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top 3 scores:
94%

Location flexibility

91%

Hours flexibility

90%

Autonomy

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Job Description

Job Description:

At Mars, we believe the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. We are a global leader in food, pet care, and snacking products with iconic brands like M&M’s, Pedigree, and Ben’s Original, among others. Committed to driving positive change, we strive to ensure that human rights, environmental sustainability, and ethical business practices are embedded in everything we do.

Increasing focus by governments and agencies around the world on sustainability topics is leading to complexity in how to fully anticipate, understand and respond to legislative changes that impact our own operations and those of all suppliers that we engage with.

As part of our commitment to delivering against our Sustainable in a Generation Plan and ensuring we meet or exceed all legislative requirements across all social and environmental impacts throughout our operations and supply chains, we are looking for a dynamic, experienced, and highly motivated Sustainability Compliance Director to lead our efforts across Mars Incorporated.

What are we looking for?

  • Bachelor's degree in one of business administration, law, human rights, international relations, sustainability, supply chain management, or a related field

  • 7-10 + years of experience in one or more relevant areas - sustainability, governance, program management, procurement, supply chain, within a corporate environment

  • Ideally experience in building and leading global compliance organizations in multi-national companies

  • Ideally experience driving change in a highly decentralized organization

  • Strong knowledge of business & sustainability issues & trends, including regulatory landscape, fundamental supply chain concepts and supplier ecosystems

  • Ability to influence and drive others to collective success, at all levels, without direct authority

  • Highly effective collaborator and networker - able to build and manage relationships internally and externally

  • Outstanding communication skills with ability to represent key concepts to a wide range of audiences in a manner relevant to them

  • Proven ability to work across multiple business functions within a corporate environment desired

What will be your key responsibilities?

  • Provide overall program management of the sustainability compliance program, including identifying and escalating gaps in action or resources across the organization to ensure progress and adherence.

  • Establish a governance framework that ensures we meet all our sustainability regulatory compliance obligations.

  • Focus initially on ensuring we meet the CSDDD/EUDR regulations in a timely and efficient manner and using these as a foundation to learn and develop the program with the potential for a broader focus across more of the full Sustainability landscape.

  • Identify the necessary initiatives and resources needed to embed and automate our capability to meet current and future legislation in the most efficient manner.

  • Effectively advocate for and communicate sustainability regulatory compliance objectives with various key stakeholders (internally and externally)

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.

  • Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.

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

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.

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

We asked employees of Mars UK what it's like to work there, and this is what they told us.

Location flexibility
94%
Employees are very happy with their working location freedom
Hours flexibility
91%
Employees are very happy with the flexibility in the hours they work
Benefits
84%
Employees are very happy with the benefits their company offers
Work-life balance
80%
Employees feel that they can switch off quite easily from work
Role modelling
81%
Employees feel that flexible working is part of the culture
Autonomy
90%
Employees feel they have complete autonomy over getting their work done

Additional employee ratings
(these do not contribute to the FlexScore®)

Diversity
75%
Employees feel that the diversity is good and there are continued efforts to improve it
Inclusion
78%
Employees feel that the culture supports equity and inclusivity well
Culture
86%
Employees feel like it is a really great environment to work in
Mission
84%
Employees feel very excited about and aligned with the company mission
Salary
70%
Employees feel that their salary is good and matches the value they bring

Working at Mars UK

Company employees

4,000 In the UK

Gender diversity (male:female)

57:43

Currently Hiring Countries

Brazil

France

Spain

United Kingdom

United States

Office Locations

Awards & Achievements

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