Job Description:
- Champion performance, efficiency, and engagement across the factory.
- Mars Wrigley Australia home to loved brands such as M&M’s®, Maltesers®, Pods®
- Permanent, Full-Time Role | Based Onsite in Ballarat, VIC
Join our Ballarat team – the home of iconic treats like M&M’s®, Maltesers®, Pods®, Mars® – where innovation meets indulgence.
We’re looking for a Supply Excellence Lead to champion excellence, empower teams, and drive the Mars Supply Excellence (MSE) journey across our site.
About the Role
As our MSE Lead, you’ll be the driving force behind deploying the Mars Supply Excellence (MSE) program — helping our factory reach new heights in performance, efficiency, and engagement.
You’ll work hand-in-hand with the Supply Excellence & Industrial Engineering Manager, the Factory Management Team, and associates across the site to deliver against ambitious goals in Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, People, and Environment.
This is your chance to shape how our Ballarat factory operates and inspires, fostering a culture of continuous improvement that fuels our success today and into the future.
What You’ll Do
- Lead the charge – Drive the MSE program deployment plan and ensure every pillar aligns with our site improvement goals.
- Empower teams – Coach and support team members to build lean thinking, problem-solving, and continuous improvement capability.
- Collaborate & influence – Partner with the Factory Management Team, regional MSE teams, and global stakeholders to keep our performance world-class.
- Drive results – Track progress through clear governance, deliver milestones, and celebrate wins along the way.
- Be the connector – Share insights, inspire best practice, and help everyone understand how their work contributes to site success.
About You
You’re passionate about people, performance, and purpose. You thrive on bringing structure to improvement and seeing teams grow in capability and confidence.
Here’s what helps you shine:
- 5+ years’ experience in Supply, Operations, or Industrial Engineering, ideally with exposure to Lean or TPM principles.
- Experience leading step-change or continuous improvement initiatives.
- Solid knowledge of Lean tools, process improvement, and program management.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills — you can bring people on the journey.
- A hands-on mindset and a passion for making things better every day.
Why Mars?
At Mars, we do business differently — guided by our Five Principles and powered by our people. You’ll join a global team that values your growth, wellbeing, and ideas. Expect:
- Iconic brands and a proud local legacy.
- Endless opportunities for learning and career growth.
- A collaborative culture built on trust and empowerment.
- A role where you can truly make a difference.
Ready to lead, inspire, and shape the future of Ballarat’s sweetest factory?
Apply now and make your mark at Mars Wrigley — where passion meets purpose.
Internal applicants: This role has been graded as a T2 opportunity. Please ensure that you discuss your application with your line manager prior to applying including obtaining their endorsement.
Applications close: Wednesday 5th of November, 2025
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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.
