MGS RDS Lab Integration Commercial Business Partner (m/f/d)
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Job Description:
In the context of the Kellanova Labs Harmonisation Programme, external laboratory food and environmental testing contracts represent a major area of integration. Operating in a highly globalized landscape, the job holder ensures the seamless procurement of laboratory testing capabilities under Mars’ global contracts, protecting intellectual property, mitigating operational risk, and optimizing commercial value.
The Commercial Business Partner plays a pivotal role in establishing, negotiating, and executing the critical legal and commercial contracting frameworks between the legacy Kellanova factories and our Global Strategic Supplier (GSS). The role holder manages commercial relationships that directly impact the Snacking segment’s share
WHAT WILL BE YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES?
- Commercial & Legal Contract Enablement: Draft, negotiate, and execute robust commercial agreements, legal contracts, SLAs, and Pricing Sheets.
- Global Strategic Supplier (GSS) Governance: Secure testing capacities across GSS's globally spread laboratory network, driving supplier performance reviews and KPIs.
- Integration Project & Stakeholder Alignment: Act as the commercial link between MGS R&D Solutions, regional commercial buying teams, and the central IMO.
- Cost Control & Synergy Realization: Leverage Mars’ global buying scale to realize immediate integration synergies and drive continuous commercial improvement.
QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS
- Degree in Business, Commercial Law, Supply Chain, or a related discipline.
- Advanced Commercial Negotiation: Track record of executing high-value commercial deals and supplier negotiations.
- Advanced Legal Contracting: Experience drafting and implementing robust legal contracts, local/global SLAs, and liability frameworks.
- Fluent in English.
- CIPS or equivalent commercial/purchasing professional certification.
- Background in M&A business integration projects.
What can you expect from Mars?
- 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.
- 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.
About Us
Mars is a family-owned business with more than $35 billion in global sales. We produce some of the world’s best-loved brands: M&M’s®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, MILKY WAY®, DOVE®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, WHISKAS®, EXTRA®, ORBIT®, 5™, SKITTLES®, BEN’S ORIGINAL®, and COCOAVIA®. Alongside our consumer brands, we proudly take care of half of the world’s pets through our nutrition, health and services businesses such as Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, AniCura, VCA™ and Pet Partners™. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Mars operates in more than 80 countries. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our 140,000 Associates into taking action every day towards creating the world we want tomorrow.
