Job Description:
Standards Implementation and Governance
- Governance of the Mars QMS and FSSC standards, verified through reviews, a robust internal auditing program and corrective/preventative action process.
- Lead Mars QMS and FSSC standards implementation at site and maintain compliance through externally verified audit. Upskill technical capability with respect to standards for quality professionals and relevant stakeholders.
- To provide technical support to project workstreams of raw material development, engineering detailed design, CVS activities and other requirements.
- Lead compliance on Hygiene/Micro standards, coordinate cleaning and sanitation activities in site and hygiene related small minor projects.
- Drive pest control plan to ensure effective risk management improvement.
Production Line Operation
- As site HACCP team leader to develop and implement site HACCP plan.
- To be SSE(Site Sterilization Expert)
- Incident Owner (PRIMP) and lead RCA/CAPA using problem solving tools.
- Specify the site verification and testing plan for raw materials, environment and finished goods, management of non-conformances.
- Accountable for visibility of site quality performance in any quality review (Management review, local and regional quality review), and drive Continuous Improvement.
- Ensure change management which may impact quality and food safety in accordance with the Mars Standard through relevant business processes including CM, QES, QuEST.
- Accountable for consumer complaint investigation and analysis for continuous improvement.
- GMP champion project deployment at site.
Skills Required
- Experience implementing and governing QMS and FSSC food safety standards
- Lead internal auditing and manage corrective/preventative actions (RCA/CAPA)
- HACCP plan development and site HACCP team leadership experience
- Site Sterilization Expert (SSE) capability or equivalent experience
- Knowledge and experience with GMP and hygiene/micro standards, cleaning and sanitation coordination
- Experience specifying and managing verification/testing plans for raw materials, environment, and finished goods
- Incident ownership experience including problem solving and leading RCA/CAPA
- Experience managing consumer complaint investigations and driving continuous improvement
- Familiarity with change management processes (CM, QES, QuEST) in a manufacturing environment
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.
