Mars Inc

Director P&O Corporate Functions

Mars Inc$153K — $211K *
Business Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8-10 years of progressive HR experience, particularly as an HR Business Partner with corporate functions.
  • Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field; Master's preferred.
  • Expertise in leading organizational transformation and change management.
  • High-altitude organizational design skills aligning capabilities with business needs.
  • Strong business and financial acumen in consumer goods.
  • Exceptional communication and coaching abilities with senior leaders.
  • Agility in navigating complex matrix and shared capability networks.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with leaders to develop operationally effective people strategies.
  • Design and align functional structures to improve regional operations.
  • Provide strategic coaching to enhance leadership team performance.
  • Lead talent strategies, including succession planning and capability development.
  • Identify talent gaps and partner with CoEs for development and recruitment.
  • Ensure a diverse and inclusive talent pipeline.
  • Champion a values-driven culture and integrate associate experience priorities.

Benefits

  • Diverse workplace with talented associates.
  • Focus on personal and professional development from day one.
  • Access to Mars University for ongoing learning.
  • Industry-competitive salary and benefits package, including a company bonus.
Full Job Description
Job Description:

The P&O Director, Corporate Functions operates as the lead strategic business partner to the senior leaders of MSNA's steering and enablement functions: Finance, Corporate Affairs, Enterprise Deployment, and Legal. Reporting directly to the SVP of People & Organization (P&O), this role is responsible for shaping and executing the talent, organization, and capability strategies that allow these functions to effectively support, safeguard, and accelerate the MSNA Operating Model. In a post integration environment, this role requires a leader who can operate with high urgency to accelerate organizational effectiveness, drive cultural harmonization, and optimize structures to fully realize value creation.

Key Accountabilities

Strategic Business Partnering & Organization Effectiveness
  • Partner with leaders to shape business priorities into robust, functional people strategies.
  • Design, optimize, and align functional structures to seamlessly support the needs of the regional operating model.
  • Provide strategic coaching to functional leaders, enhancing leadership team performance, functional capability, and collaborative decision-making across matrixed boundaries.

Talent Strategy & Strategic Workforce Planning
  • Lead the talent agenda, driving succession planning, high-potential identification, and critical capability building.
  • Identify capability gaps and partner with Centers of Expertise (CoEs) to deploy targeted development and recruitment strategies.
  • Ensure a healthy, diverse, and inclusive talent pipeline.

Culture, Engagement & Associate Experience
  • Champion a high-performance, values-driven culture rooted in The Five Principles.
  • Integrate regional Associate Experience priorities into functional touchpoints, embedding culture and inclusive leadership.

Context & Operating Relationships
  • Reports to: SVP, People & Organization (P&O), Mars Snacking North America
  • Direct Reports: None (highly influential individual contributor role)
  • Key Interfaces:
    • Key North America LT members
    • MSNA POLT
    • Functional CoEs

Qualifications & Key Capabilities
  • Transformation & Change Management: Proven expertise in leading organizations through change or strategic alignment.
  • Strategic Organizational Design: High-altitude HR capability with proven experience aligning capabilities to business needs.
  • Business & Financial Acumen: Understanding of the operational and financial levers of a major regional consumer goods business.
  • Executive Coaching & Influence: Exceptional communication skills with the capability to challenge, coach, and influence senior leaders constructively.
  • Matrix Navigation: Proven agility in navigating and simplifying complex matrix and shared capability networks.
  • Education & Experience: Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field (Master's preferred); minimum of 8-10 years of progressive HR experience, with significant tenure as an HR Business Partner supporting corporate, shared services, or enterprise-level functions.


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 company bonus.

The base pay range for this position at commencement of employment is between the range listed below, however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position will include variable pay, medical and dental benefits, participation in 401k plan, and paid time off benefits. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an applicant receives an offer of employment.

The pay range shown is applicable to all US locations listed within the job posting:USD 153,600.00 - USD 211,200.00

About Mars Inc

Mars, Incorporated is an American multinational manufacturer of confectionery, pet food, and other food products. It was founded in 1911 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia. Mars operates in six business segments: Petcare, Chocolate, Wrigley, Food, Drinks, and Symbioscience. Some of its most popular brands include M&M's, Snickers, Twix, Milky Way, Skittles, and Pedigree. The company is known for its commitment to sustainability and has set a goal to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 67% by 2050.
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1911

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