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Senior Manager, P&O Business Partner

Mars


Job Location:

Chicago, IL - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 134400 - 184800
Posted: 29 September 2026 (2 days ago)
Application Deadline: 27 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description:


The P&O Business Partner Demand COE and 3D serves as the lead strategic partner to senior leaders across the MSNA Demand COEHuman Intelligence PESO and Capabilitiesand 3DDCOM Digital and Data. Reporting to the Sr. Director P&O One Demand this role translates business priorities into talent organization and capability strategies that enable leaders and teams to deliver sustainable net sales growth margins earnings and a post-integration environment the role accelerates value creation by strengthening leadership effectiveness building critical capabilities harmonizing culture and optimizing organizational structures to improve execution productivity and decision-making across the MSNA operating model.


Key Responsibilities


Strategic Business Partnering & Organization Effectiveness

  • Partner with leaders to shape business priorities into robust functional people strategies.
  • Design optimize and align functional structures to seamlessly support the needs of the regional operating model.
  • Provide strategic coaching to people leaders enhancing leadership team performance functional capability and collaborative decision-making across matrixed boundaries.

Talent Strategy & Strategic Workforce Planning

  • Lead the talent agenda driving succession planning high-potential identification and critical capability building.
  • Identify capability gaps and partner with Centers of Expertise (CoEs) to deploy targeted development and recruitment strategies.
  • Ensure a healthy diverse and inclusive talent pipeline.

Culture Engagement & Associate Experience

  • Champion a high-performance values-driven culture rooted in The Five Principles.
  • Integrate regional Associate Experience priorities into functional touchpoints embedding culture and inclusive leadership.

Context & Operating Relationships

  • Reports to: Sr. Director P&O One Demand Mars Snacking North America
  • Direct Reports: None (highly influential individual contributor role)
  • Key Interfaces:
    • Key North America LT members
    • MSNA POLT
    • Functional CoEs

Qualifications & Key Capabilities

  • Education & Experience: Bachelors degree in Human Resources Business Administration or a related field; minimum of 68 years of progressive HR experience with significant tenure as an HR Business Partner supporting a business unit corporate shared services or enterprise-level functions.
  • Transformation & Change Management: Proven expertise in leading organizations through change or strategic alignment.
  • Strategic Organizational Design: High-altitude HR capability with proven experience aligning capabilities to business needs.
  • Business & Financial Acumen: Understanding of the operational and financial levers of a major regional consumer goods business.
  • Executive Coaching & Influence: Exceptional communication skills with the capability to challenge coach and influence senior leaders constructively.
  • Matrix Navigation: Proven agility in navigating and simplifying complex matrix and shared capability networks.



What can you expect from Mars
Work with diverse and talented Associates all guided by the Five Principles.
Join a purpose driven company where were striving to build the world we want tomorrow today.
A strong focus on learning and development support from day one including access to our in-house Mars University.
An industry competitive salary and benefits package including company bonus.

The base pay range for this position at commencement of employment is between the range listed below however base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors including but not limited to job-related knowledge skills and total compensation package for this position will include variable pay medical and dental benefits participation in 401k plan and paid time off of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an applicant receives an offer of employment.

The pay range shown is applicable to all US locations listed within the job posting:USD 134400.00 - USD 184800.00


Required Experience:

Senior Manager


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