Job Description:
Sourcing Excellence Specialist (f/m/x)
in Mars Global Service
Procurement (Commercial) Department
Location: Warsaw
Hybrid working
* Fully virtual recruitment experience *
This role is responsible for leading negotiations, contracting, and sourcing activities across Mars segments and cross-regional spend within defined commercial categories. By driving sourcing initiatives aligned with category strategies, the role enables Category Teams to focus on strategic priorities while driving efficiency and business impact.
What would be your key responsibilities?
Negotiating on behalf of Mars organization.
Contracting to be aligned to category strategies managed by Commercial team.
Providing the first line of escalation on issues between suppliers and the business.
Conducting negotiations and supplier relationship management for in scope of Commercial categories and spend thresholds for requisitions.
Securing price, capacity & service levels in line with commitments to the business.
Ensuring effective risk management of the supply base, through robust contracts and monitoring of financial and other KPIs. Implements corrective actions as appropriate.
Establishing & maintaining relationships with key stakeholders and their teams to ensure understanding of their needs and to facilitate the appropriate level of challenge.
Ensuring Compliance with policies, systems, and controls.
Communicating business risk & opportunity.
Providing support to Buyers & requisitioners, other departments and stakeholders.
Collaborating with business stakeholders and Commercial leaders on regional level on defining business requirements.
Providing insights to category team regarding supplier performance and opportunities within ad hoc purchasing trends.
Identifying system process Improvements with systems and process for FE assessment.
What are we looking for?
Highly developed soft skills, including the ability to navigate ambiguity, effectively prioritize your tasks, demonstrate learning agility, and build trusted relationships with stakeholders.
Ideally tech savvy, with a strong desire to learn.
Must be a team player who executes with a sense of urgency.
Fluent English is essential; Polish is a nice to have.
Bachelor’s degree in business, supply, procurement, or related field is a plus
3+ years of procurement experience including previous contracting experience in general services category is nice to have.
What can you expect from Mars?
Permanent contract of employment as from the start.
Attractive financial conditions including Bonuses.
We will also look after your safety and well-being by offering you rich benefits package including life insurance, Employee Assistance Program fully covered by Mars, and private medical care, MultiBenefit Program and lunch card.
Extra savings scheme to support You in long perspective.
Support in career building through personalized development plan.
On-line shop with attractive discounts on our products that Your family and friend are going to love.
Possibility to participate in volunteering initiatives during working hours.
A modern and pet friendly office in the City Center (Zlote Tarasy building).
Apply now and upload you profile in English
Skills Required
- Highly developed soft skills (navigate ambiguity, prioritize, learning agility, stakeholder relationships)
- Negotiation and contracting experience
- Team player who executes with a sense of urgency
- Fluent English
- Polish language
- Tech-savvy with strong desire to learn
- Bachelor's degree in business, supply, procurement, or related field
- 3+ years procurement experience including contracting in general services category
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.
