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Mars

Associate Marketing Director

Location:  CHN-Guangdong-Guangzhou | CHN-Shanghai-Shanghai | China
Location flexibility:  1 office day / week, 2 office days / week, 3 office days / week, 4 office days / week
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Job Description

Job Description:

Job Summary:

Lead Mars Snacking Ice Cream category brand development and growth strategy, including portfolio management, occasion building, and go-to-market strategy.

What will be your main Roles & Responsibilities:

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

What we are expecting:

  • 8 years or above brand marketing experience in top FMCG companies
  • Proven record in brand marketing across multi-media platforms, including digital, social & experiential.
  • Excellent presentation, communication, and negotiation skills;
  • Be a creative and strategic thinker, with a strong consumer-centric mindset to apply an insight-driven approach.
  • Have experience working with multiple stakeholders internally and externally in a complex and challenging environment.
  • Be comfortable working with changes and ambiguity, and be innovative to make breakthroughs.
  • Have a can-do spirit, passion for winning, strong people agility, and be self-motivated.
  • Fluent in English and Mandarin, both written and oral.

What can you expect from Mars?

  • Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
  • Join a purpose-driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
  • A strong focus on learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
  • An industry-competitive salary and benefits package, including a company bonus.
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CHN-Shanghai-Shanghai | China

#1 MOST FAMILY FRIENDLY COMPANY

Working at Mars

Hybrid

Core hours 11–3

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
Menopause support
On-site gym
On-site barista
Secure on-site parking
On-site catering
Private booths
On-site wellness room
Collaboration spaces

Awards & Accreditations

1st - Most Family Friendly Company

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Top 5 - Most loved - Large companies

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4,000 In the UK

Gender diversity (m:f):

57:43

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