Strategic Initiatives Manager LATAM

Are you passionate about driving strategic transformation and enabling impactful business decisions across a diverse region? Join Mars Snacking as a Strategic Initiatives Manager LATAM . You’ll be responsible for supporting the execution of the LATAM transformation agenda through program management, governance, strategic planning, performance tracking, and executive communications. Partnering closely with senior leaders and initiative owners, you will help ensure strategic initiatives deliver value, drive business outcomes, and support key Mars planning processes across Latin America. This is a hybrid role based in Querétaro, México.   A Taste of What You’ll Be Doing

Transformation Portfolio Management: Support the management of the LATAM strategic initiatives roadmap, ensuring visibility, alignment, and progress across the regional transformation portfolio. Strategic Planning & Governance: Coordinate annual strategic planning processes, governance routines, portfolio reviews, and leadership forums to drive alignment and decision-making. Performance Tracking & Business Insights: Monitor milestones, KPIs, value realization metrics, risks, and dependencies across initiatives, translating complex information into actionable recommendations. Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with initiative owners and stakeholders across functions, categories, and markets to maintain implementation plans, accountability, and execution excellence. Executive Communications & Storytelling: Develop executive presentations, strategic communications, and leadership updates that clearly connect transformation progress to business value creation.

We’re Looking for Someone With

Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business Administration Engineering, Finance, or a related field. 5-8 years of experience in Strategy, Transformation, PMO, Business Planning, Marketing, Chief Officer, or related functions within FMCG/CPG companies. Experience managing cross-functional and regional initiatives, with strong project and program management capabilities. Strong analytical, financial, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate data into strategic insights and recommendations. Proven experience preparing executive-level presentations, communications, and leadership materials. Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills, with excellent executive storytelling and data visualization capabilities. Fully bilingual in English and Spanish, with strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

What’s Next After you apply, your application will be reviewed by a real recruiter, so it may take us a few weeks to get back with you by email or phone. Visit our How We Hire page to get insights into our hiring process and more about what we offer. Need assistance throughout the application or hiring process? Email LA.reclutamiento@kellanova.com If you join our team, you’ll be rewarded for the difference you make. Our comprehensive benefits offer you the support you need through your life events, big or small. Visit our benefits page & be sure to ask your recruiter for more specific information.   Get to Know Us   At Kellanova, we are driven by our vision to be the world’s best-performing snacks-led powerhouse, unleashing the full potential of our differentiated brands and our passionate people. Our portfolio of iconic, world-class brands include Pringles, Cheez-It, Pop-Tarts, MorningStar Farms, Special K, Krave, Zucaritas, Tresor, Crunchy Nut, among others. Kellanova’s Culture of Best means we bring our best to all that we do in pursuit of our vision to be the world’s best performing snacks-led powerhouse. Our culture celebrates boldness and empowers our people to challenge the status quo, achieve results, and win together. Our focus on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (ED&I) enables us to build a culture of belonging where all employees have a place at the table and are inspired to share their