Strategic Initiatives Manager

Are you passionate about driving strategic transformation and enabling impactful business decisions across a diverse region? Join Mars Snacking as a Strategic Initiatives Manager LATAM. You’ll be responsible for supporting the execution of the LATAM transformation agenda through program management, governance, strategic planning, performance tracking, and executive communications. Partnering closely with senior leaders and initiative owners, you will help ensure strategic initiatives deliver value, drive business outcomes, and support key Mars planning processes across Latin America. This is a hybrid role based in Querétaro, México.

A Taste of What You’ll Be Doing

• Transformation Portfolio Management: Support the management of the LATAM strategic initiatives roadmap, ensuring visibility, alignment, and progress across the regional transformation portfolio.
• Strategic Planning & Governance: Coordinate annual strategic planning processes, governance routines, portfolio reviews, and leadership forums to drive alignment and decision-making.
• Performance Tracking & Business Insights: Monitor milestones, KPIs, value realization metrics, risks, and dependencies across initiatives, translating complex information into actionable recommendations.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with initiative owners and stakeholders across functions, categories, and markets to maintain implementation plans, accountability, and execution excellence.
• Executive Communications & Storytelling: Develop executive presentations, strategic communications, and leadership updates that clearly connect transformation progress to business value creation.

We’re Looking for Someone With

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business Administration Engineering, Finance, or a related field.
• 5-8 years of experience in Strategy, Transformation, PMO, Business Planning, Marketing, Chief Officer, or related functions within FMCG/CPG companies.
• Experience managing cross-functional and regional initiatives, with strong project and program management capabilities.
• Strong analytical, financial, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate data into strategic insights and recommendations.
• Proven experience preparing executive-level presentations, communications, and leadership materials.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills, with excellent executive storytelling and data visualization capabilities.
• Fully bilingual in English and Spanish, with strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

What’s Next

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