Job Description:
Market Functions:
Territory planning to ensure optimal coverage, infrastructure, visibility and service levels.
Size and seize market level opportunities by building a strong business case around them and getting necessary investments and efforts to realize them.
Engage with distributors so as to create collaborative, long term relationships with them to support growth ambitions.
Manage trade spends as per agreed norms and deliver maximum results from them by innovative deployments.
Ensure delivery of In Store Visibility and execution as per MARS standards leveraging tools available.
People Function:
Lead, Monitor, Motivate and drive performance by leverage selling tools and incentive programmes as designed by the company.
Coach FSA’s on the Mars Sales & Distribution system and drive desired productivity levels.
Implement structured training interventions as per agreed calendar to continuously upskill his FSA team.
Recruit desired numbers of FSA’s of targeted profiles within specific timelines.
Administration:
Ensure timely submission of trade and distributor related paperwork such as claims, competitor information and any other information required from time to time.
Effectively coordinate with CFA and Distributors to ensure adherence to PDP and delivery schedules.
Key competencies required:
Delivers Consistent Results
Action Orientation
Planning, Priority Setting
Drive for results
Creates Collaborative Relationships
Customer Service Excellence
Route to Market Optimization
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.
