Highlights
Family friendly
98%
Collaborative & team-orientated
97%
Flexibility
96%

Mars UK
The world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today.
For more than a century, Mars, Incorporated has been driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. This idea is at the centre of who we have always been as a global, family-owned business. Today, Mars is transforming, innovating, and evolving in ways that affirm our commitment to making a positive impact on the world around us.
Across our diverse and expanding portfolio of confectionery, food, and petcare products and services, we employ 133,000 dedicated Associates who are all moving in the same direction: forward. With $40 billion in annual sales, we produce some of the world’s best-loved brands including DOVE®, EXTRA®, M&M’s®, MILKY WAY®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, ORBIT®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, SKITTLES®, WHISKAS®, COCOAVIA®, and 5™; and take care of half of the world’s pets through our pet health services AniCura, Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, Pet Partners™, and VCA™.
We know we can only be truly successful if our partners and the communities in which we operate prosper as well. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our Associates to take action every day to help create a world tomorrow in which the planet, its people and pets can thrive.
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What Mars UK offers their employees
Alternative working patterns
Open to part-time employees
Open to job sharing
Open to compressed hours
Open to part time work for some roles
Flexibility
Hybrid working (with some weekly office time)
Core hours 11–3
Career Pathways at Mars
Mars offers a wide range of career pathways designed to support people at every stage of their journey. From early careers through to experienced professionals, careers at Mars span technology, digital, engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, commercial and corporate functions. Associates are encouraged to build long-term careers through learning, internal mobility and opportunities to grow across teams and regions.
Graduate Schemes at Mars
Mars’ graduate programmes provide structured entry routes into a range of career areas, including technology, digital, engineering and business roles. Graduates gain hands-on experience, supported learning and access to mentoring, helping them build capability, confidence and a strong foundation for long-term careers at Mars.
Apprenticeships at Mars
Mars offers apprenticeships that allow students to gain practical, real-world experience during their studies. These roles provide exposure to live projects and teams, helping early-career talent apply their learning and explore future career paths within Mars.
Flexible working at Mars UK
Our flexible working practices are based around our, hybrid Future of Work strategy – it’s one that reimagines where, when and how work gets done to maximize efficiency and empower our 32,000 office-based Associates, all while preserving what’s best about our culture.
“Our Future of Work strategy is designed to empower Associates to make more choices about where, when and how to work to be the most productive and effective,” Nici Bush, VP Workplace Transformation, said. “As a global business with 140 offices there can be no one-size-fits-all solution. but we will strive to create a consistent experience across segments and regions for office-based Associates.”
As a business, we’ve always known the flexible working, ensuring we give our Associates the tools they need at work, to live a happy, healthy life.
Inclusion & Belonging at Mars UK
At Mars, we know the world we want tomorrow is inclusive and diverse.
We believe a diverse team with people who have different perspectives creates a stronger business. That’s why we provide a number of different Associate Resource Groups (ARG) to support people of every culture, background, and lifestyle – to reach their full potential, be heard, and feel valued. So, no matter who you are or what your story is, you’ll find the support you need to be your best self here. We also foster communities through our Women in Engineering and Women in R&D groups, which help empower female Associates to reach their full potential.
Mars’ Associate Resource Groups focus on areas such as cultural heritage and identity, different life stages, LGBTQIA+ inclusion, wellbeing and disability, neurodiversity, veterans’ experiences, and supporting women, parents and caregivers. Through shared experiences, conversation and collaboration, these communities help associates feel supported, heard and connected at work.
What Employees like about Mars UK

Benefits
Buy extra holiday. Complete work from home so that you can live anywhere without worrying about having to come in once a week.

Working Environment
Great place to work, feel trusted, love the flexibility of WFH, but also the opportunity to meet colleagues face to face on a regular basis.

Working Environment
Mars is a very flexible business.

Working Environment
I like having flexibility of choosing the days we can go into the office, especially finding a day when all the team can make it into the office. My place of work makes me feel valued and supported.

Benefits
Mars have a fantastic array of flexible policies/initiatives and is a fantastic company to work for. However in reality for operational roles the flexibility can be more limited.

Culture
I work in really flexible way and this works for balancing my work with the needs of my young family. This was easy to negotiate and supported by my line manager. I did though get strong push back linked to pay in this area from my USA based senior / business leaders which I hadn't expected and was disappointed by

Working Environment
I think the flexibility with working hours at Mars works great. Within my team, our manager trusts us to get our work completed and manage our own time. This may mean working later some days to get jobs complete but then other days being able to finish earlier. It would be good to have some clarity around whether working from a different country is ok occasionally throughout the year.

Culture
Mars has a great culture to work and trusts its associates to make the right decisions and the way in which they achieve their deliverables. An annual PDP process seems a bit labour intensive and not reflective of the way we work, so would like to see this adjusted.

Inclusion
I have been working full time hours in 4 days since I had my first child 6 years ago. So does my husband too, as we both work in Mars.

Working Environment
Super flexible- I personally like to keep to a set schedule but know that I can flex whenever I need to with no pressure.

People & Community
Very high trust, measured on output not input. No micromanagement. Great line managers that champion flexible working and work life balance.

People & Community
It is very people orientated and super friendly. We love to help each other!

Working Environment
Mars is a very flexible employer. I am a senior leader and work part time & from home. This is one of the things that has kept me here for over 19 years.

Culture
I feel that the company gives us sufficient freedom to choose. We as associates are responsible to decide what fits best.

Working Environment
Very flexible and accomodating, communication is key.

Working Environment
Flexibility is supported but volume remains high, so not always feasible to take advantage of.

Growth & Learning
I’ve worked here for 25 years in regional and global roles. I’ve been working mostly remote since at last 2005 and am given the responsibility to manage my time to do my job and look after my well-being. I’ve had an explicit personal well-being objective since 2012 that I discuss with my manager. Above all else I work with great people who are motivated to get stuff done, and feel I’m making a difference and learning on the way.

Working Environment
Very flexible -seem happy for me to work from different locations and not often that i'm specifically asked to be in the office for something

Culture
From the outset, I've always felt my well being was of high importance alongside my role. It's a very genuine culture that makes it a very supportive place to work.

Culture
very open & honest environment where your out of work activities are always considered - i think having this mutual respect makes people happier and more willing to work harder & better. Naturally our jobs need in office hours, and people recognise the value of being in person too

People & Community
I love the independence and trust my company places in employees. I don't feel anxious and I'm able to perform to the best of my ability.

Inclusion
I love the attitude of my company and I feel fully supported.

Working Environment
I have a very flexible, part time role. I can work the hours which suit me, and as long as my calendar is up to date, no one questions me.
I do know that this is not the same for all associates, and it very much depends on the role that you do.

Working Environment
There is a great flexible working approach, whilst making sure that the job gets done. All of the previous policies mentioned are all offered by my company already.

Working Environment
Our company has many flexible and ground breaking policies in place that are open to all! It is however tricky to balance this with all roles, the pace and lean organisation.

Purpose
I love working for this company. Makes me feel "home".

Culture
Great company and have the flexibility to work the hours i need to- it is more about output that hours put in!

Working Environment
I have worked at Mars for a long time and where flexibility can be offered it is. COVID has helped more line managers see what is possible we now just need to make sure we keep our collaboration and team spirit which makes Mars great.
Accreditations
Menopause Friendly Accreditation
2025Armed Forces Covenant
2025Awards & Achievements
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Working at Mars UK

Hybrid

A little flex time
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Employee benefits
- Open to part-time employees
- Open to job sharing
- Open to compressed hours
- Sabbaticals
- Enhanced maternity leave – 26 weeks at 90% pay
- Enhanced paternity leave – 26 weeks at 90% pay
- 24 days annual leave + bank holidays
- “Pawternity” leave
- Pregnancy loss leave
- Bank holiday swaps
- Shared parental leave
- Adoption leave
- Family health insurance
- Pregnancy support
- Neo-natal leave
- Faith rooms
- Meditation space
- Dog friendly office
- Dog friendly co-working space
- Annual bonus
- Employee discounts
- Cinema discounts
- Referral bonus
- Joining bonus
- Cycle to work scheme
- Electric Car Salary Sacrifice
- Enhanced pension match/contribution
- Theme park discounts
- Lunch and learns
- In house training
- Learning license
- Studying sabbaticals
- Open to part time work for some roles
Mars UK's careers
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Brand Activation Specialist
Customer Marketing Manager
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Display & Equipment Specialist (Temporary)
Regional Employer Reputation Specialist (f/m/x)
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Sales Officer - North Chennai
IT Product Management
Sale Officer - Kanpur
Packaging Machine Operator
SAP GRC Senior Lead
Vet District Sales Manager – Evansville
Logistics Leader
Processing Operator
Coating Operator
Packaging Maintenance Technician - 12 Hour Night Shift
Maintenance Lead
Manufacturing Maintenance Lead
Operations Improvement Manager
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Forklift Operator-12 Hour Night Shift
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Invoice to Pay Lead
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