Job Description:
Our Supply Chain Leadership Programme gives you exposure across Mars, a Global Leader in the FMCG space and is the perfect grounding for a leadership career in our Global end-end Supply Chain. You’ll get world-class support, and meet friends for life, all whilst developing your future career, today.
You’ll typically follow a path through three years with exposure to right across our supply chain. With opportunities from leading projects on the factory floor, to planning our production volumes, to making sure our products safely arrive at our customers, in this programme you will develop your functional and leadership capabilities to the next level.
What does the Programme Entail?
- You’ll embark on 3 x 12-month placements across the Mars business.
- Three placements along our supply chain - from production in the factory to the customer facing teams.
- You’ll lead your own Supply Chain projects across a global business, with exposure to our end-end Supply Chain.
What can we offer you?
- Starting salary of £33,000 and a joining bonus of £2,000
- Wide range of competitive benefits, including competitive pension and healthcare scheme, annual bonus and flexible working hours.
- We’ll give you access to inspiring mentors and coaches to help you grow.
- Join our global graduate community, create friends for life and join a global business.
- You get our promise to always invest in your development, always supporting you personally and professionally.
What do we need from you?
- You’ll have obtained a degree in any subject, graduating next summer or graduated within the last 2 years.
- Mobile within the UK. Your home site will likely be Slough, but you may need to relocate for 1 of your placement years.
- You’ll need to have the passion and ambition to forge a challenging and potentially international career in Supply Chain.
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.
- Best-in-class 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.
For more information, please visit careers.mars.com/UK/en/students-graduates
Skills Required
- Degree in any subject
- Graduating next summer or graduated within the last two years
- Mobile within the UK
- Willingness to relocate for one placement year
- Passion and ambition for a career in supply chain
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.
