2025 Graduate Program - Procurement
AI Job Summary
Are you ready to launch your career with a company where development is an essential part of your everyday; and you can make an authentic impact on people, their pets and the planet? Welcome to Mars!
Why become a Mars Graduate
The Mars Leadership Experience is not your average graduate program! Our award winning, 2-year program is packed with unforgettable experiences, opportunities and learning.
To us, every graduate is a potential leader. That’s why we offer you the unique opportunity to step into a real role, right from the start. You’ll be given responsibility and empowered to make an impact right from the get-go by delivering real results.
Our graduates complete 2 x 12-month rotations across our business, allowing you to truly experience the breadth of what we have to offer. We have multiple factories and offices across Australia and New Zealand, and we are looking for open minded graduates who are willing to take on any experience across our locations and functional groups.
With mentorship from senior leaders, hands-on experience, and a collaborative environment, you’ll rapidly develop the skills and knowledge needed to fast track your career.
About the Procurement Stream
Our Procurement team is the backbone of our efficient and cost-effective operations, managing supplier relationships to keep everything running smoothly.
They source the best goods and services at the right price, handle supplier negotiations, and ensure all raw materials and packaging are available.
From evaluating suppliers to managing contracts, they ensure we get what we need, when we need it, in the most sustainable way possible.
Where is the Procurement stream located?
Ballarat or Melbourne, Victoria (Australia)
Preferred educational background or interest
Commerce, Economics, Business, Finance, International Business, Engineering, Procurement & Purchasing
When does the program start?
January 2025.
Who are we looking for?
We’re passionate about developing great future leaders as well as amazing products. We can teach you all the technical stuff, so what we’re looking for is graduates who...
Create new and better ways of doing things
Look to the future
Bring out the best in others
Demonstrate resilience
Deliver great results
Eligibility Criteria
We welcome your application if you are an Australian or New Zealand citizen or permanent resident and have completed a bachelor’s degree before commencing the program.
About us
What do MARS®, SNICKERS®, EXTRA®, ECLIPSE®, SKITTLES®, PEDIGREE®, WHISKAS®, SCHMACKOS™, ROYAL CANIN®, DOLMIO® and MasterFoods® have in common? They're all made by Mars! We're a family-owned, principle led business that's been making products for people (and the pets they love) for more than 100 years. Together, our 135,000+ Associates around the world are empowered to take action every day towards the world we want tomorrow. We’ve got a long way to go, but our global (and local) initiatives are making a real difference. Our commitments to changing the way we so business and limiting our impact are science- based. They support the UN’s sustainable development goals. Because we know, the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today.
Inclusion & Diversity
Mars promotes and fosters a culture of Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment everywhere we operate.
We treat our people and applicants with fairness, dignity and respect, understanding that the uniqueness of all applicants makes a difference in our business. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment, and their diversity welcomed.
- Job type:Graduate Jobs
- Disciplines:Business and Commerce, Engineering Environmental, Procurement
- Work rights:New Zealand Citizen, Australian Permanent...
- Work from home:Hybrid remote
Hybrid remote
Employees are allowed to work remotely some of the time but most of the work is done at the company’s physical office. Remote work is considered a perk or a privilege. For example, an employee may work from home for 1-2 days per week.
- Locations:Melbourne, Regional Victoria
- POSITION START DATE
Jan 2025 (approx)
- Salary
$70,000-$80,000
- Closing Date:18th Aug 2024, 1:59 pm
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