We’re a family business that’s been making products for people, and the pets that people love, for more than 100 years. Mars is behind some of the world’s best loved brands in the world including Pedigree®, Royal Canin®, Dolmio®, Whiskas®, Schmackos®, Skittles®, Extra® and Uncle Ben’s®. Globally, we’re 100,000 self-proclaimed Martians—we’re pet obsessed, confectionery lovers, foodies, dream chasers and community builders— working across 78 different countries. You’ll find us located in both city and regional centres. Interesting, bustling and vibrant places where you can enjoy a great lifestyle and a real sense of community. The Five Principles - Quality, Efficiency, Responsibility, Mutuality and Freedom - are at the heart of everything we do. These principles inform our decisions and unite us across geographies, languages, cultures and generations.
Where you start your career at Mars, is just the beginning. Joining our Graduate program, which is known as The Mars Leadership Experience, will kick off 3 rewarding years packed with great experiences, opportunities and learning. Our program is designed to build both your functional/technical skills, as well as providing you with stretching leadership opportunities to prepare you for an exciting career.
Experience a Graduate Program that’s personalised and committed to helping you grow, not just professionally but personally too. We’ll work together to understand your development needs and ambitions alongside business needs to navigate your rotations year on year.
Our program operates across a number of our sites in Australia including Ballarat VIC, Melbourne VIC, Sydney NSW, Wodonga VIC and Wyong NSW, so you’ll need to be flexible on location. This helps us to ensure you get the very best opportunities to develop.
To us, every graduate is a potential leader. That’s why the moment the program starts you’ll be handed huge responsibilities. You’re also provided with the freedom to explore the new, and are fully supported while you gain knowledge and experience. As a Graduate, you’ll not only play an integral role in our continued success but you’ll also be working with the industry’s top talent who are all keen to support you in your leadership journey as your line managers, mentors, buddies and new friends.
Simply click Apply Now to fill out our Application Form.
It takes about 10 minutes to complete and is all about finding out a little more about who you as a person, your study, achievements and goals for the future.
If your application is successful you’ll be asked to undertake some online testing that assesses your verbal, numerical and abstract reasoning skills.
Following this test you may proceed to our Video Interview stage. This is all about discovering more about your interest in working with Mars, and discovering more about your study and key competencies. Knowing this also assists us later with placing you in the best business rotations.
Should your interview succeed you’ll be invited to attend an Assessment Centre in either Melbourne or Sydney. At the centre you’ll participate in individual and group activities, meet Mars associates and of course, try some of our delicious products!
Do note that as part of our process a pre-employment health check will occur for your safety while working with us.
We accept a range of degrees, however for Engineering and R&D positions a relevant technical qualification is needed.
Applications for this program are currently closed.
We are investing time to evolve our current Mars Leadership Experience program with a focus on ensuring we continue to give graduates the right opportunities to grow and thrive with us. As such, we will not be recruiting for the 2020 intake of the Mars Leadership Experience graduate program.
We’re still investing in the early talent space and will have a number of opportunities available to join us outside of this particular program. We encourage you to keep an eye out for these on careers.mars.com and apply!
Our Graduate Program commences each year in January and participation is for three years.
When selected to join the Mars Leadership Experience program, you’ll join as a permanent Associate which means you’ll continue on with us following completion of the three rotations. You’ll transition into other roles within the business, in line with your career aspirations and development needs.
Given we place you in real roles, we’d firstly need to make sure that the role is available earlier. If this is the case, we can start available candidates earlier than January. In the event that we agree on early commencement, you should note that the Mars Leadership Experience will not commence until January and participation in the program would still be three years from then.
Of course you can! Just make sure you still meet the key eligibility criteria.
Absolutely, we have lots of other exciting roles available across Mars Australia. You can check out our current opportunities and join our talent community here http://www.mars.com/global/careers
When applying, you’re applying to join The Mars Leadership Experience which could see you getting experience across a variety of functions. This excludes our technical functions, as you’ll require the appropriate technical degree for these experiences.
Our program operates across a number of our sites in Australia including Ballarat VIC, Melbourne VIC, Sydney NSW, Wodonga VIC and Wyong NSW, so you’ll need to be flexible on location. This helps us to ensure you get the very best opportunities to develop.
Absolutely! In order to assist you with any relocation required for your role, we offer extensive support including temporary accommodation and financial assistance.
Please make sure you upload your transcript as part of your application process. You’ll also be asked to bring a certified copy of your transcript to the Assessment stage.
