Job Description:
The Strategy & Business Analytics Manager is the analytical engine and storytelling architect behind Mars Snacking North America’s strategic choices. Sitting at the intersection of strategy and deployment, this role translates complex market dynamics, consumer trends, and competitive intelligence into compelling executive narratives that drive decision-making.
Acting as a critical connective tissue across the organization, this manager builds robust cross-functional partnerships to ensure Strategic Choices are deployed and shape execution. This includes partnering with the Manager of Strategy & Performance to tie strategic choices directly to financial outcomes, and collaborating with Global Strategy to ensure North American initiatives amplify broader enterprise goals. Success in this role requires a unique blend of analytical rigor, high-level strategic thinking, and the ability to influence without authority.
What are we looking for?
Experience: 3-5+ years of progressive experience in corporate strategy, management consulting, or commercial analytics.
Industry Experience: Prior experience in Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), Food & Beverage, or Retail is highly preferred.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Finance, or a related quantitative field. An MBA or advanced degree is strongly preferred.
Technical Skills: Strong financial acumen and P&L literacy, coupled with deep analytical expertise leveraging syndicated market data (e.g., Nielsen, Circana) and broader business analytics.
Strategic Skills: Exceptional data storytelling capabilities, with proven experience using strategic frameworks to distill complex analyses into clear business choices, alongside a high comfort level navigating ambiguity.
What will be your key responsibilities?
Strategic Storytelling: Architect compelling executive narratives and presentations that distill complex data and rigorous analysis into clear, actionable strategic choices.
Market & Competitive Intelligence: Lead the curation of market insights, consumer behavior trends, macroeconomic trends, internal performance, and competitive intelligence to anticipate industry shifts and proactively evolve our North American strategy.
Analytical Rigor & Financial Linkage: Structure complex strategy workstreams, partnering cross-functionally to ensure all strategic choices are firmly grounded in long-term financial models, ROI assessments, and resource prioritization.
Cross-Functional Orchestration: Facilitate leadership workshops and strategic planning routines to create a feedback loop with business unit leaders, ensuring our strategies rapidly adapt to evolving market conditions.
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.
The base pay range for this position at commencement of employment is between the range listed below, however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position will include variable pay, medical and dental benefits, participation in 401k plan, and paid time off benefits. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an applicant receives an offer of employment.
The pay range shown is applicable to all US locations listed within the job posting:USD 101,120.00 - USD 139,040.00Skills Required
- 3-5+ years of progressive experience in corporate strategy, management consulting, or commercial analytics
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Finance, or a related quantitative field
- Strong financial acumen and P&L literacy
- Experience leveraging syndicated market data such as Nielsen or Circana
- Business analytics expertise
- Exceptional data storytelling and strategic framework capabilities
- Comfort navigating ambiguity and influencing without authority
- Prior experience in Consumer Packaged Goods, Food & Beverage, or Retail
- MBA or advanced degree
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.
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