The Corporate Strategy Senior Manager is part of the broader Corporate Strategy Team, which leads critical strategy development, strategic planning, value creation and portfolio transformation projects working with Mars Leadership Team, global segments, corporate development, global functions and other senior business leaders.
 

The position is responsible for driving key strategy projects to frame insights and enable choices and actions that deliver on Mars, Inc. strategic and value creation objectives. The Corporate Strategy Senior Manager is viewed as an expert strategist and analytical leader within the team, and in addition to independently managing senior stakeholder relationships, will play a key role in developing junior strategy team members. This person will also have the opportunity to gain a broad-based understanding of Mars across categories, segments, and business units. It is expected that this role will blend strong internal capabilities with creative, external perspectives

What are we looking for? 

• Ideal candidate holds an MBA degree from a top tier institution and 5+ years with a management consulting firm; Experience in consumer products and services is preferred
• 3+ years of relevant post-MBA experience in strategy consulting, ideally in consumer products / services industry
• Problem Solving – can look to a broad range of solutions and doesn’t stop at the first answer
• Analytical and Technical Strength – highly competent user of Excel and PowerPoint, including chart creation, data input and manipulation, moderate-to-advanced operational and financial modelling techniques, etc.
• Dealing with Ambiguity – comfort with diving into ambiguous business questions to understand key issues and structure analytical path 

What will be your key responsibilities? 

• Lead strategy projects related to portfolio strategy, value creation and financial strategy, and key business transformation priorities that are on the Mars Leadership Team (MLT) agenda.
• Support key activities and deliverables within the multi-year strategic planning / integrated value creation plan process
• Lead competitive intelligence and deep dive analysis into market and competitive developments or consumer behaviors and/or analysis of significant current industry events as they happen in real-time
• Partner with business units or functions on strategic projects to accelerate the business performance of Mars - projects span portfolio / growth / brand strategy, operational excellence / transformation, M&A, etc.
• Support the preparation of Board materials and Leadership Team presentations
• Coach and help develop more junior team members
• Support strategic knowledge and capability curation across the strategy community.

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.