Job Description:
The ideal candidate is naturally curious with a passion for making data-driven decisions. This role provides a unique, hands-on opportunity to be a critical player in analyzing, informing, and making recommendations to drive sales growth for the Pet Nutrition North America (PNNA) Regional Specialty account team. Not only does the opportunity provide wide-ranging responsibilities and learning opportunities, but we are looking for someone ready to start the future of their career at Mars.
This role is based in Franklin, TN with regular in-office collaboration expected. Flexibility is a key enabler—empowering associates to make choices that support both business outcomes and personal needs, including occasional remote work.
What are we looking for?
- Bachelor's Degree in quantitative fields such as Statistics, Mathematics, Accounting, Business Management, Economics, or Finance
- 2+ years of experience in Data, Sales Operations, or Business Analytics
- Proficiency in Nielsen, Microsoft Office
- 2+ years of experience in Data, Sales Operations, or Business Analytics
- Proficiency in Nielsen, Microsoft Office
What will be your key responsibilities?
- Provide continual analysis of business performance with actionable insights to account teams using distributor shipment data and Nielsen data and be well always versed on key drivers of the business
- Deliver ongoing promotional tracking and post promotional analysis to team
- Conduct analysis and prepare PowerPoint slides for internal and external presentations including, but not limited to, business reviews, line reviews and JBP’s
- Perform ad-hoc deep-dive analysis to uncover and explain drivers of business performance
- Co-own demand planning process with the National Distributor Manager by providing forecast reporting pre-work and aligning with Distributor Managers and demand planning on forecasts
- Work with National Distributor Manager on new item reporting and forecasting
- Analyze actual results against budget, forecast, and prior year and provide insightful explanations on the root causes of these variances
- Manage and continuously improve reporting capabilities and tools
- Create tools, new processes, mechanisms and automation to drive efficiency and improve sales
- Support sales team in all business operations and reporting necessary to drive the business
- Provide actionable insight recommendations from complex data mining and analyses
- Communicate critical business risks and opportunities proactively and clearly to sales team
- Analyze business questions through a hypotheses-driven approach
- Work cross-functionally to understand key stakeholder needs
- Prioritize multiple responsibilities based on action-ability and business impact
- Work comfortably with ambiguity and in a fast-paced environment
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
- Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Accounting, Business Management, Economics, Finance, or a related quantitative field
- 2+ years of experience in data, sales operations, or business analytics
- Proficiency in Nielsen
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office
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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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.
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