Education & Training Leader

Location: GBR-Somerset-Castle Cary

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.