Working Student Customer Activation

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.