Mars, Incorporated and its Affiliates
Waltham On The Wolds, Leicestershire
Job Description Job Title: Retail Media Manager (T2) - Mars Pet Nutrition Location: Waltham The Retail Media Manageris responsible forleading theRetailMedia agenda across Mars Pet Nutrition North Europe (UK, Ireland, and Nordics), translating commercial priorities intoBest in Classonsite and offsite strategies. In this role, you'll actively partner with internal teams (Shopper Activation, Online Account Managers, RegionalCoE) and our media agency to plan, optimize, and measure retail media campaigns, driving performance against media KPIs and broader business outcomes. By staying ahead of global trends and pioneering advanced retailer capabilities, you will drive a robust test-and-learn pipeline to keep Mars Pet Nutrition at the forefront of digital retail media innovation and commerce marketing excellence. As a trueexpert, you are also responsible for championing this areaacross the cluster, building capabilities and engagement in the wider eCommercechannel. This position is based on a hybrid working model which is currently 2 days per month in our Waltham office and ad hoc external meetings in London. What are we looking for? Comprehensive experience in Digital Marketing, eCommerce, or Retail Media, ideally within FMCG. Proven success managing and optimising media campaigns (e.g. Sponsored Products / Banner Display / Offsite) across major UK retailers. Effective project management skills with the ability to prioritise multiple initiatives and deliver with accuracy. Commercially minded with robust analytical skills and a data-driven approach to decision-making. Comfortable analysing key performance metrics such as ROAS, CPC, CTR, and SOV to generate actionable insights. Highly collaborative relationship builder, with a proven ability to influence and partner effectively across diverse local and regional stakeholders. What will be your key responsibilities? Optimize retail media performance by partnering with Shopper Activation and Online Account Managers, using retailer data to identify and implement growth opportunities. Drive integrated onsite and offsite retail media strategies through close collaboration with the Regional Media Team. Act as the primary contact for local media agencies, owning strategy deployment, reporting, and stakeholder cadences. Lead retail media reporting and performance analysis, turning data into actionable commercial insights. Drive creative excellence across North Europe Retail Media, partnering with regional content teams and agencies on best in class activations. Own shopper marketing execution and creative delivery for Ocado, On Demand Delivery, and Nordic Pureplay retailers. Identify and implement commerce innovation opportunities, including new retailer media platforms and emerging industry trends. Lead the North Europe test and learn agenda, building a structured experimentation pipeline to keep Mars Pet Nutrition at the forefront of retail media. What can you expect from Mars? Work with over 140,000 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. Mars is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable adjustments for individuals with disabilities during the application and recruitment process. To request reasonable adjustments, complete our Reasonable Accommodation Request Form: Reasonable Adjustment Request Form
Jul 22, 2026
Full time
Job Description Job Title: Retail Media Manager (T2) - Mars Pet Nutrition Location: Waltham The Retail Media Manageris responsible forleading theRetailMedia agenda across Mars Pet Nutrition North Europe (UK, Ireland, and Nordics), translating commercial priorities intoBest in Classonsite and offsite strategies. In this role, you'll actively partner with internal teams (Shopper Activation, Online Account Managers, RegionalCoE) and our media agency to plan, optimize, and measure retail media campaigns, driving performance against media KPIs and broader business outcomes. By staying ahead of global trends and pioneering advanced retailer capabilities, you will drive a robust test-and-learn pipeline to keep Mars Pet Nutrition at the forefront of digital retail media innovation and commerce marketing excellence. As a trueexpert, you are also responsible for championing this areaacross the cluster, building capabilities and engagement in the wider eCommercechannel. This position is based on a hybrid working model which is currently 2 days per month in our Waltham office and ad hoc external meetings in London. What are we looking for? Comprehensive experience in Digital Marketing, eCommerce, or Retail Media, ideally within FMCG. Proven success managing and optimising media campaigns (e.g. Sponsored Products / Banner Display / Offsite) across major UK retailers. Effective project management skills with the ability to prioritise multiple initiatives and deliver with accuracy. Commercially minded with robust analytical skills and a data-driven approach to decision-making. Comfortable analysing key performance metrics such as ROAS, CPC, CTR, and SOV to generate actionable insights. Highly collaborative relationship builder, with a proven ability to influence and partner effectively across diverse local and regional stakeholders. What will be your key responsibilities? Optimize retail media performance by partnering with Shopper Activation and Online Account Managers, using retailer data to identify and implement growth opportunities. Drive integrated onsite and offsite retail media strategies through close collaboration with the Regional Media Team. Act as the primary contact for local media agencies, owning strategy deployment, reporting, and stakeholder cadences. Lead retail media reporting and performance analysis, turning data into actionable commercial insights. Drive creative excellence across North Europe Retail Media, partnering with regional content teams and agencies on best in class activations. Own shopper marketing execution and creative delivery for Ocado, On Demand Delivery, and Nordic Pureplay retailers. Identify and implement commerce innovation opportunities, including new retailer media platforms and emerging industry trends. Lead the North Europe test and learn agenda, building a structured experimentation pipeline to keep Mars Pet Nutrition at the forefront of retail media. What can you expect from Mars? Work with over 140,000 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. Mars is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable adjustments for individuals with disabilities during the application and recruitment process. To request reasonable adjustments, complete our Reasonable Accommodation Request Form: Reasonable Adjustment Request Form
Mars, Incorporated and its Affiliates
Waltham On The Wolds, Leicestershire
Mars, Incorporated and its Affiliates is seeking a Retail Media Manager for their Pet Nutrition division. This role, based in Waltham, focuses on leading the retail media agenda across Northern Europe. You will partner with various teams and agencies to optimize media campaigns and drive performance metrics. The successful candidate will have robust experience in digital marketing and retail media, and will thrive in a hybrid working environment. Competitive salary and benefits are offered.
Jul 22, 2026
Full time
Mars, Incorporated and its Affiliates is seeking a Retail Media Manager for their Pet Nutrition division. This role, based in Waltham, focuses on leading the retail media agenda across Northern Europe. You will partner with various teams and agencies to optimize media campaigns and drive performance metrics. The successful candidate will have robust experience in digital marketing and retail media, and will thrive in a hybrid working environment. Competitive salary and benefits are offered.
Mars, Incorporated and its Affiliates
Slough, Berkshire
Mars, Incorporated and its Affiliates in the UK is seeking a Senior Procurement Manager for Mars Drinks & Treats, hybrid in Slough. You will lead sourcing strategy, supplier management, and co-manufacturing partnerships to fuel growth in snacks. The role offers a salary between £76,000 and £90,000 with annual bonus and car allowance, 12-month fixed-term contract, and opportunities to drive cost optimization and sustainability initiatives across the Drinks & Treats portfolio.
Jul 22, 2026
Full time
Mars, Incorporated and its Affiliates in the UK is seeking a Senior Procurement Manager for Mars Drinks & Treats, hybrid in Slough. You will lead sourcing strategy, supplier management, and co-manufacturing partnerships to fuel growth in snacks. The role offers a salary between £76,000 and £90,000 with annual bonus and car allowance, 12-month fixed-term contract, and opportunities to drive cost optimization and sustainability initiatives across the Drinks & Treats portfolio.
Mars, Incorporated and its Affiliates
Batley, Yorkshire
Job Description This senior technical leadership role is pivotal in shaping the future of product experience for our Pet Nutrition consumers. We are seeking a provocative and inspiring technical leader to challenge the status quo and bring our consumer science capabilities up to speed with the latest methods. The successful candidate will build and champion our sensory and consumer research approaches to efficiently support our holistic product experience design, establishing a culture of continuous improvement as well as comprehensive training for the relevant CTI associates. You will do so thanks to deep rooted personal expertise and track record in successfully implementing and upgrading those sciences in other roles. This role is critical to our Consumer & Technology Insights (CTI) organization, driving a user centric approach and supporting an agile innovation pipeline that is aligned with the evolving needs and desires of pet parents. Key Responsibilities Capability Building: Design and implement a short to medi term capability building roadmap in consumer sciences, including sensory sciences, both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, as well as other relevant user centric design sciences if appropriate. Define and enforce standards for data quality, method validation, and governance including auditing of current methods Talent Empowerment & Upskilling: Support the continuous learning and development of technical talent within the CTI organization, with a strong focus on auditing the current skills and building training for the relevant CTI associates. As a key technical leader, this role acts as a collaborative coach, helping to guide capability growth and advance our collective skills. Directional Leadership: Set the direction for our consumer capability agenda, acting as a thought leader to provoke new ways of thinking. You will identify, prioritize, and pioneer the development of new tools, methods, and approaches to understand and design for holistic product experiences. Partnering with the CTI Excellence Snr Manager to develop the wider CTI capability strategy. External Leadership: Bring and maintain a strong external network, bringing in outside perspectives to challenge our thinking and enhance our capabilities. Represent the company with authority at external forums, sharing research and building our reputation as an employer of choice for CTI professionals. Review and improve our vendor management approaches in the related sciences establish monitoring and kpi plans with key vendors. Digital Integration: Supported by our digital partners, you will champion the evolution of our consumer science capabilities in the context of a digitized R&D environment, integrating new technologies and data sources to generate deeper insights. Context and Scope This role is highly collaborative and requires strong influencing and relationship building skills. The job holder will interact with a wide range of stakeholders to understand their needs and challenges, ensuring the capabilities developed will enable CTI associates to deliver impactful results. Key interactions include: CTI Associates: Your stakeholders will be primarily the CTI associates across Central and Regional teams as well as their stakeholders (Product Development for ex) for influencing purposes. You will provide coaching, and leadership, fostering a culture of excellence and ensuring the successful adoption and application of the various excellences under your responsibility. CTI Leadership: To understand the strategic direction and innovation priorities, ensuring the capability roadmap is designed to support these future business needs. Marketing & CMI: You will interact with your counterparts in CMI capabilities, specifically in the consumer research methodologies (alignment of protocols, ) and potentially in the vendor management area. Qualifications University degree (Masters Degree preferred) in sensory or consumer sciences or related equivalent. Proven experience in Consumer Science including 5+ years of experience in technical capability development within an FMCG/Agency environment. Strong foundational excellence in quantitative research methodologies and ideally in qualitative research too. Extensive, hands on experience in sensory science. Strong statistical knowledge. Ability to communicate complex scientific approaches with clarity and to various audiences, including non experts. Ability to speak with authority and inspire change. Experience in developing and implementing global standards and frameworks. Demonstrated ability to collaborate with cross functional and cross regional teams, coupled with strong stakeholder management skills. Fluent in English, knowledge of a 2nd language would be advantageous.
Jul 16, 2026
Full time
Job Description This senior technical leadership role is pivotal in shaping the future of product experience for our Pet Nutrition consumers. We are seeking a provocative and inspiring technical leader to challenge the status quo and bring our consumer science capabilities up to speed with the latest methods. The successful candidate will build and champion our sensory and consumer research approaches to efficiently support our holistic product experience design, establishing a culture of continuous improvement as well as comprehensive training for the relevant CTI associates. You will do so thanks to deep rooted personal expertise and track record in successfully implementing and upgrading those sciences in other roles. This role is critical to our Consumer & Technology Insights (CTI) organization, driving a user centric approach and supporting an agile innovation pipeline that is aligned with the evolving needs and desires of pet parents. Key Responsibilities Capability Building: Design and implement a short to medi term capability building roadmap in consumer sciences, including sensory sciences, both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, as well as other relevant user centric design sciences if appropriate. Define and enforce standards for data quality, method validation, and governance including auditing of current methods Talent Empowerment & Upskilling: Support the continuous learning and development of technical talent within the CTI organization, with a strong focus on auditing the current skills and building training for the relevant CTI associates. As a key technical leader, this role acts as a collaborative coach, helping to guide capability growth and advance our collective skills. Directional Leadership: Set the direction for our consumer capability agenda, acting as a thought leader to provoke new ways of thinking. You will identify, prioritize, and pioneer the development of new tools, methods, and approaches to understand and design for holistic product experiences. Partnering with the CTI Excellence Snr Manager to develop the wider CTI capability strategy. External Leadership: Bring and maintain a strong external network, bringing in outside perspectives to challenge our thinking and enhance our capabilities. Represent the company with authority at external forums, sharing research and building our reputation as an employer of choice for CTI professionals. Review and improve our vendor management approaches in the related sciences establish monitoring and kpi plans with key vendors. Digital Integration: Supported by our digital partners, you will champion the evolution of our consumer science capabilities in the context of a digitized R&D environment, integrating new technologies and data sources to generate deeper insights. Context and Scope This role is highly collaborative and requires strong influencing and relationship building skills. The job holder will interact with a wide range of stakeholders to understand their needs and challenges, ensuring the capabilities developed will enable CTI associates to deliver impactful results. Key interactions include: CTI Associates: Your stakeholders will be primarily the CTI associates across Central and Regional teams as well as their stakeholders (Product Development for ex) for influencing purposes. You will provide coaching, and leadership, fostering a culture of excellence and ensuring the successful adoption and application of the various excellences under your responsibility. CTI Leadership: To understand the strategic direction and innovation priorities, ensuring the capability roadmap is designed to support these future business needs. Marketing & CMI: You will interact with your counterparts in CMI capabilities, specifically in the consumer research methodologies (alignment of protocols, ) and potentially in the vendor management area. Qualifications University degree (Masters Degree preferred) in sensory or consumer sciences or related equivalent. Proven experience in Consumer Science including 5+ years of experience in technical capability development within an FMCG/Agency environment. Strong foundational excellence in quantitative research methodologies and ideally in qualitative research too. Extensive, hands on experience in sensory science. Strong statistical knowledge. Ability to communicate complex scientific approaches with clarity and to various audiences, including non experts. Ability to speak with authority and inspire change. Experience in developing and implementing global standards and frameworks. Demonstrated ability to collaborate with cross functional and cross regional teams, coupled with strong stakeholder management skills. Fluent in English, knowledge of a 2nd language would be advantageous.
Mars, Incorporated and its Affiliates
Batley, Yorkshire
Mars, Incorporated and its Affiliates seeks a senior technical leader to shape product experience for our Pet Nutrition consumers and to champion sensory science and consumer research as part of a holistic CTI design. The role emphasizes continuous improvement and training for CTI associates, with a strong emphasis on data quality, governance, and impactful insights. You will build capability roadmaps, empower talent, and set strategic direction while collaborating with global teams and external
Jul 16, 2026
Full time
Mars, Incorporated and its Affiliates seeks a senior technical leader to shape product experience for our Pet Nutrition consumers and to champion sensory science and consumer research as part of a holistic CTI design. The role emphasizes continuous improvement and training for CTI associates, with a strong emphasis on data quality, governance, and impactful insights. You will build capability roadmaps, empower talent, and set strategic direction while collaborating with global teams and external