Job Description:
Royal Canin, Sales Operations Department
Location: Bucharest or any CEE cluster site
***Hybrid working model with up to 50% remote work***
Are you passionate about improving sales performance through data, technology, and process excellence? Do you enjoy turning insights into action and helping teams work more effectively? Join us as a Sales Operations & Effectiveness Manager and help shape the tools, processes, and capabilities that drive commercial success across Europe.
What will be your key responsibilities?
- Develop and continuously improve sales effectiveness frameworks, processes, and operating standards across the region.
- Optimize sales call plans, territory coverage, and route planning to maximize field force productivity and return on investment.
- Monitor performance metrics and sales effectiveness indicators, identifying opportunities for improvement and growth.
- Act as the subject matter expert and primary point of contact for sales systems, tools, and operational processes.
- Lead the adoption and implementation of new technologies, automation solutions, and AI-enabled tools to increase efficiency.
- Partner with regional stakeholders, IT teams, and external providers to deliver system enhancements and new capabilities.
- Serve as a key user and business owner for Salesforce CRM and related sales systems, ensuring an excellent user experience and effective system utilization.
- Drive cross-functional projects focused on process optimization, operational excellence, and business transformation.
What are we looking for?
- Degree in Business, Economics, Sales, or a related field.
- Experience in sales operations, sales effectiveness, business operations, commercial excellence, or a similar area.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate data into actionable business insights.
- Hands-on experience with CRM platforms such as Salesforce or comparable sales management systems.
- Experience leading or supporting system implementations, process improvements, or digital transformation initiatives.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build effective partnerships across teams and functions.
- Fluent English; knowledge of an additional European language would be an advantage.
- Strong project management, planning, and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic 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
- Degree in Business, Economics, Sales, or a related field
- Experience in sales operations, sales effectiveness, business operations, commercial excellence, or a similar area
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Hands-on experience with Salesforce or comparable CRM and sales management systems
- Experience leading or supporting system implementations, process improvements, or digital transformation initiatives
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Fluent English
- Knowledge of an additional European language
- Strong project management, planning, and organizational skills
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.
