Job Description:
ROYAL CANIN ’s MISSION IS TO TRANSFORM EACH CAT AND DOGS HEALTH AND WELL-BEING BY PUSHING THE LIMITS OF NUTRITION AND KNOWLEDGE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PET PROFESSIONALS.
The strategic ambition is to serve 35m pets and generate $10b NSV by 2030. These ambitions call for capabilities enabling sustainable omni channel growth, inventory turnover ratio improvement, real time analytics and visibility driven by data, channel expansion seamlessly integrated and confirmed customer satisfaction in line with the quality and passion we put in our products. The current application systems architecture supporting order to cash, produce to deliver and record to record business capabilities is not adapted to the business growth and evolution beyond 2026.
The EOS Digital Core program is a $400M USD program to design, build, deploy and service the reusable clean SAP S4Hana core and the edge systems specific to Royal Canin including Salesforce and OMP. The EOS DC program is an ERP transformation as well as a business process transformation across Finance, S2P, O2C, P2F, Q&FS and sustainability. The roadmap to transform the process and implement the new ERP and other tech stack is through 2030.
This role is responsible for the overall Data strategy in the program and reports directly to the SVP of the EOS Digital Core program.
What are we looking for?
+ 10 years’ experience leading data and data teams
Experience leading in transformation programs
Strong cross functional/technical business knowledge
Experience on a business leadership team
Experience with SAP, SalesForce, B2B, planning and pricing are preferred
SAP S4Hana experience preferred
What will be your key responsibilities?
- Deliver the end-to-end EOS-Digital Core data strategy to enable the EOS transformation roadmap across Digital Core and Growth from process and data.
- Design the data strategy and methodology for migration, deployment and adoption and the transition into business as usual for Royal Canin and Mars Global Services.
- Lead and integrate the four EOS data pillars as one coherent delivery organization, with clear priorities, decision rights and performance expectations noting all dependencies.
- Act as the single data counterpart to the EOS Digital Core Global Leadership team ensuring and integrated view of progress, investment requirements, decisions and risks.
- Ensure data strategy is aligned with the Petcare Data strategy and ecosystem and generates value for the business
- Partner closely with the Royal Canin MDM Director and Business Data Owners to ensure the EOS Digital Core program operates within the Royal Canin master data governance framework, standards, forums and decision rights without creating parallel program governance.
- Establish ways of working and governance for escalations across Global Process Owners and teams; Deployment teams and Royal Canin BAU, MDM, D&A, DT and Mars Global Services as well as external delivery partners.
- Develop the resource strategy according to the EOS-Digital Core program principles and drive to reduce duplication in resources across program Associates, 3rd party staff augmentation and IBM/SAP.
- Build and lead the required capability in the team with Mars Associates developing talent and ensuring succession.
- Manage the 3rd party staff augmentation according to the EOS-DC Principles ensuring roles requiring staff augmentation are not capabilities required long term in Mars and/or are required for capacity during a particular phase.
- Accountable for measuring data outcomes rather than coordination alone across Design, Adoption, Migration accuracy, Data Quality performance, market readiness and successful cutovers and sustainable BAU ownership.
- Manage complex stakeholder network across EOS-Digital Core program, Royal Canin, Global Petcare, Mars Global Services and Corporate
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
- 10 or more years of experience leading data and data teams
- Experience leading transformation programs
- Strong cross-functional and technical business knowledge
- Experience serving on a business leadership team
- Experience with SAP
- Experience with Salesforce
- Experience with B2B operations
- Experience with planning and pricing
- SAP S/4HANA experience
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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