Full-Time

Learning Facilitator

Sales

Mars

Mars

10,001+ employees

Global confectionery, food, and petcare company

Compensation Overview

$101.1k - $139k/yr

+ Company bonus

Chicago, IL, USA

In Person

Bachelor's

Category
Training (2)
,
Required Skills
LLM
Sales
Workday HRIS
Salesforce

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Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Education, Organizational Development, Business, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
  • A recognized facilitation or coaching certification, such as ATD Certified Professional in Talent Development, ICF Coaching Certification, or equivalent.
  • Three to five years of experience in a dedicated learning delivery, corporate training, or educational facilitation role.
  • A proven track record of delivering both in-person classroom workshops and virtual training programs to diverse audiences.
  • Demonstrated experience in instructional design and creating structured training materials.
  • Experience in coaching or providing structured professional development feedback.
Responsibilities
  • Lead and facilitate engaging, interactive, and inclusive training sessions across physical classrooms and virtual environments using platforms such as MS Teams, Sana, and Uplimit.
  • Use diverse facilitation techniques, including breakout groups, role-playing, gamification, and interactive polling, to maintain learner participation.
  • Adjust the pace, depth, and tone of training sessions in real time to meet learner needs.
  • Use modern virtual classroom tools, whiteboarding applications such as Miro and Mural, CRM systems, and AI-driven training platforms to deliver technology-enabled sessions.
  • Provide structured one-to-one and group coaching and mentoring to support individual developmental goals.
  • Observe learner performance during practice runs, role-plays, and on-the-job tasks and deliver actionable feedback.
  • Integrate and facilitate AI coaching and simulation tools so learners can practice skills and receive automated feedback.
  • Design and implement feedback mechanisms, assessments, and surveys to measure training effectiveness and learner satisfaction using frameworks such as the Kirkpatrick Evaluation Model.
  • Use Learning Management Systems and related tools to track attendance, manage learning pathways, analyze completion rates, and report training impact to business stakeholders.
  • Review feedback data, training metrics, and business outcomes to continuously refine learning programs.
  • Research and experiment with emerging corporate-learning trends, including microlearning, social learning, and AI-supported educational systems.
  • Collaborate with subject matter experts, learning design teams, and stakeholders to identify learning needs and define measurable behavioral objectives.
  • Apply instructional design frameworks such as ADDIE and Bloom's Taxonomy to create workshop outlines, lesson plans, slide decks, participant workbooks, and facilitator guides.
  • Use generative AI learning tools to outline curricula, draft role-play scenarios, and personalize learning paths.
  • Design hands-on activities, scenario-based simulations, and case studies that support practical mastery.
Desired Qualifications
  • Hands-on experience using learning and customer relationship management tools such as Workday, Sana, and Salesforce to manage learner cohorts, track engagement, or train customer-facing teams.
  • Familiarity with AI learning tools, including generative AI for course design, AI-driven adaptive learning platforms, and automated voice or video tools for training modules.
  • Experience administering or using a major Learning Management System.

Mars, Incorporated makes and sells a wide range of food, confectionery, and petcare products worldwide, with brands like M&M’s, Snickers, Milky Way, Dove, Orbit, Skittles, Pedigree, and Royal Canin, and it also operates pet health services through networks such as AniCura, Banfield, BluePearl, and VCA. Its products come from integrated manufacturing and distribution systems, delivering everyday treats and meals as well as veterinary care through a global network of partners. Mars differentiates itself through its diversified portfolio, long family ownership, and the Mars Five Principles—Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency, and Freedom—that guide decisions and actions. The company aims to help communities prosper and improve social and environmental outcomes while growing its business and scale.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

Debt Financing

Total Funding

$27B

Headquarters

McLean, Virginia

Founded

1911

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Google Cloud launched Gemini Enterprise rollout for Mars on April 22, 2026.
  • FTC cleared Mars's Kellanova acquisition on June 25, 2025, adding Pringles and Cheez-It.
  • Mars announced a $100 million Chicago expansion and 600 jobs in July 2026.

What critics are saying

  • Mars Wrigley cut 307 Newark jobs in July 2026, then exits by October.
  • Nature's Bakery closes Hazelwood in September 2027, eliminating 345 jobs and shifting production.
  • A broken Kellanova integration traps Mars in restructuring while PepsiCo and Nestlé gain shelf power.

What makes Mars unique

  • Family ownership funds decade-long bets like Kellanova integration and Gemini Enterprise.
  • Royal Canin, Banfield, and VCA create a pet-health ecosystem competitors cannot match.
  • Mars controls snacks, petcare, and food across global manufacturing and distribution.

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Benefits

Professional Development Budget

Conference Attendance Budget

Performance Bonus

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

20%

1 year growth

20%

2 year growth

20%
PR Newswire
Jul 21st, 2026
Mars appoints Christina Ruggiero as North America president for pet nutrition division

Mars has appointed Christina Ruggiero as Regional President of its Pet Nutrition Division for North America, effective 1 July. She will oversee brands including Pedigree, Iams, Sheba, Cesar, Greenies, Temptations and Nutro across the United States and Canada. Ruggiero joins from Coca-Cola, where she served as President of the Global Nutrition Category, leading a $9 billion portfolio that included Minute Maid, Simply and Fairlife. She previously spent nearly four years in India as CEO of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, where she doubled the company's net worth. In her new role, Ruggiero will focus on science-backed innovation, omnichannel growth and digital acceleration. Mars operates a $65 billion business with approximately 170,000 associates worldwide.

Fox Business
Jul 20th, 2026
Mars Wrigley to lay off 307 workers, relocate US headquarters from New Jersey to Chicago

Mars Wrigley will lay off 307 workers and relocate its US headquarters from Newark, New Jersey, to Chicago by mid-October. The candymaker, which produces M&M's, Snickers, Twix and Skittles, filed a WARN notice with New Jersey signalling the job cuts will end the company's presence in Newark. The move follows a $100 million investment to expand Mars Wrigley's Chicago facilities, where its global headquarters is now based. The company will continue operating its manufacturing facility in Hackettstown, New Jersey. The New Jersey Business & Industry Association warned the departure signals the state needs to improve its business climate. New Jersey has lost over 9,700 jobs through WARN notices this year, with Samsung and ExxonMobil also announcing recent departures.

Yahoo Finance
Jul 8th, 2026
Mars to close Nature's Bakery plant in Missouri, 345 jobs at risk

Mars-owned snacks brand Nature's Bakery is permanently closing its manufacturing plant in Hazelwood, Missouri. Production will shift to other facilities, with the site expected to remain operational until a full shutdown in September 2027. According to a local government filing, 130 employees will leave on 11 September, followed by 215 more in February 2027. All affected staff have been notified and can seek alternative positions within Nature's Bakery or Mars. In January 2024, Mars announced a $237m investment in a new Nature's Bakery factory in Salt Lake City, Utah. Mars acquired Nature's Bakery in 2020 through its Kind snacking business and recently completed a $35.9bn acquisition of Kellanova in December.

International Confectionery
Jul 2nd, 2026
Mars awards $1.7M to support young scientists at Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings

Mars, Incorporated is renewing its partnership with the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings through a three-year, €1.5 million grant from the Mars Impact Fund. The funding will support fellowships for 30 young scientists annually to attend the meetings, which bring together Nobel Laureates and emerging researchers. Mars has partnered with the Meetings since 2007, but this marks the first collaboration through its Impact Fund, launched in early 2026. The grant aims to strengthen access for scientists who otherwise couldn't participate and support programming that fosters dialogue and learning. The partnership was celebrated at the 75th annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings in Germany, where Mars hosted events focused on interdisciplinary science. Michelle Grogg, Executive Director of the Mars Impact Fund, said the collaboration reflects the Fund's commitment to diversifying the global scientific pipeline.

PR Newswire
Jun 9th, 2026
Mars appoints Kemal Cetin as chief digital officer for $36B snacking business

Mars, Incorporated has appointed Kemal Cetin as Global Chief Digital & Information Officer for its $36 billion Snacking business, effective 3 August 2026. Cetin will report to Andrew Clarke, Global President of Mars Snacking, and lead the company's digital, data and technology strategy. Cetin joins from FrieslandCampina, where he served as Global Business and Digital Solutions Officer. He brings nearly 30 years of experience from global consumer goods companies including Diageo, Coca Cola Enterprises and Whirlpool. Mars Snacking houses brands including Snickers, M&M's, Pringles, Cheez-It and Pop-Tarts. Cetin will focus on advancing digital capabilities and integration following Mars's acquisition of Kellanova brands, aiming to enhance customer experiences and drive business growth through digital technologies and AI.