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Education & Training Leader

On-site in Castle Cary·Full-time·Added today (last checked 12 Oct)

Mars

21 open roles

Overview

Job details

  • Full-time

    Per the ad.

Requirements

  • Have senior-level experience

    Lead-level role.

Skills

The role

Job Description

We're looking for an Education & Training Leader to drive the future of learning and organizational capability at our site. In this role, you'll champion the Education & Training pillar of our Mars Supply Excellence (MSE) program-empowering our Associates, embedding digital tools like Poka, and building a high-performing, future-ready workforce.

What are we looking for?

  • Hands-on experience with Mars Supply Excellence (MSE), TPM, or Lean manufacturing tools.
  • Proven track record in a similar role within a business/manufacturing environment,
  • Significant experience managing and improving operational performance.
  • Well-established experience guiding teams through change
  • Ability to learn and leverage cutting-edge digital learning technology (such as Poka) to elevate training.
  • Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills to connect with diverse functional groups and coach teams
  • Demonstrable experience in coaching & developing teams

What will be your key responsibilities?

You will lead associate development, knowledge capture, and loss elimination through capability building across these core areas:

  • Capability Mapping & Planning: Lead site-wide role profiling, identify capability gaps, and design/execute the annual site E&T plan.
  • Onboarding & Skills Validation: Build and manage a robust Associate onboarding framework and standard skills validation process.
  • Site Digital Champion: Support the MSE Manager in driving digital and "Smart Factory" workstreams while actively participating in the Global E&T Community of Practice.
  • Digital Knowledge Capture: Champion the creation of training materials using Poka and keep the factory skills matrix dynamically updated.
  • Performance Connection: Link individual training plans directly to site performance (TRS) and loss-elimination goals.
  • Coaching & Integrity: Coach Pillar Leaders and expert on-the-job trainers, ensuring global training materials are accurately translated and deployed.

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.
  • Best-in-class 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 Mars

Industry
Food and Petcare
Founded
1911
Employees
100,000+
Headquarters
McLean, USA
Website
mars.com
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the UK

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Castle Cary
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