Human resources overview
Personnel and organization, as human resources is known at Mars, creates the conditions where each associate can do their best in line with The Five Principles.
Talent development is perhaps personnel and organization's most important role, from graduate recruitment through to executive leadership development. Personnel and organization provide the standards, processes, training and systems that allow this to happen.
An independent function within the Mars businesses, represented at local and corporate level, the scope of the function is broad and includes the following functional areas:
- Development and communication of business objectives and ways of working consistent with corporate philosophy
- Providing expertise on organizational design and improving effectiveness
- Designing and deploying personnel policies and practices
- Supporting individual associates, and their managers, to ensure well-being and engagement
- Provide tools to bring great people into the business and develop them for the future
- Encourage learning through Mars University, supporting all associates to perform at an excellent level
- Design competitive remuneration and benefits packages
Roles within P&O
Personnel and organization associates are generally organized into three groups:
- Generalists - supporting local clients and identifying needs and effective solutions across the scope of the function
- Specialists - working closely with local generalists and specialists in other countries, sharing knowledge and developing effective solutions. Specialist areas include: organization development, talent acquisition & management, Mars University learning & development, remuneration, and HR systems
- Associate services - using state-of-the art HR systems to support both local associates and the personnel and organization function.
Ideal candidate profiles
The key success factors for personnel and organization associates:
- Personal credibility, or the quality or power of inspiring trust and belief, is a key leadership attribute
- Business competencies are necessary as personnel and organization professionals can only add value to their organizations when they understand how the business operates
- Change competencies are key so that personnel and organization associates can better support line managers in dealing with ambiguity and leading change
- Personnel and organization functional competencies are needed across the scope of the function, and the HR college of Mars University provides a range of induction, foundational, and leadership training to support development of these skills
