Working Student | Customer Activation
About this role
Job Description:
About Mars, Incorporated
Mars is a family-owned business with more than a century of history making diverse products and offering services for people and the pets people love. With almost $45 billion in sales, the company is a global business that produces some of the world’s best-loved brands: M&M’s®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, MILKY WAY®, DOVE®, ROYAL CANIN®, PEDIGREE®, WHISKAS®, EXTRA®, ORBIT®, 5™, SKITTLES®, BEN’S ORIGINAL® and MARS DRINKS and COCOAVIA®. Mars also provides veterinary health services that include BANFIELD® Pet Hospitals, Blue Pearl®, 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 its more than 100,000 Associates to create value for all its partners and deliver growth they are proud of every day.
Job Purpose
As a Customer Activation Working Student, you will gain hands-on experience by supporting exciting brand activations, product launches, and in-store initiatives that bring our brands to life. Working closely with cross-functional teams, external agencies, and sales, you will help coordinate projects, prepare sales materials, manage promotional assets, and support packaging and co-packing activities. This role offers a unique opportunity to develop practical FMCG experience while contributing to the successful execution of key customer activation initiatives.
What will be your key responsibilities?
Brand Activations Support: Managing agencies, collaborating with the field team, and handling promotional materials.
Product Launches Support: Coordinating with the field team, preparing sales documents, and providing support for sales tools.
Co-Pack Briefings: Displays, mixed cases, and special items.
Packaging Materials Ordering: For co-packing and standard items in coordination with Supply.
What are we looking for?
A genuine interest in Sales & Marketing within the FMCG industry.
A positive attitude and willingness to learn,
Strong organizational and time management skills.
A collaborative, team-first mindset.
Creativity and curiosity to bring fresh ideas.
Great attention to detail.
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.
Part-time opportunity with a contract of up to 12 month.
Monthly base salary of €1.316,93.
Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.