Job Description:
Value Stream Support Leader
The Value Stream Support Lead role is the heart of our operations, directing the flow of the entire supply chain and ensuring the highest standards of quality and food safety (Procurement, Production & Materials Planning, Warehouse Management, Inbound/Outbound Product Flows, Customer Service and Distribution Center Continuity). This role will manage a dedicated team, hold a key seat on the Site Leadership Team and drive operational excellence that defines our success.
If you are a strategic thinker, hands on leader and a communicator who excels at navigating complex discussions this could be your next best move.
What are we looking for?
Bachelor's degree (preferred) in engineering, basic sciences or business-related disciplines.
Minimum 3 years of experience in similar role with progressive procurement or materials management experience in a production, manufacturing or distribution environment.
Minimum 2 years of people leadership (leader of managers preferred).
Demonstrated leadership and strategic planning skills
Ability to deliver critical performance feedback and hold associates accountable to business objective
Knowledge of SAP and able to lead others in troubleshooting system issues and discrepancies
Functional knowledge and understanding of health, safety and environmental practices; and quality management and food safety principles.
Proven track record of building strong business relationships, solving problems with a sense of urgency, and the ability to work well with associates at any level.
Exceptional communication abilities in order to work effectively with numerous internal departments and external resources
Demonstrated leadership and strategic planning skills
Ability to deliver critical performance feedback and hold associates accountable to business objective
What would your key responsibilities be?
Provide leadership and development to your team, guiding their career progression through thoughtful performance evaluations and continuous coaching. Beyond your team, you will be a visible and influential leader across the entire site and be a role-model for the behaviors outlined in our Five Principles.
Leadership Team member providing strategic planning, organizational development with a focus on short- and long-term goals.
Manage (direct/indirect) daily logistics functions for material storage and material supply and consumption up to the production lines and deployment and shipping of finished products.
Manage plant scheduler functions ensuring production schedules are maintained to optimize customer service.
Analyze customer demand data from SAP into actionable production plans and ensure on-time execution by production departments to meet all schedule deadlines.
Develop and implement strategies for optimizing inventory levels on raw materials and packaging materials to meet the production demands.
Recommend and implement improvements to methods, equipment, systems and organization as needed to ensure that the objectives of the area and plant are met.
Partner with Regional and Global Procurement group as a technical resource for annual ingredient contracts, supply and demand issues. Identify new suppliers, resolve issues with supplier performance, negotiate pricing and building supplier relationships.
Manage quality release process for all raw ingredients, packaging materials, Site Sanitation and GMP programs in partnership with Q&FS.
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
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, basic sciences or business-related disciplines
- Minimum 3 years of experience in similar role
- Minimum 2 years of people leadership experience
- Knowledge of SAP and ability to troubleshoot system issues
- Functional knowledge of health, safety, environmental practices; quality management and food safety principles
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.
