Mars

About the Company

We’re a unified force of 150,000+ Associates, taking action every day toward the world we want tomorrow.

Our Five Principles have kept us true to ourselves and to our commitment to treat others in ways that are consistent with those values. Having stood the test of time, these principles will continue, keeping us free to move quickly and plan for the future.

Quality - The consumer is our boss, quality is our work and value for money is our goal.

Responsibility - As individuals, we demand total responsibility from ourselves; as Associates, we support the responsibilities of others.

Mutuality - A mutual benefit is a shared benefit; a shared benefit will endure.

Efficiency - We use resources to the full, waste nothing and do only what we can do best.

Freedom - We need freedom to shape our future; we need profit to remain free.

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Company Name

Mars

Job Title

R&D Product Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Leading the R&D Product Management team within Mars Digital Technologies, this role is responsible for overseeing the lifecycle management of global applications in the R&D space. The R&D Product Manager plays a critical role in driving innovation, operational excellence, and continuous improvement across Recipe and Innovation functional areas. By leveraging deep technical expertise, business insight, and strong leadership, the role ensures seamless collaboration across internal teams, business stakeholders, and external vendors to deliver high-quality digital solutions. As a people leader, the role fosters a high-performance environment, developing talent and shaping the future of R&D technology at Mars.

What are we looking for?

IT Background with experience in product and service management within R&D.
Certifications in ITIL, PMI, Agile, DevOps, or Scrum (preferred).
Strong R&D knowledge, ideally within the FMCG (Fast-Moving Consumer Goods) industry; experience in business functions is a plus.
5-7 years of experience in managing R&D-related products and services.
Experience in Agile and DevOps methodologies (preferred).
Technical and functional expertise in R&D architecture with the ability to drive innovation and optimization.
Proven line management experience, fostering talent development and high-performance teams.
Ability to navigate complex, fast-changing environments, managing multiple priorities effectively.
Knowledge of Mars products and environments, particularly within R&D, is a plus.
Financial and budget management experience, ensuring cost-effective and value-driven solutions.

What will be your key responsibilities?

End-to-End R&D Product Management – Own the lifecycle management of R&D services and products, with a focus on Recipe and Innovation functional areas.
Strategic Influence & Leadership – Support and contribute to the definition of IT solutions strategy, ensuring alignment with operational excellence, transformational programs, and business capability strategies.
Industry & Innovation Awareness – Stay ahead of industry trends to identify and implement cost-effective, innovative solutions for R&D products and services.
Service Management with Third-Party Vendors – Oversee vendor performance and ensure service excellence through accountability on key metrics such as SLAs, availability, and performance.
Stakeholder Communication & Reporting – Provide regular status updates to key business stakeholders on demand progress and strategic initiatives.
Development Management with Third-Party Vendors – Ensure high-quality development processes, maintaining accountability for efficiency and performance metrics.
Escalation & Demand Management – Serve as the primary escalation point for business demands, coordinating across teams and resources to resolve issues effectively.
User Community Development – Sustain and develop a network of key users, functional experts, and product owners to enhance product adoption and efficiency.
Cross-Team Collaboration – Work closely with teams across Platform, Database, Security, Processing, Deployment, and Development to address business needs.
Project & Program Collaboration – Align with Mars Digital Technologies (DT) signature processes, supporting Product BDS Co-Pilots in projects and programs.
Budget & Financial Management – Oversee and manage the budget for all product areas and functions, ensuring cost-effectiveness and alignment with strategic priorities.
Team Leadership & Development – Provide coaching and development to the team, ensuring associates build strong expertise in Mars business processes, project methodologies, and IT development techniques.
Agile & Customer-Centric Approach – Act as a role model for agile behaviors, fostering collaboration and responsiveness in product delivery.
Customer Satisfaction & Continuous Improvement – Maintain high levels of customer satisfaction, driving continuous improvement initiatives.
Talent Development & Succession Planning – Contribute to the HUB Talent Pipeline strategy and ensure succession planning within the team.

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.
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.

#TBDDT

Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.

Slough, United Kingdom

On site

27-02-2025

Company Name

Mars

Job Title

Senior Product Analyst

Job Description

BDS Product Senior Analyst

Mars is a family-owned business with more than $35 billion in global sales. We produce some of the world’s best-loved brands: M&M’s®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, MILKY WAY®, DOVE®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, WHISKAS®, EXTRA®, ORBIT®, 5™, SKITTLES®, BEN’S ORIGINAL®, and COCOAVIA®. Alongside our consumer brands, we proudly take care of half of the world’s pets through our nutrition, health and services businesses such as Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, AniCura, VCA™ and Pet Partners™. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Mars operates in more than 80 countries. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our 130,000 Diverse Associates to act daily towards creating the world we want tomorrow.

Job Description:
As a BDS Product Senior Analyst, you will be reporting to the BDS Product Manager and sitting in the BDS Royal Canin team responsible for managing products and services across the whole Royal Canin P2F ecosystem. The focus will be to collaborate to define products for the WMS (Warehouse Management Systems).
Service Management with global responsibilities around design, development, deployment, support, maintenance, and further evolution.
The role is done with remote management with a global geographical scope.
The role implies coordination and communication with multiple Mars DT teams, in the same division or in other Mars Digital Technology divisions.
The role also involves interaction and communication with business users, especially with regard to WMS used in the factories (not 3PL).
The role involves interaction with external vendors.
Responsible for financial management costs for WMS and supply-related activities, as well as for local and regional applications managed by BDS.

What are we looking for?
IT Service Management Background
WMS knowledge, preferred in the FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) industry
Experience working within complex programs of work, with multiple workstreams and dependencies
Skilled in consulting and negotiating with diverse stakeholders and vendors
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
High-level organisational skills with attention to detail.
Ability to multitask, prioritise, and meet deadlines.
Financial and budget management experience

What will be your key responsibilities?
Manage the relationship with partners and third-party vendors: align expectations, objectives, and KPIs.
Review the quality of service delivered by the partners and vendors and manage escalations or improvements if needed.
Financials: participate in budget building and periodic financial management of budgets (purchase orders, cross-charges, cost plan updates, tracking risks and opportunities).
Create and manage demand and project records on ServiceNow PPM.
Escalation point for support issues and crisis management
Stakeholder Management: manage and collaborate with the business process lead team, KUs and FEs, digital technology functional and regional leaders, project sponsors and managers, and third-party vendors and partners to deliver against the agreed scope, quality, and time.
Engage in early program and project discussions to understand complexity, align stakeholders and teams on resources, and determine the budget needed for the project timelines.
Promote Mars standards within the team.

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.
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.

Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.

Slough, United Kingdom

Hybrid

05-03-2025

Company Name

Mars

Job Title

Data Platform Lead Engineer (Platform Essentials and AI enablement)

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Lead Data Platform Engineer to join our team and take on a crucial role in managing a group of talented engineers. As the Lead Data Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for overseeing data platform engineering and core toolsets, with a focus on Azure infrastructure as code. You will ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of our data infrastructure while playing a pivotal part in shaping our data ecosystem and driving innovation within our organisation.
This is an exciting opportunity for a seasoned data engineer or advanced analytics engineer to step into a leadership role, shape our data infrastructure, and drive innovation in a dynamic and collaborative environment. If you are a passionate data engineer with strong leadership skills and expertise in Azure, we encourage you to apply and be a part of our dedicated global team of talented professionals and make a real impact on our Petcare data and analytics platform and make a better world for pets.

What are we looking for?
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field or equivalent experience.
Experience in leading technical engineering teams and delivering and owning objectives.
Proven experience in data platform engineering, including the design, development, and optimisation of data infrastructure.
Strong leadership and management skills, with the ability to lead and mentor a team of engineers effectively.
Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, or Scala.
Expertise in Azure cloud services and infrastructure as code (e.g., Azure Resource Manager templates, Terraform).
Strong understanding of data platform KPIs and accountability for delivering measurable outcomes.
Experience working in a product-based approach within specific technical domains and as part of a wider team.

Nice-to-Haves:
Knowledge of the Inner Source paradigm and way of working.
Experience with containerisation and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
AI platform experience (enabling models and deployment)
Knowledge of cloud technologies and virtual networking.
Familiarity with other cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud).

Key Responsibilities:
Strategic Leadership:
Define and own the data platform strategy and roadmap for the technical domains, aligned with the overall Petcare data and analytics platform strategy and Petcare strategy.
Ensure inner sourcing of platform capabilities across all divisions and regions, fostering reuse and collaboration.
Track and optimise the work done by the platform engineers within your domain.
Platform Delivery & Evolution (within your domain):
Lead the delivery of platform capabilities, ensuring scalability, performance, and security. Being “hands on” as needed.
Drive the yearly plans for the domain, ensuring alignment with the wider Petcare strategic goals.
Collaborate with the Engineering Director and other domain leads, and architects to maintain alignment and productivity.
Stakeholder Management:
Along with other senior members of the team partner with D&A Leaders, engineering leads, analytics product leads, and data science leads across all divisions and regions to ensure platform capabilities meet the needs of Petcare globally.
Collaborate across a complex and occasionally ambiguous Digital Technology organisation structure, using influence to achieve alignment and strategic outcomes.
Act as the key point of contact for the domain’s platform KPIs, ensuring alignment on cost management, innovation, risk reduction, and value enablement at scale, while reporting progress and outcomes to senior leadership up to the CDO.
Governance & Accountability:
Establish strong governance processes to ensure alignment of platform capabilities across divisions

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.
#TBDDT

London, United Kingdom

Hybrid

11-03-2025

Company Name

Mars

Job Title

Data Platform Engagment Architect

Job Description

The Engagement Architect will play a crucial role in engaging directly with businesses to gather requirements and act as a key account manager for the platform team within a region. This role involves understanding business needs, providing technical solutions, and ensuring the successful implementation of platform services.

Job Level Descriptor:
Has moderate to extensive knowledge and experience in pre-sales and technical architecture.
Performs a range of assignments, developing towards full accountability for business objectives.
Builds knowledge of the company, processes, and customers by leading projects or project steps within a broader project.
Typically resolves problems using existing solutions but may also solve complex problems with new perspectives.
Receives a moderate level of guidance and direction.
Can be a Line Manager for Business Operations and T1 roles (up to 3).

Key Responsibilities:
Engage with business stakeholders to gather and understand requirements.
Act as a key single point of contact for the platform team, ensuring alignment with business needs (outside support requests).
Provide technical solutions and architectural guidance to support business objectives.
Partner with Product Managers and Platform domain leads on continuous improvement and lifecycle management.
Participate in the design of new processes, services, and products for the platform.
Liaise with other functional areas within D&A to ensure consistent cross-functional business process design.
Provide supervision and guidance to development teams around current product and services design.
Support operations in complex and high-impact issues as they arise.
Advocate and enforce applicable standards, policies, procedures, and best practices in the implementation and maintenance of the platform.
Assist with platform portfolio lifecycle activities and drive sustainable solutions to maximize the value contribution of D&A to the business.

What are we looking for?
Strong business process knowledge around D&A capabilities.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to seek highly automated solutions and new approaches to work.
Experience in design authority roles and ensuring strong governance on solution delivery.
Technical and functional knowledge in data and analytics.

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.
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.

London, United Kingdom

Hybrid

11-03-2025