Job Description:

The Manager of Global Strategy for Mars Snacking will support the development and deployment of our global strategies, playing a key role in supporting the long-term growth and value creation journey of the company. This highly visible position, reporting to the Director of Global Strategy and working in close coordination with the Mars Snacking Leadership Team, will be filled by a candidate with exceptional drive and energy, who has strong analytical skills, the ability to turn data into insights, and highly effective verbal and written communications skills.

What are we looking for?

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Business or related. MS/MBA is preferred.

• 2+ years experience in global corporate strategy or strategy consulting at a top tier firm (with strong preference for CPG industry experience)

• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to sift through large amounts of data, structure and conduct thoughtful analyses, identify insights and arrive at business recommendations

• Strong communication and presentation skills, including the ability to synthesize and clearly communicate complex findings through focus on critical issues and actionable opportunities

• Extensive experience in Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel required

• Experience with data analytics/visualization tools (Tableau, Alteryx) is a plus.

• Ability to quickly establish rapport, credibility, trust, and respect, with peers, team members, and executives

• Comfort in dealing with ambiguity

• Passion for consumer goods and our brands

What will be your key responsibilities?

• Drive our competitive intelligence and benchmarking work. Work in close collaboration with our regional teams and conduct desk research and data analysis

• Execute on internal projects across a myriad of critical business issues to help deliver on our global strategy. Work with a broad range of stakeholders to define the key questions that need to be answered, develop a plan and approach to solve, and execute against the plan to deliver results

• Assist in our efforts to communicate our challenges, strengths, and performance to senior stakeholders (C-suite / Board) via thoughtful, compelling, and polished presentations

• Support our 3-year strategic planning process through coordinating and pressure-testing our region, market, and category plans. Leverage future-back thinking to highlight breakthrough ideas and concepts to enable our ongoing strategy development

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with over 130,000 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.

• Best-in-class 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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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.