Job Description:
R&D Regional Systems Functional Expert (f/m/x)
in Mars Global Service
Research and Development Department
Location: Warsaw
Hybrid working
* Fully virtual recruitment experience *
To continue to deliver our commitment to the Quality Principle and protect our investment in strategic digital R&D and Quality capabilities, the business requires the right level of sustained functional expert support. The Functional Expert organization ensures the sustainability and maintenance of deployed enterprise R&D Systems/Platforms in the region; expectation to deliver functional analysis and expertise to the Business across Mars Snacking, Petcare, and Food segments.
This role will work closely with the R&D Regional Systems Functional Analysts, Business Partners (both leadership, system key users, and data quality leads), Corporate Product Owners, Corporate and Segment Process owners, and business delivery services (BDS).
What will be your key responsibilities?
Key/End User support and Knowledge Management
· Providing key user support as a point of escalation for system issues.
· Responsible for development and maintenance of key/end user training curriculum and training materials as well as executing training sessions, including any refresher trainings as needed.
· Responsible for managing key/end user community and relevant business stakeholder, leading communities of practice and driving continuous improvements.
· Performance review of service level effectiveness (incident trends, SLAs) to drive continuous improvements
· Partner with development team to support resolution of system issues/bugs
· Drive rapid response to “Code Red” incidents and support technical teams by providing functional input into analysis, solutioning, testing and approval.
Governance (Business process and data quality)
· Supports global and segment process owners in support of system and/or data quality compliance when requested.
Change Management (CIPs/New Capabilities)
· Responsible for aligning and validating system functionality (regional CIPs, global CIPs and new functionality roll-outs) with business requirements
· Manages CIPs (creation of requests, testing, implementation in the units)
· Responsible for UAT (user acceptability testing) and End –to-end testing prior to rolling out new system functionality.
· Supports MDT (Mars Digital Technologies) team with impact assessment of system changes.
· Provides input into new capability global prioritization process
New capability deployment
· Supports deployment lead/project manager as a functional owner of system implementation.
· Validates system functionality (including UAT, BIT testing) and manages any unit specific changes.
· Manages Key/end user training journey (defining curriculum, developing training materials, executing training sessions, supports hyper-care)
What are we looking for?
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in R&D, R&D systems, Supply or DT/Business partnership
- Experience with SAP PLM system
- Experience with R&D or Quality systems
- Minimum bachelor’s degree in science or IT systems or equivalent in food safety/food science or related subject area is desirable
- Good understanding of Quest/Innovation process
- Excellent networker, easily builds rapport remotely
- Excellent communication skills (oral and written).
- Fluent English
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. A strong focus on 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.
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Skills Required
- Minimum 5 years of experience in R&D, R&D systems, supply, or DT/business partnership
- Experience with SAP PLM
- Experience with R&D or Quality systems
- Bachelor’s degree in science, IT systems, food safety, food science, or a related subject, or equivalent experience
- Good understanding of the Quest/Innovation process
- Excellent networking and remote relationship-building skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Fluent English
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.
