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Programme Overview
Your future as a leader starts today. Our general Graduate Traineeship Programme: The Mars Leadership Experience (MLE), is the perfect grounding for a career in business leadership. You’ll manage projects, lead teams, take on roles with local and international exposure and make decisions with real consequences. The work will come thick and fast, preparing you for the challenges tomorrow.
The MLE comprises three 12-month placements. As a guide, you’ll typically follow a path through the three years with exposure to very different areas of our business. We offer the MLE with a focus on Demand (Sales, Category Management, Marketing) and Supply (Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics).
The MLE comprises three 12-month placements. As a guide, you’ll typically follow a path through the three years with exposure to very different areas of our business. We offer the MLE with a focus on Demand (Sales, Category Management, Marketing) and Supply (Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics).
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3 x 12-month placements
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You’ll experience different functions, different teams, different products
- You’ll manage teams and projects
- Opportunity to experience cultural diversity
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Bachelor or Master’s Degree in any discipline
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Passion to become a future General Manager
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Ability to learn and grow fast
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Proficiency in English
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Competitive salary
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Inspiring line managers, mentors and coaches
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We’ll work with you to clarify and support your career thinking and tailor your path through the program
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Support from an amazing trainee community
- On the job learning supported by workshops and trainings
- Opportunity to interact with Mars Senior Leaders
- Flexible working hours
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Dogs in the office (depending on the office)
Our Hiring Process
Applications for the Mars Leadership Experience are now opened and will close on March 31st




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Where you can do it
From Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Gulf, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States: there are locations all around the world where you can start your general leadership career at Mars. If we aren’t currently running the programme in your country of preference, sign up to our talent community for the latest Mars career opportunities. You can also explore our Functional Leadership Experiences.
Our Associates' testimonials
Our Associates' testimonials
“The Mars Leadership Experience is an ideal learning experience because you must be able to function in a rapidly changing environment and be able to deal with new, unknown factors. You will be challenged and get to know yourself and discover what you are good at, both functionally and personally. I am a very curious person and this program fits perfectly with what I was looking for.”

We value human beings: please be yourself
Be yourself, reflect on what you are already doing well and what you want to learn. And also very important: Have fun in interviews and assessments.”

Development opportunities from day one

