EU Senior Project Manager (Trade Promotions Systems) - UK&I Lead

Job Description:

Mars Food & Nutrition is embarking on an exciting journey to build digital-first, strategic revenue management (SRM) capabilities that will enable our purpose: Better Food Today. A Better World Tomorrow.

A key component of this SRM agenda is designing and deploying next generation trade promotion management (TPM) capabilities. This role is responsible for executing the Mars Food UK and Ireland joint market deployment of a TPM system. The ideal candidate will possess strong transformation project management skills, excellent leadership capabilities, and a deep understanding of trade promotion processes within a consumer goods and/or retail environment.

What are we looking for?

• Experience in project management, delivery leadership, IT Project Management, or related fields.

• implementations, preferably in CPG, Retail, or FMCG industries.

• Language: fluency in English.

• Proficiency in project management tools & software.

• Communication & Leadership: Strong ability to influence stakeholders, manage cross-functional teams, and drive initiatives to completion.

• Problem-Solving: Analytical mindset with a proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues.

• Project Management of the end-to-end implementation of the TPM solution within UK and Ireland, ensuring timely and successful execution while aligning with business objectives and other dependencies.

• Regular Stakeholder Collaboration with Sales, Finance, IT, and other key stakeholders to manage overall program timelines, activities, and communication activities.

• Status Reporting & Issue Resolution, via managing all project risks, issues, actions, and decisions, and escalate as required to responsible teams in the overall program rollout.

• Oversee the system design requirements gathering phase to ensure Mars Food & Nutrition requirements are captured for vendors and internal development teams.

• Oversee system testing and user acceptance testing (UAT) processes to ensure the TPM system meets requirements and quality standards.

• Continuous Improvement by developing and monitoring program delivery KPIs across timelines.

• Training & Change Management Planning on key business timelines for training, change management activities, and communication strategies.

• Training & Change Management Execution by coordinating stakeholder involvement, setting up key sessions & coordinating agendas, reviewing and sending communications, and executing logistics for end user training.

• 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.