Job Description:
The associate on this position is responsible for development, deployment and coordination of trade marketing activities with strong online focus within the Pet Specialist Retail, later PSR channel according to the annual execution plan. As such, the Trade Marketeer is in close contact with the on-line and off-line sales managers and customers marketing department and pro-actively drives business and category growth at our PSR customers by deploying activation and toolkits from the region.
What are we looking for?- Supports development & evaluation of Cluster B2C / B2B activities.
- B2B & B2C Cluster activation execution in PSR
- Engages Sales teams with the activity plans to drive field excellence in execution
- Constantly drives excellence in execution and better that previously mind-set
- Higher degree
- Strong English skills
- 3-5 years’ experience.
- Functional/technical skills – excel
- Planning, execution and evaluation of trade & portfolio marketing activities in the market aiming to drive recommendation, sales as well as brand performance (consumer & financial KPIs). Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to following actions:
- Collaborates in building cluster marketing execution plan in cooperation with MSD and Sales Acceleration team.
- Aligns messaging and concept for activations to overarching campaign/brand messaging.
- Defines & tracks budget for activations.
- In the lead for getting approval on national activations/events through the S&OP+ cycle, including ROI calculation and evaluation.
- Develops and deploys Cluster and Market marketing activations plans for their specific PSR online and in-store and leveraging the customers CRM platforms.
- Plans and manages ordering, development and production of all communication/promotional materials, both online and instore, based on the key visuals developed by the Regional S&M team.
- Evaluate customer activation materials and continuously drive best-in-class, innovative POS materials to support the recommendation and conversion of our brand.
- Partner to deliver category vision into Action projects at customers in close collaboration with Category Manager and sales teams.
- Provides sales teams with the selling tools to deliver a perfect execution in store and online.
- Shares best practice across Cluster.
- 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.
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.
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