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Corporate Affairs Officer

Posted 25 Mar 2024
Work experience
5 to 7 years
Full-time / part-time
Full-time
Job function
Degree level
Required languages
English (Fluent)
Dutch (Fluent)

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Food. It is relevant to all of us. And that places (the effects of) our activities as one of the largest food producers firmly on the agenda of many stakeholders.

You might know Mars from brands like M&M’s®, Snickers®, Twix®, Freedent®, Whiskas®, Pedigree®, Whiskas®, Uncle Ben’s® and Dolmio®. What makes working for this privately owned company great: everyday we work to proactively shape a healthy and sustainable food industry fit for the future. Guided by our principles we deliver quality, address public concerns and develop mutually beneficial relations with all our stakeholders.

A job at Mars is never just a job. It’s a journey. Anything but blindly following what other people tell you to do. With us, the decisions you make matter. It means you can rewrite the rules and build new solutions. You can develop your ideas and create new successes. In fact, in a culture that’s all about freedom, personal responsibility and entrepreneurship – and with brands active in 180 countries and sales of $35 billion – you can make it mean more no matter where you join us. So the question is, what will your story be? Start a new chapter at www.mars.nl

Corporate Affairs Officer

We are seeking a Corporate Affairs Officer for Mars in the Netherlands, responsible for the development, execution and coordination of Corporate Affairs activities.

This role is one of the best out there if you are a communication and public affairs enthusiast with a strong natural curiosity and drive for results. If that’s you, you’ll feel like a kid in a candy story, all day, every day.

As a member of a small but high performing team, you will sink your teeth into public affairs, internal and external comms (with emphasis on the latter). You will closely work with colleagues from Corporate Affairs (in other countries), Consumer Care, Marketing, and senior leaders. You will proactively manage Mars’s reputation as it relates to being an employer of choice, health and wellbeing and sustainability, especially sustainable chocolate production. Your natural curiousity makes that you quickly develop in-depth knowledge of our strategies, commitments and positions of relevant stakeholders. You want to know all there is to know about cocoa sustainability, plastics, obesity, reformulation, responsible marketing and responsible pet ownership. As a result, your pro-active communication is fact based and convincing.

Thanks to your efforts, it is ensured that Mars comes across in a coordinated, aligned manner. You are authentic, and will have a 24/7 mentality as ambassador for Mars. You will also be able to demonstrate your ability to handle multiple agendas.

Can you carry the responsibility for Mars’ image?

  • Drive external communication to ensure media outreach and engaged stakeholders, well informed on our key messages
  • Updating and defining corporate positions and Q&A’s for other departments
  • Support senior leaders with speaking points for (internal) events
  • Be the alternate member of the Crisis Management Team as a back-up for the Corporate Affairs Director
  • Be a spokesperson for Mars the Netherlands
  • Facilitate Consumer Care with difficult consumer cases

We would love to see these skills:

  • Ability to familiarize content quickly
  • Ability to see the "bigger picture" and ability to translate strategies into communication tactics and messages.
  • A talent for priority setting.
  • Knowledge of/experience with both internal and external communications and media relations
  • Social media savvy.
  • Comfortable working with senior management

But you absolutely need to have:

  • Higher Vocational (HBO) / Bachelor / Master Degree (WO) in journalism/communications marketing or similar.
  • At least 5 years of working experience in journalism/communications, including media experience and/or experience as a spokesperson.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in Dutch and English.

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A global workplace with no walls, no borders and no limits

Your time at Mars should be something you enjoy – really enjoy. We want you to have fun, be challenged and explore your skills every day. No matter what skills you have, we always want you to achieve more. To help you along the way, we take your career development seriously. You experience a culture that affords you with lots of freedom, responsibility and ownership of your work.

This is how we encourage your learning and development:

  • Unique development programmes provided by our award-winning Mars University
  • Your Personal Development Plan with goals, future plans and triggers for salary reviews
  • Above-average annual wages, flexible working hours and 25 days of annual leave
  • Great perks that make your life easier and more fun, including open offices, fun freebies, corporate gym memberships, your own company pension scheme and life insurance

We are a family owned global business. It gives us freedom to think in generations, not in years. It gives us responsibility to make decisions carefully. What we decide today should be the right way tomorrow. Our tomorrow starts with how we do business today.
As a Mars Associate, you have our ongoing commitment to your development as you work…


We are a family owned global business. It gives us freedom to think in generations, not in years. It gives us responsibility to make decisions carefully. What we decide today should be the right way tomorrow. Our tomorrow starts with how we do business today.
As a Mars Associate, you have our ongoing commitment to your development as you work across our world famous brands. We tailor our mentoring and coaching to each individual. We help you build a better tomorrow, through support today.

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Active in 80 countries
3,500 employees
60% men - 40% women
Average age is 34 years

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