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Mars UK • CHN-Guangdong-Guangzhou | China

Associate Marketing Director

Employment type:  Full time
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Job Description

Job Description:

What will be your main responsibilities?

  • Innovation & Portfolio
    • Lead beyond-product innovation with aligned strategy and concepts.
  • Go-to-market Strategy
    • Represent the brand in Mini/CVS channels, New Retail, and D-com channels
    • Provide channel insights to support brand growth strategy
  • Communication & Activations
    • Lead the communication strategy and marketing campaign activation.
    • Direct cross-functional team and agency to deliver brand activations in a quality and effective manner, and manage global sharing and communication.

What are we looking for?

1- Solid business acumen and brand growth strategy planning and implementation

2- Solid brand portfolio management skills. Good on launch and nurture innovation ideas. Good agility to capture channel shifts to drive a channelized portfolio.

3- Good collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver brand initiatives, including but not limited to brand communication omni channel brand activities.

4- Strong leadership on team management and talent development. Creating an inspiring, result-driven culture to deliver results in challenging situations

What can you expect from Mars?

1. Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.

2. Join a purpose-driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.

3. A strong focus on learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.

4. An industry-competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

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Company 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
Neonatal 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

Working at Mars UK

Company employees:

4,000 In the UK

Gender diversity (m:f):

57:43

Hiring in countries

Argentina

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Russia

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United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

United States

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Awards & Accreditations

1st - Most Family Friendly Company

1st - Most Family Friendly Company

Flexa awards 2026
3rd - Best Workplace Benefits

3rd - Best Workplace Benefits

Flexa awards 2026
Most loved - Large companies

Top 5 - Most loved - Large companies

Flexa awards 2026
Best Work-Life Balance

Top 10 - Best Work-Life Balance

Flexa awards 2026
1st - Most Family Friendly Company

1st - Most Family Friendly Company

Flexa awards 2025
2nd – Pet Friendly

2nd – Pet Friendly

Flexa awards 2025
Most Flexible Company

Top 5 - Most Flexible Company

Flexa awards 2025
Most Inclusive Company

Top 5 - Most Inclusive Company

Flexa awards 2025
Best Work-Life Balance

Top 10 - Best Work-Life Balance

Flexa awards 2025
Best Career Progression

Top 10 - Best Career Progression

Flexa awards 2025
Best Workplace Culture

Best Workplace Culture

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Best Workplace Benefits

Best Workplace Benefits

Flexa awards 2025
1st – Large companies

1st – Large companies

Flexa100 2024
Consumer Goods

Consumer Goods

Industry awards 2023
3rd – Large companies

3rd – Large companies

Flexa100 2023
Retail & Ecommerce

Retail & Ecommerce

Industry awards 2022

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