Job Description:
We are excited to announce the opportunity to join the Mars Wrigley Marketing Team as Senior Brand Manager Celebrations® and Gifting. Mars Wrigley has retail rales of over £1 billion per annum, with loved household brands such as Maltesers®, Galaxy®, Extra®, Snickers®, Mars®, Twix®, Celebrations® and Skittles®. We are looking for someone with prior marketing experience with a proven ability to lead teams to transform performance. You will have a chance to work at a family owned purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
What are we looking for?
Someone who can
Create and communicate clear and compelling strategies and turn these into action
Drives consistent results managing multiple priorities and projects
Ability to create strong collaborative relationships
Commercially astute
Digitally savvy
Mars Leadership Capabilities: Strategic Mindset, Business Insight, Drives Vision ,Drives Results, Manages Complexity & Communicates Effectively.
What will be your key responsibilities?
Develop and execute Celebrations® and AYR gifting 3 year strategy and plans for UKI, partnering with cross functional regional and local teams to deliver against targets.
Ensure activities including implementing range changes, innovation, brand activations & experiences are executed excellently in UKI working with cross functional team to deliver the targets
Lead Celebrations® brand and ensure excellent execution of the Celebrations® Communications plan (Paid, Earned, Shared & Owned strategy) partnering with internal experts and external agency teams.
What can you expect from Mars?
- Work with over 130,000 like-minded and talented Associates across the globe, all guided by The Five Principles.
- Join a purpose driven family owned 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.
We look forward to your application!
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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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.
