Global Sustainable Packaging Program Lead is required internally to connect all elements of the strategy over regions, functions (R&D, Commercial, Supply, Marketing, Sales, CA) and technologies in Pet Nutrition. With significant current packaging spend and a pressing business risk/opportunity both, global coordination and execution of the 2025 Packaging for Growth Program along with future activities to ensure our sustainability goals remain relevant and on target.

What are we looking for?

• Ability to co-ordinate and network across multiple regions and business functions

• Manage ambiguity derived from multiple stakeholders and differing strategic requirements

• Look for and drive, collaborative synergies across regions where overlapping needs can be shared to deliver maximum success

• Excellent communication skills to prepare and present updates / insights on program progress

• Good to have technical ability to help prioritise multiple concurrently running project

What will be your key responsibilities?

Packaging Strategy Deployment

In close partnership with the regions and business units who will lead on material and market specific strategy, own the development and deployment of the Pet Nutrition sustainable packaging strategy with a focus on plastics. This includes creating critical milestones and aligning on interim targets.

Lead Pet Nutrition Sustainable Packaging Working Group

Lead the core group that is coordinating activities across Pet Nutrition – including those being led within functions, cross functional activities and corporate led initiatives. With significant implementation strategy in both the regions and markets connection, collaboration and clarity of responsibilities will be key.

Lead Pet Nutrition packaging impact calculation

Establish and manage partnerships with external stakeholders/SMEs to calculate impacts associated with the Pet Nutrition packaging portfolio and its changes. Develop an ongoing methodology for monitoring our packaging impact across our regions and support the reporting required to ensure our external stakeholder are aware of our progress.

Track and Trace process

Design a process to ensure the right level of visibility on progress to the appropriate leadership teams – global, regional, local is guaranteed. Build a global network/community across Pet Nutrition to ensure the process is supporting delivery of the regional plans.

Packaging Data Systems

Develop, implement and maintain a system to increase our capability to track and report packaging material use with granularity across materials, formats, geography and end of life tracking.

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.