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.

Key Responsibilities/职位描述

1. Responsible to develop and institutionalize an enterprise wide annual sourcing plan (ASP) for China across BTL Category (POSM, Premia, In-store promotors) category including their respective subcategories not limited to the activities of value creation in terms of P&L impact, cost avoidance, contribution to the productivity programs of each Segment and cash, drive innovation through excellence in category management. Ensure maximum coverage of the USD 30-60M in spend with a documented 3 to 5 year strategy. Ensure compliance with policies, systems and controls according to Mars standards. Communicates business risk & opportunity.

2. Collaborate with the APMEA C@MTT Regional Sourcing Manager to ensure China cluster market knowledge is included in the Global and regional strategies and implement regional and global strategy MSSM process locally within the requirements of the local market conditions. Participate in the regional collaborative community within the Category that includes the Operation team members responsible for that category based within each of the APMEA clusters including China, ANZ, NSEA India and MEA that together will deliver the ASP for each category by executing the activities of value creation as above (point 1). Develop & implement a continuous improvement action plan ensuring knowledge share with regional team. Monitor changes and adjust the plan as needed to sustain performance results.

3. Establish and maintain relationships, partnering with the key local and regional stakeholders including regional and key country functional leaders in Sales, Marketing, Trade Marketing and Finance, GM’s and CFO’s to ensure understanding and alignment with the business needs and requirements. Provides market and financial insights and inputs to the internal financial planning and review processes.

4. Develop local market Category insights including benchmarking externally and importing best practices locally. Share best practices across the Sourcing-Operations Category teams in APMEA region. Responsible for the relationships with local suppliers to drive performance management, deliver continuous quality and cost improvement as well as develop supplier enabled innovations.

5. Responsible to ensure BTL materials & services are purchased in line with commitments to the business and as per the sourcing strategies by ensuring a wide range of sourcing tools (e.g. negotiation, e-procurement, strategic collaboration, tenders/RFP’s etc.) are applied effectively. Recommend a category strategy that ensures effective risk management through robust contracts and monitoring of financial and other KPIs.  Act as a key contact for regional and critical supplier relationships. Ensure the supplier base is optimized to enable the implementation of Keystone which is an end to end procure to pay process in category management.

Qualifications/任职条件

1.Bachelor degree in business, marketing, procurement or related field

2.Fluent in English

3.> 5 years of category experience, ideally with supplier/customer management experience & financial acumen

4.Proven Leadership, Change Management and Project Management skills.  Demonstrated ability to make sound decisions in complex and/or ambiguous business environments.  History of building strong client and supplier relationships.

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.