*** Role can be remotely based in the USA and UK or hybrid in our Newark, Chicago, London, and Slough offices

This role is responsible for evangelizing the adoption of data driven decisions across Mars Wrigley by leading the development of advanced analytics methods, using vast amounts of data from data lake (internal/ external data) to provide actionable insights for solving business problems and finding opportunities for profitable growth across SRM & interdependent domains. 

What are we looking for? 

• Entrepreneurial individuals to develop and hold the advanced analytics vision across SRM 
• Ability to understand business requirements and support the leading of Design Thinking sessions with the market 
• Manage and collaboratively work with both internal and external data engineering and data science teams to ensure the right outcomes are delivered through the tools and models 
• Ability to present insights and recommendations from exploratory analysis, models and optimizations 
• Experience of managing a full program lifecycle from conception to prototyping, user testing, deploying, execution, measurement, and value realization for the business 
• Knowledge of, and experience using key external third-party data sources including but not limited to Nielsen/ IRI/ Store views, Kantar, Homescan Panel, Retail Execution, Shopper card, first party data (online & offline), digital shelf data, Retailer Media, and consumer surveys 
• Ability to understand and analyse large volumes of data 
• Ability to establish strong working relationships across different functional teams 
• 2+ years experience within the CPG industry or within data and analytics.  SRM / project management / product management experience preferred 

What will your key responsibilities be? 

• Support in leading design thinking sessions and gather business requirements for the relevant problem space 
• Bring in new ideas and solutions to business stakeholders and help create a phased plan of execution 
• Working closely with product strategy lead and product owners to embed the analytical capabilities within business routines  
• Communication and presentation of insights and recommendations to business stakeholders  
• Develop processes and tools to monitor and analyze model performance and data accuracy 
• Delivery through managing the optimal balance of time and level of detail/accuracy given data availability and/or imperfections 
• Understanding outputs of capabilities and tools – turning insights into tangible action plans for the business  
• Ensure knowledge and best practice sharing across segments and markets to ensure reusability and improving analytical maturity  
• Collaborating with functional experts on an ongoing basis to ensure quality data delivery for the global digital transformation program 

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. 
• A company that understands the importance of work-life balance.  
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus  
• The chance to take hold of your own career and develop personally and professionally.