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Field Sales Representative (Coast Region) at Mars

Field Sales Representative – Mars Snacking Mombasa, Kenya

(Assigned Territory: Coast Region)

As a Field Sales Representative at Mars, you will be accountable for ensuring maximum physical availability of our brands across prime in-store locations. You will drive the quality of displays and deliver excellent execution aligned with perfect store ambitions to achieve incremental business and category growth.

​​​​​​​What are we looking for?

• Ideally, you’ll have a minimum of 3-5 years’ experience as an in-field sales professional within the FMCG industry, with supervisory experience considered an advantage.
• You’ll hold a Bachelor’s Degree preferably in Sales, Marketing, or a related area.
• A qualified and competent driver with a clean and valid driving license is essential.
• We want someone action-oriented, with strong organizational agility, integrity, and a passion for delivering best-in-class customer service and sales execution.

​​​​​​​What will be your key responsibilities?

• Develop breadth of availability, visibility, and distribution through excellent execution across assigned channels, whether modern trade or traditional trade, aligned with sales and success metrics.
• Manage, support, and motivate distributor and third-party sales partners to drive availability and quality execution that meet growth targets and sales metrics.
• Execute the field sales operational plan in line with the Perfect Store initiative, annual cycle briefs, activity calendars, and channel/account plans through engagement with Mars Field Sales Development Leaders and Customer Marketing Team.
• Negotiate range, share of shelf, placement, and POS directly with customers, ensuring efficient and effective implementation of agreed activities.
• Support the selling process through order management by self and distributor or third-party sales teams, collaborating across business functions.
• Build collaborative relationships internally with Marketing, Trade Marketing, Customer Development, and externally with customer regionals, replenisher, and buyers.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant Quality & Food Safety (Q&FS) standards and safeguard company assets such as vehicles and merchandising materials.

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Electrical Specialist at Mars

Electrical Specialist

As an Electrical Specialist at Mars Snacking, you will be responsible for executing electrical maintenance programs that ensure the reliability and operational performance of plant equipment and facilities. Your role supports continuous improvement through preventive maintenance, condition monitoring, and alignment with Quality and Food Safety standards focused on Electrical and Control systems.

What Are We Looking For?

• Minimum of 5 years’ hands-on experience in electrical maintenance systems and industrial setups, with strong troubleshooting and technical aptitude.
• Higher Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical, Electronics, Instrumentation & Control Engineering, or equivalent.
• Fluent in English with excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to read, interpret, modify, and write PLC programs and electrical schematics.
• Experience repairing complex electrical circuits and performing maintenance on process equipment.
• Flexibility to work day and night shifts as required, with strong organizational skills and ability to work under minimal supervision.
• Proficient in using standard electrical testing equipment such as voltage testers, multi-meters, and meggers.

What would be your key responsibilities?

• Perform troubleshooting, plant diagnosis, and repair of electrical circuits including lighting, motor controls, electronic, pneumatic, hydraulic components, and PLC systems.
• Ensure plant electrical reliability by following up on safety, food safety, and quality audits, and supervising contractors and suppliers.
• Participate actively in FMOS meetings to maintain quality and safety standards.
• Build capability within the team through coaching, training, and mentoring associates on electrical controls and maintenance best practices.
• Update skill matrices and contribute to the Education and Training pillar.
• Implement and review preventive and condition-based maintenance plans to minimize unplanned breakdowns and production disruptions.
• Support production associates in KAIZEN and PDCA implementation for continuous improvement.

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Field Sales Representative (Lake Region, Kenya) at Mars

This customer-facing role is accountable for maximizing the physical availability of Mars brands across prime in-store locations. The position focuses on driving the quality of displays and delivering excellent execution aligned with perfect store ambitions. The ultimate goal is to achieve incremental business and category growth through strategic in-store presence and execution excellence.

What are we looking for?

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Sales, Marketing, or Commerce.
• A minimum of 3 to 5 years of work experience as an in-field sales professional in the FMCG industry.
• Supervisory experience is an added advantage.
• Must be a qualified and competent driver with a clean and valid driving license.

What will be your key responsibilities?

• Channel Development: Enhance availability, visibility, and distribution through excellence in execution across assigned channels, whether modern trade or traditional trade, in alignment with sales and picture of success metrics.
• Distributor and Sales Partner Management: Manage, measure, support, and motivate distributor and/or third-party sales partners to ensure availability and quality execution in trade, meeting growth targets and sales metrics, including perfect store initiatives, distribution gap closures, in-market sales targets, activity compliance, speed to market, and ADHOC drives.
• Operational Plan Execution: Implement the field sales operational plan in accordance with the Perfect Store initiative, annual cycle brief/activity calendar, and channel/account plans through collaboration with Mars Field Sales Development Leaders and Customer Marketing Team.
• Consumer Insight Utilization: Utilize understanding of consumer/shopper demographics, data, and trends to develop compelling category and customer business solutions that add value to customers.
• Negotiation and Implementation: Negotiate range, share of shelf, placement, and POS directly with customers, while managing efficient and effective implementation of agreed activities with sales partners to deliver best-in-class customer service.
• Order Management Support: Facilitate the selling process through order management by self and distributor or third-party sales teams, fostering collaborative relationships with other business functions.
• Asset Management: Ensure safe custody of company assets, including vehicles and merchandising materials.
• Coverage Review: Collaborate with field sales leaders to review distributor or third-party sales partner coverage, identify opportunities, and agree on next steps.
• Internal Collaboration: Build collaborative relationships with key stakeholder departments (Marketing, Trade Marketing, and Customer Development) to influence RTM solutions for the assigned channel.
• Customer Relationship Building: Develop collaborative relationships with customer regionals, replenishers, and/or buyers for relevant accounts being managed.
• Compliance Assurance: Ensure compliance with all relevant Q&FS standards.

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with over 130,000 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

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Mechanical Specialist at Mars

Job Description:

Mechanical Specialist – Nairobi, Kenya

At Mars, our Mechanical Specialists play a vital role in powering our operations and driving our commitment to excellence. You will be responsible for executing robust maintenance programs for site equipment and facilities, ensuring our production processes run smoothly and efficiently. By sustaining and continuously improving the operational performance and reliability of our plant equipment, you help us deliver quality products to our consumers every day.

In this role, you will actively support production on shift, champion preventive maintenance activities, and leverage condition monitoring to optimize equipment performance and energy efficiency. Your dedication to aligning with our Quality and Food Safety (Q&FS) systems, as well as our Health, Safety, and Environment standards, ensures that we maintain the highest standards of safety and compliance across our site.

What are we looking for?

• Minimum: Bachelors Degree or Diploma in Mechanical or Mechatronics Engineering, or equivalent.
• A Minimum of 5 years hands on experience in mechanical maintenance systems and industrial set up with outstanding troubleshooting and technical aptitude
• Fluent in English with excellent communication (verbal and written) skills.
• Be able to design and follow drawings/schematics, and apply this knowledge in the field to operate, inspect, maintain, and repair equipment.
• Ability to trouble-shoot and repair complex mechanical and simple control issues.
• Ability to work efficiently both independently and within a team.
• Flexibility to work on day and night shifts as required.
• Familiarity with computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS).

What will be your key responsibilities?

• Perform troubleshooting and plant diagnosis i.e., Ability to repair Gear and Power Transmission Systems, Drives and Motors, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Conveyors and Handling Systems, Hydraulic Systems, Lubrication Systems etc.
• Perform basic troubleshooting of electro-mechanical systems, and competence in basic troubleshooting of simple electrical circuits, motor controls etc.
• Basic knowledge of PLCs and experience in troubleshooting PLC-controlled machinery.
• Troubleshoot and create innovative solutions to integrate mechanical components with sensors, actuators and control systems.
• Competence in root cause analysis using the problem-solving methodologies, e.g six sigma
• Follow up on closing all safety, food safety and reliability actions that come through safety / quality audits / near misses or through the various FMOS forums.
• Participate in both team and FMOS meetings and make effective decisions keeping quality and safety in mind.
• Collaborate with engineers and other team members to identify & implement improvements in the relevant processes.
• Implement and continuously review PM & AM system (check lists, execution, standard / nonstandard tasks balance). Embed/Build Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) plan.
• Supervision of contractors and suppliers to make sure both safety & food safety quality in operation are in place.
• Capability building in area of mechanical systems by coaching, delivering trainings and mentoring to both maintenance peers and production line associates.
• Develop & feed mechanical spare parts to stores according to the maintenance strategy.
• Respond to line breakdowns to minimize disruption to production, yet at the same time strive to minimize unscheduled breakdowns.
• Support other areas and functions on need basis.

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with over 130,000 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.

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