate the development of your leadership skills and build a solid foundation for a future leadership role.
Your future as a leader starts now with the Mars Leadership Experience Traineeship!
As an MLE trainee, you will have the opportunity to:Participate in three dynamic rotations, providing insight into different leadership paths.
Opportunity to lead teams and initiate projects, allowing you to continuously develop yourself.
Be part of our global trainee community, forge lifelong connections and contribute to a global business network.
Currently completing or having completed a master's degree no more than 24 months ago
Have a growth mindset, interpersonal skills and the ability to build confidence.
A passion for a future career in leadership.
A dedicated focus on learning and development, including outside your comfort zone.
Innovative thinking and a willingness to bring fresh ideas to Mars.
Fluency in at least one Nordic language (e.g., Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, or Finnish)
Proficiency in English
A bonus system dependent on individual and business results
A full range of benefits, including pension, fitness and broadband allowance, life insurance and health insurance
Flexible working hours and the possibility of combining remote work with office work
Support from an experienced mentor, coach, trainers, and the best managers
Additional support in developing crucial competencies in a series of training sessions, as part of a dedicated Learning & Development program that will help you develop all the skills necessary to become one of our future leaders
If joining the Program requires relocation from your current location, we offer a relocation support.
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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.
