A mutually rewarding experience.

Work. Realize your ambitions. And realize there’s more to being in business than just making a profit. That’s the Mars philosophy. And the opportunity we offer every one of our Associates. An opportunity to take what you do and make it mean more for you, for those around you and for the planet. What you get here is challenging, interesting work. You get the tools you need to do a great job and you get to have the best possible people on your side to help you do it. And at the same time as getting to find ways to do business better today than we did it yesterday and driving a great career, you also get to build a more enlightened business and drive sustainability.

Because it’s never just about a single person, a single project or a single brand. It’s about how you can grab everything that’s within your reach here and use it to pursue mutual, long-term gain. It’s about having ideas. And ideals. Being prepared to risk failure because the promise of success means we’ll all be a little better off. It’s that mix of integrity and ambition that makes Mars such a special place to work. And why working here is always about more than just a job.

About Mars, Incorporated

Mars is a family-owned business with more than a century of history making diverse products and offering services for people and the pets people love. With almost $35 billion in sales, the company is a global business that produces some of the world’s best-loved brands: M&M’s®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, MILKY WAY®, DOVE®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, WHISKAS®, EXTRA®, ORBIT®, 5™, SKITTLES®, UNCLE BEN’S®, MARS DRINKS and COCOAVIA®. Mars also provides veterinary health services that include BANFIELD® Pet Hospitals, Blue Pearl®, VCA® and Pet Partners™. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Mars operates in more than 80 countries. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire its more than 100,000 Associates to create value for all its partners and deliver growth they are proud of every day.

• Develop and deliver Regional Factory IT Strategy & Roadmap
• Lead permanent Compliance of sites to Cyber Security in a Region
• Functionally lead Regional CoE of Factory IT (site Factory IT engineering community)
• Lead Regional Factory IT projects through Sites execution
• Drive Standardization in Region with Global ETT and Global Factory IT manager
• Functionally lead teams to deliver large and/or composite projects, which requires managerial skills as well as functional expertise. This includes coaching, mentoring and training of less experienced engineers.
• Own and provide technical solutions/decisions as business recommendations based on their in-depth technical expertise. This includes translating the outcome of the Regional Factory IT Roadmap sessions into technical solutions.
• Provide support to manufacturing sites to develop their digital transformation strategies and providing high-level digital solutions.
• Provide engineering consultation to other departments and coach, mentor and train less experienced engineers
• Apply global/regional engineering/safety/Q&FS standards and legal requirements in the execution of the projects.
• Keep up to date on industry trends and issues, for specific area of expertise as well as beyond.
• The regional contact for global engineering to align on global standards, feedback on applied global standards in the region, peer review with other regions
• Active participate global engineering in the development of Factory IT standards and digitalization technologies.
• Support Talent development in his/her expertise area
• Coordinate regional requirements from third party vendor

1. Education & Professional Qualification
Minimum an Engineering Bachelor degree or equivalent in IT or Controls.
Professional knowledge and experience in operation and all Factory IT levels (from field equipment till ERP) in both hard and software
Project Management at expert level
Good communication skills in English, both written as verbal.
2. Knowledge/Experience
6-10 years of experience as an Control or IT engineer, of which 3-5 years as a project manager, preferable in the Food Industry, good understanding of elements like GMP, HACCP, Safety standards
Relevant business processes as CAB management, budget management

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.