Job Description:

Mars is seeking a Corporate Sustainability S2P Global Process Lead to serve as the primary connection between the Sustainability team and the Enterprise S/4HANA transformation program, specifically within the Source to Pay (S2P) process area. This hands-on role will embed sustainability into Mars’ upstream procurement operations, ensuring that sustainability is considered from supplier engagement to final payment.

This role will lead and prioritise sustainability requirements across sourcing, supplier management, contracting, material compliance, and procurement data, supporting traceability, regulatory compliance, responsible sourcing, and supplier decarbonization. This leader plays a critical role in embedding sustainability into the global S/4 template and data platforms powering analytics, risk management, and supply decisions across Mars.

The Sustainability S2P Global Process Lead will be instrumental in driving sustainability integration across Procurement and Commercial processes, supporting the digital transformation of S/4 Hana and core operational workflows, including sourcing, supplier onboarding, contracting, and purchasing and ensuring alignment with Mars' enterprise sustainability objectives.

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, engineering, sustainability, data science, or a related technical or business discipline (e.g., operations management, environmental engineering, procurement, industrial systems).

• Additional qualifications in enterprise systems (e.g., SAP), sustainability strategy, or digital transformation are a plus.

• Significant prior relevant supply chain experience, with direct exposure and knowledge of SAP.

• Strong working knowledge of supply chain management, commercial operations, commercial sourcing, supplier qualification, SAP and digital analytics platforms.

• Influencing and communication skills; ability to communicate complex scientific information and rationales on environmental sustainability to individuals from other disciplines and to non-technical individuals. Fluency in English is essential.

• Comfortable working across complex, global, cross-functional teams with high levels of collaboration and matrixed decision-making.

• Self-directed, hands-on contributor able to operate in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

• Self-directed, hands-on contributor able to operate in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

• Self-motivated and able to perform assigned duties independently without direct supervision (most interaction, including interaction with direct manager, is likely to be remote)

• A variable degree of domestic & international travel will be required, depending on project development.

1. Sustainability Requirements Ownership Across Plan to Fulfil (P2F)

• Serve as the single point of contact for sustainability requirements across Direct and Indirect sourcing, contract management, supplier onboarding, and payment processes.

• Conduct functional fit-gap assessments across current-state analytics tools (Sustainability Mission Program), business systems (SAP ECC, Trinity, 1Nav, EcoVadis, Arriba, EiQ, and processes related to: Climate (GHG, Land, Water), Packaging (D4C, Recycled Content, Virgin Plastic), Thriving People (Thriving value-chain, Smallholder income programs)

• Deeply understand the “as-is” and “to-be” states of edge applications, assessing whether current tools meet evolving regulatory and operational demands.

• Identify, document, and manage a prioritised backlog of sustainability requirements across the S2P process area aligned to Mars SiG (Sustainable in a Generation) goals.

2. Embed Sustainability into the Digital Core Template

• Partner with the System Integrator and workstream leads to translate requirements into actionable design inputs for the S/4 shared template. Requirement complexity will vary from adopt-and-track to net-new capability creation.

• Involve & engage Sustainability SME’s across segments and functions to provide context and input into the requirements.

• Influence SAP configuration harmonisation and standard process design across segments and global functions.

• Partner on key program milestones (PDDs, UAT, SIT) to track, test, and ensure adoption of sustainability functionality.

3. Data Integration for the Sustainability Unified Data Platform

• Support the inclusion of S2P data into the Sustainability Unified Data Platform, focusing on sustainability-related metrics and functional areas related to contracting, co-manufacturing archetypes (co-pack, co-man, BIFG), traceability data (including GSL) and supplier collaboration.

• Collaborate with data management and analytics teams to enable efficient data flows between S2P and the platform, supporting Mars’ overall data strategy and sustainability goals.

• Ensure the auditability of data by maintaining comprehensive supporting documentation and adhering to data governance standards.

4. Collaboration & Stakeholder Mgmt:

• Build and align a vision for Sustainability within the S2P digital core leadership team. Align with the S2P program, Segment Sustainability leadership and Corporate Sustainability.

• Partner with cross-functional teams (e.g., R&D, P2F & Finance) and Segment teams (PN, RC, Snacking, Corporate) to ensure end-to-end alignment on key design decisions and enablement of sustainability capabilities.

• Collaborate with the Sustainability Mission Program (SMP) functional and digital teams to ensure alignment with current sustainability initiatives and identify potential process or system impacts.

• 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 a company bonus.

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