Director – Commercial Capabilities & Engagement

As the intersection between the business and its external resources, Commercial is constantly leveraging its expertise to bring the best of the outside world to drive business results across value, sustainability, innovation, risk and quality. This requires setting and unlocking our vision for the major shifts in the capabilities that our Commercial associates need to develop.

Leading the Commercial Partners and Capability Deployment Partners, whose focus is on understanding the needs of our Commercial associates and deploying the outcomes that make business impact, the job holder will be involved driving the One Commercial transformation agenda. In the “Define/Design/Develop/Deploy/ Embed” model, this role will be accountable to Define, Design & Develop and creating the Deploy models for global transformation and change programs that will support the value delivery of Commercial as well as personally driving the SRM program.  The accountability for Deploy is shared with the segments, and the accountability for Embed is owned by the segments.

The Director – Commercial Capabilities & Engagement is reserved for Commercial’s best talent, offering breadth across Commercial teams, exposure to our senior leaders and real opportunity to set and activate a compelling for Mars Commercial.

What we’re looking for:

•     Bachelor’s degree or higher

•     Ideally an additional qualification in Procurement e.g. CIPS

• 5-10 years+ procurement experience
• Global procurement strategy development
• Stakeholder management across global markets
• Influence without authority
• Leadership of complex and/or broad and/or global programs
• Comfort around senior leadership

What you’ll be doing:

• Accountable for the co-creation and development of the One Commercial strategies and interventions.
• Line Manage and Lead the Commercial Capabilities & Engagement team to ensure successful implementation of the One Commercial strategies through the “Define/Design/Develop/Deploy/Embed” model across segments and geographies. 
• Provide counsel and support to the MCLT and senior Commercial leaders in translating new and established critical capabilities to drive a transformation in business performance.
• Maintain an ongoing feedback loop with the segment leadership teams and the ‘centre’ ensuring the inventions in place are in line with the business needs.
• Create business cases, recommend and secure approvals for the investment on critical capabilities and strategic programs within One Commercial.
• Custodian of the suite of One Commercial programs and own the “Define/Design/Develop/Deploy/Embed” model as well as provide overall program leadership and management. 
• Lead and complete the SRM program, from Partnering for Success to SPM
• Own and drive value from external thought leaders and best practice organizations
• Benchmark the One Commercial procurement best practice externally
• Partner with the Strategic Capabilities team to develop and deploy a robust capability roadmap
• Partner as a member of the PC&S Leadership Team to support end to end process enhancements and the digital roadmap

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with over 130,000 like-minded 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.

About Mars:
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®, 5â„¢, 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 Hospitalsâ„¢, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, AniCura, VCAâ„¢ and Pet Partnersâ„¢. 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 Associates into taking action every day towards creating the world we want tomorrow.

Disclaimer:
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.​​​​​​​

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