Mars
Mars
Mars is a global manufacturer operating across food and beverage, pet care, nutrition, and healthcare. Its portfolio includes well-known confectionery and snack brands such as M&M'S, Snickers, and Skittles, alongside products and services supporting pet health and nutrition. With operations spanning manufacturing and consumer-focused businesses, Mars hires across a broad range of roles connected to its brands, products, and global operations. The company also highlights sustainability, responsible sourcing, inclusion, and efforts to improve outcomes for people, pets, and the planet.

Senior Brand Manager, Innovation — Mars, Sydney Hybrid

Lead innovation strategy and launches for Mars’ leading Australian food brands. Develop growth opportunities, investment cases and cross-functional delivery across MasterFoods, Ben’s Original, Dolmio and Kantong.

Description

  • Set the strategy, pipeline and priorities for Mars’ transformative innovation agenda
  • Convert consumer and market insight into innovation platforms and growth opportunities
  • Create financially robust business cases that secure investment, stakeholder backing and retailer engagement
  • Direct cross-functional teams delivering complex innovation programmes
  • Shape propositions spanning product, pricing, packaging and route to market
  • Manage initiatives from initial concept through launch, including milestones and operational readiness
  • Implement proven innovation tools, standards and processes
  • Monitor innovation results, risks and critical success measures
  • Collaborate with global Mars teams and external agency partners
  • Strengthen relationships across Mars while fostering an environment that supports ambitious ideas

Requirements

  • At least six years of marketing experience
  • Proven expertise in portfolio strategy and innovation
  • Essential experience in FMCG
  • Demonstrated success taking innovations from insight through to market launch
  • Strong commercial judgement
  • Ability to develop persuasive, financially sound business cases
  • Strategic perspective with the ability to turn broad priorities into practical execution
  • Confidence leading cross-functional teams and influencing stakeholders without formal authority
  • Comfort working through ambiguity and complex situations
  • Curious, creative approach to problem-solving
  • Proactive mindset with energy and resilience

Benefits

  • Individualised development support and meaningful opportunities to grow from the outset
  • Supportive team and business culture focused on helping employees sustain and develop their energy for work and life
  • Equal opportunity employer
  • Application support and accommodations are available for candidates with disabilities
  • Accessible application process with adjustments available on request

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