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.

Mars Talent Acquisition team is driving the initiative of “Source for Future” – which aims to further develop team’s direct sourcing capability, realize team’s ambition as Strategic Advisor to business by proactive talent pipelining, providing market intelligence in supporting talent decision marking.

We are now looking to hire an experienced Talent Sourcing Expert in Guangzhou, reporting to the Talent Acquisition Lead.

This role is more than recruiting – You will cover the basics of recruiting but more importantly, networking and leveraging your technical and business knowledge to develop meaningful candidate sourcing strategies which promote various methods to source, evaluate and pipeline talents for Mars.

What are we looking for?

• Experience in recruitment sourcing and search tools (e.g. LinkedIn/ Boolean search strings, database/ network/ job board sourcing etc.), background from recruitment agency is preferred.
• Experience of Candidate Relationship Management, including attracting and developing prospects into candidates, engaging and sustaining relationship, screening and interviewing
• Knowledge of talent pipelines, a proactive talent supply strategy involving the creation of a continuous stream of highly qualified candidates in anticipation of filling critical or recurrent role of openings.
• Research and analysis skills – knowledge of the FMCG industry, including key players, business and competitiveness in talent market, and ability to translate data into insight that supports business decisions. Familiarity of Sales & Marketing job functions preferred.

What would be your key responsibilities?

• Talent Sourcing – develop research to map our market and generate candidate leads to build the pipeline addressing immediate or future talent needs in areas of alignment supported
• Candidate Relationship Management – attract and develop prospects into candidates, engage and sustain the relationship
• Candidate Assessment & Screening – interact with candidates and bring them through the hiring process with necessary support to ensure exceptional candidate experience with Mars
• Data Analysis – evaluate factors that helps improving recruitment outcome, continually contribute to the knowledge base of talent market intelligence

What can you expect from Mars?

• Competitive pay & benefit
• A continuous career growth from now to future
• Teamwork with a group of initiative, innovative and inclusive professionals

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.