Mars 2024 Graduate Program – Junior Analyst

The Role

Are you excited about kicking off the first step of your career and want to play an important role in our Data & Analytics space  at Mars? Are you humble, driven for success, and someone who can turn feedback into a personal learning opportunity?  Do you operate by a set of values and care about the impact your work has on our global communities? If this sounds like you and you’re ready to learn and grow with a company that values your development and career, we want to hear from you! 

Our Data & Analytics experience is a two year, accelerated development program designed to set you up for success on your path to becoming a future leader at Mars. You will develop across two assignments, starting in our Sales function, which are real roles delivering real results for Mars. 

Working at our Mars Wrigley head office in Melbourne, VIC where our teams develop the likes of Mars, M&Ms, Snickers and Malteasers   you will join our Strategic Revenue Management team and have the opportunity to gain exposure to a variety of roles across Product Design, Data Analysis, Project Management and Predictive Modelling  

Key Responsibilities 

• Product design : Contribute to the design of data & analytics products to support functions across the business
• Data Analysis: Collect, clean, and analyze large datasets using various tools and programming languages (e.g., Python, R, SQL) to derive meaningful insights and support data-driven decision-making processes.
• Report creation: Create clear and concise reports and visualizations to communicate findings and key performance indicators (KPIs) to stakeholders, enabling them to understand complex data trends easily.
• Data Management: Assist in maintaining data integrity, security, and governance by adhering to data management and documentation standards. 
• Predictive Modelling: Collaborate with Finance (internally and in 3rd parties) to develop predictive models and machine learning algorithms to address critical business questions.
• Project Management: Monitor and report on the delivery of key initiatives to assist the team in ensuring milestones and deliverables are met on time, within budget and to agreed quality standards.

What does a successful Mars graduate look like? 

• Energetic and Passionate: a love for the food industry is a must! 
• Humble: you understand that success comes from teamwork, and you enjoy celebrating wins with your teammates
• Driven: Delivering tangible outcomes is important to you and you are passionate about ensuring the role you play is contributing to the bigger picture 
• Analytical: You are logical and methodical when identifying the best solution for a difficult problem. You won’t stop at the first answer and apply critical thinking to look beyond the obvious and understand the issue at hand 
• Curious: You are curious about the world you work in and want to explore new ideas and new ways of working. You understand that there can be many failed attempts before finding the best way
• Adaptable: You thrive in a changing environment and can adapt when things are up in the air. You enjoy the challenge of unfamiliar tasks

What can you expect from Mars Wrigley?

• Genuine career progression with a focus on you and your career goals. Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University
• Global health and wellbeing program to support flexibility and work-life balance.
• Opportunity to make a difference with our volunteer and ambassador programs.
• Be part of a company that is contributing to making the world a better place today and every day through our sustainable generation plan.
• A culture that offers collaboration, and leadership and rewards you for the role you play within Mars.

Who are we looking for?

• University students from a variety of degrees such as Accounting, Economics, Analytics, Maths & Stats, Software Engineering, Data Science will be looked favourably 
• Passionate about FMCG 
• Drive to become the leader of tomorrow in your field of interest
• Humble and driven graduates who are ready to learn
• AU/NZ citizenship or permanent residency

About Us:

What do MARS®, SNICKERS®, EXTRA®, ECLIPSE®, PEDIGREE®, WHISKAS®, DOLMIO®, UNCLE BEN’S® MASTERFOODS ® and ROYAL CANIN® 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 that people love) for more than 100 years. Together, our 125,000+ Associates around the world are empowered to take action every day towards the world we want tomorrow. Because we know, the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. 

For more information visit careers.mars.com  

Mars Australia & New Zealand is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion.