SFC Sr Analyst-Corporate Affairs & Legal

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About Mars, Incorporated

Mars is a family-owned business with more than a century of history making diverse products and offering services for people and the pets people love. With almost $35 billion in sales, the company is a global business that produces some of the world’s best-loved brands: M&M’s®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, MILKY WAY®, DOVE®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, WHISKAS®, EXTRA®, ORBIT®, 5™, SKITTLES®, UNCLE BEN’S®, MARS DRINKS and COCOAVIA®. Mars also provides veterinary health services that include BANFIELD® Pet Hospitals, Blue Pearl®, VCA® and Pet Partners™. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Mars operates in more than 80 countries. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire its more than 100,000 Associates to create value for all its partners and deliver growth they are proud of every day.

Digital Technologies - Customer Success (Strategic Functional Capability) Senior Analyst - Newark, NJ

At Mars, the Strategic Functional Capability Senior Analyst role is part of the Digital Technologies team responsible for supporting a Strategic Functional Capability team focused on delivering Business Partnership, Development, and Deployment services for the global/cross segment Corporate Affairs and Legal functions.

What are we looking for?

·  5+ years of progressive experience in business enabling technologies
·  2+ years’ experience in defining and leading IT projects and change management activities for a global organization using diverse project mgt/delivery methodologies and approaches (e.g. Agile, Waterfall, etc.)
·  Functional domain expertise in Corporate Affairs and/or Legal functions a plus
·  Experience and passion to work in a fast-paced environment that delivers value to the business quickly
·  Experience assisting with driving cultural philosophies, practices, and tools that increase an organization’s ability to deliver IT strategy and solutions at high velocity: evolving and improving products with speed, agility, and innovation.
·  Experience with high level of autonomy driving forward business change activities
·  Proven experience building strong working relationships with global stakeholders and understanding their needs through user centric design thinking approaches
·  Excellent problem-solving skills, including the ability to analyze situations, identify existing or potential problems, and recommend sound conclusions and implementation strategies
·  Budget Management experience is a plus

What would be your key responsibilities?

·  You will operate globally across segments and functions (Corporate Affairs and Legal) -partnering with segment Functional Experts and functional Business Partnership Managers to design, develop, and deliver leading process and IT capabilities.
·  To partner with SFC Senior Lead to bring in external/best practice insights & trends from vendors, analysts and peer companies to influence and drive business transformation at scale for Corporate Affairs and Legal capabilities.
·  Provide Corporate Affairs and Legal functional domain expertise to help drive design for new capability, data/application/information architecture, business case creation, program and process definition.
·  Collaborate with global/cross segment Corporate Affairs and Legal function and global business partnership community to drive forward global programs/projects as appropriate
·  Execute actions needed to deliver IT strategy for Corporate Affairs and Legal functions.
·  Drive iterative, agile projects that rapidly prove or disprove hypotheses and lead to value creation for Mars
·  Work through influencing and direct control depending on the nature of the activity.
·  You will also recommend/develop process & technology improvements and plays key supportive role in influencing IT strategy for Corporate Affairs and Legal functions

What can you expect from Mars?

·  The opportunity to learn, develop and take charge of your own career.
·  An industry competitive compensation package including generous benefits (i.e. 401k, pension, health, etc.)
·  Commitment to our Purpose and our Five Principles.
·  The opportunity to work cross functionally, add value and impact a better world for generations to come.

Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.

Nearest Major Market: Newark
Nearest Secondary Market: New York City
Job Segment: Change Management, Management