Job Description:
Paddington office: hybrid working
Project Management certification preferred (PMP, PMQ, Prince2)
£35-40K salary plus 10% bonus
What will be your key responsibilities?
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You will manage Global Learning & Development projects end-to-end across all areas of Mars. In this impactful role, you help get training delivered so all Mars Associates are well-equipped to do their best work.
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You will act as the main point of contact throughout all the project, facilitating discussion between stakeholders and decision-makers.
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You will own project meetings and act as the decision-maker throughout the project cycle.
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You will provide consultation during project intake/discovery on potential timeline, scope, and risks. Proactively define, raise, and manage project risks and escalate them appropriately.
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You will create and manage essential project documentation, including Project Plans, Logs, Templates, and Collaboration spaces.
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You will maintain alignment with project objectives, leading the project throughout all phases and report on the progress, including risks and escalates to the Leadership Team via governance processes and Stage Gates.
What are we looking for?
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You will have experience managing projects with global teams and in different time zones.
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You will have excellent stakeholder management, collaboration, and relationship building skills.
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You will be able to travel as required for appropriate key meetings and forums (around 10% of the time).
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Interest in the Learning and Development space; experience working in Learning and Development is preferred.
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You will have excellent stakeholder management and collaboration skills, both internally and externally.
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Project Management certification is preferred but not required (PMP, PMQ, Prince2)
What can you expect from Mars?
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Work with over 140,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
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Join a purpose-driven company where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
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Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
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.
What We Do
For more than a century, Mars, Incorporated has been driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. This idea is at the center of who we have always been as a global, family-owned business. Today, Mars is transforming, innovating and evolving in ways that affirm our commitment to making a positive impact on the world around us.
Across our diverse and expanding portfolio of confectionery, food, and petcare products and services, we employ 133,000 dedicated Associates who are all moving in the same direction: forward. With $40 billion in annual sales, we produce some of the world’s best-loved brands including DOVE®, EXTRA®, M&M’s®, MILKY WAY®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, ORBIT®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, SKITTLES®, WHISKAS®, COCOAVIA®, and 5™; and take care of half of the world’s pets through our pet health services AniCura, Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, Pet Partners™, and VCA™.
We know we can only be truly successful if our partners and the communities in which we operate prosper as well. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our Associates to take action every day to help create a world tomorrow in which the planet, its people and pets can thrive.
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