Senior Manager Corporate Strategy

Mars • McLean, VA

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Corporate Strategy team leads critical strategy development, strategic planning, value creation and portfolio transformation projects working with Mars Leadership Team, global segments, corporate development, global functions and other senior business leaders. The Corporate Strategy Senior Manager is responsible for driving key strategy projects to frame insights and enable choices and actions that deliver on Mars, Inc. strategic & value creation objectives. The senior manager is viewed as an expert strategist and analytical leader within the team who independently manages senior stakeholder relationships while collaborating with other strategy team members. This role will have the opportunity to gain a broad-based understanding of Mars across categories, segments, and business units. It is expected that this role will blend strong internal capabilities with creative, external perspectives.

Requirements

• Minimum of Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance or related.
• 3+ years of experience in Corporate Strategy, Corporate Development, Finance, or related.
• Strategic thinking & insights coupled with strong financial acumen
• Skilled in advanced analytics, with ability to model and synthesize complex financial information and comfort with large data sets and analysis
• Fluency with external market data sources (e.g., Euromonitor, Nielsen, etc.)
• Excel and PowerPoint excellence
• Superb communication skills
• Project / process management

Nice To Haves

• MBA is preferred.
• Knowledge of CPG industry or Mars business specifically a plus

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy projects related to portfolio strategy, value creation and financial strategy, and key business transformation priorities that are on the Mars Leadership Team (MLT) agenda
• Lead efforts to answer enterprise-level strategic questions – including decisions on Mars, Incorporated’s long-term priorities, investments, and operating model
• Lead competitive intelligence and deep dive analysis into market and competitive developments or consumer behaviors and/or analysis of significant current industry events as they happen in real-time
• Partner with business units or functions on strategic projects to accelerate the business performance of Mars - projects span portfolio / growth / brand strategy, operational excellence transformation, M&A, etc.
• Support the preparation of Board materials and Leadership Team presentations
• Support strategic knowledge and capability curation across the strategy community

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior