Job Description:

Who are we?
Accelerator, a global Division of Mars Snacking, is on the front line of unlocking growth across high-potential categories and brands to fuel what’s next for Snacking. It’s home to both emerging and enduring brands, including KIND, TRÜ FRÜ, NATURE’S BAKERY, RXBAR,
EGGO, POP-TARTS and RICE KRISPIE TREATS. Combining the scale of Mars with the agility of a start-up, our Division has the ambition to accelerate the future of snacking by delivering products consumers love today, discovering category-shaping innovations for tomorrow and developing entrepreneurial teams whose impact will last for generations.

We’re looking for passionate talent who dare to dream big, agile collaborators who talk straight and decide fast, and driven performers with a growth mindset. We’re proudly part of Mars, while also building something boldly different. If this inspires and energizes you, you’ve
found the right place where you can do cool things with fun people for one of the biggest snacking companies in the world!

What you’ll do
Reporting to the Sale Operations Sr Director, the Continuous Improvement Sr Mgr supports the Accelerator business—the division supporting KIND, Tru Fru, Nature's Bakery, and the newly acquired Kellanova brands. The Manager, Continuous Improvement Sales Operations is responsible for driving process excellence, simplification, and capability development across the Sales organization. This role leads the identification, design, and implementation of improvements that enhance sales effectiveness, execution consistency, customer readiness, and operational efficiency. Working cross-functionally with Sales, Commercial Strategy / Strategic Demand, Finance, Supply Chain, Customer Service, Technology, and external partners, the role will develop scalable processes, governance, tools, and performance management disciplines that enable profitable growth while reducing complexity and manual effort. The position serves as a change agent, ensuring continuous improvement is embedded into how the organization plans, executes, and measures performance.

Job Responsibilities
Continuous Improvement Leadership
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives across sales planning, execution, customer support, commercialization, and operational processes.

• Identify opportunities to improve effectiveness, efficiency, speed, quality, and user experience across Sales Operations.
• Facilitate root cause analysis and implement sustainable solutions to business challenges.
• Establish governance, documentation standards, and best practices to improve process consistency.
Process Excellence & Transformation
• Own process mapping, standardization, and simplification efforts across cross functional workflows.
• Drive improvements to processes, annual planning cycles, execution readiness activities, and sales enablement processes.