Job Description:

The MGS (Mars Global Services) Commercial Category Leader – MRO is responsible for shaping, executing, and institutionalizing a comprehensive 3–5-year end-to-end category strategy that aligns with Mars Segment priorities across Petcare, Mars Wrigley, and Food. Overseeing approximately $200M in annual North America MRO spend and supporting**$30M across LATAM**, this role manages all spare parts and operational supplies for 40+ manufacturing sites. The Category Leader partners with regional teams to deliver annual Commercial targets, provides strategic leadership and subject matter expertise to guide internal decision-making, and works closely with the Global Category Director and FSM team to optimize safety, cost, quality, risk, and availability in line with the Mars Commercial Manual and MGS governance. Externally, the role leads supplier strategy, sourcing, and Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), driving continuous improvement and ensuring effective issue resolution. While the position does not have direct reports, it requires strong leadership and influence across functions, regions, and senior supplier stakeholders, acting as the primary point of contact for the global MRO supplier base.

What are we looking for?

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Economics, Science, or Supply Chain is preferred

• MRO expertise is essential — proven experience, knowledge, and capability within the MRO category is required.

• Minimum 6+ years of global or regional MRO sourcing experience, with strong supplier capability knowledge and end-to-end supply chain understanding.

• Demonstrated success in roles of similar scope and complexity; prior people management experience leading high-performing teams.

• Strong leadership, change management, and project management skills.

• Proven ability to make sound decisions in complex or ambiguous environments; track record of building strong internal stakeholder and supplier partnerships.

• Experience working cross-regionally and in multicultural environments.

What will be your key responsibilities?

• Develop and institutionalize an enterprise-wide global category sourcing strategy for the MRO spend $200M in Mars, ensuring E2E capabilities are defined/developed and sourced to deliver 3–5-year pipeline of value creation, innovation and growth requirements X-SEG and X-REG.

• Accountable, with the regional teams to deliver the value creation for the MRO category of spend, in terms of P&L impact, cost avoidance, cash and contribution to the productivity programs of each Segment.

• Manage the relationships internally with X-SEG SUPPLY to develop strategies that not only deliver savings but also drive innovation through excellence in category management.

• Create and maintain partnership with the key global stakeholders, region commercial heads, region category directors and X-SEG X-functional leaders ensuring alignment with the long-term business strategies as well as annual operating plans.

• Responsible for the relationships with global & critical regional suppliers to drive SRM for delivery of evolving quality and cost improvement as well as develop supplier enabled innovations & continuous improvement.

• Develop Category insights & benchmark, cross pollenate best practices within MGS Commercial & Supply across segments ensuring knowledge mgmt. & best practices are fully leveraged X-SEG within Americas.

• Develop expert skill level in MSSM and sourcing strategy development including hyper-collaboration internally and externally to unlock business strategies that fill pipeline expectations and deliver ASP.

• Ensure the supplier base is continuously optimized according to the category management strategies to enable the innovation, growth, and ASP delivery.

• Accountable to drive regional compliance & ensure all governance according to the Mars standards

• Enable and deliver safety, Q&FS and sustainability results in partnership with X-SEG Supply and MGS.​

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.

Find out more about what Mars can offer you by visiting our Global Careers site.

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 119,040.00 - USD 163,680.00