Summer/Fall 2027 Mars Snacking Global Packaging Innovation Co-Op

Job Description:

At Mars, we work together to build a better world for people, pets, and the planet. From being a socially responsible business, to investing in our Associates, we're always looking at how we can make tomorrow brighter.

As an Associate, you are empowered with the freedom and tools to be yourself, to forge your own path, to build relationships across our global community, to discover the right opportunities for you to grow – all with ample support. Here, you have our ongoing commitment to your growth and development as you work across our world-famous brands. 

Start your journey at Mars today!

Mars Snacking Packaging Co-Op Experience

As a Mars Snacking Packaging Co-Op, you will gain exposure to the following areas:

• As a Packaging Engineer, you are responsible for the below:

• Lead and execute packaging sustainability and innovation projects.

• Support ideating and realizing cost savings goals.

• Support global packaging material quality improvements across Mars Snacking by collaborating cross-functionally with packaging engineers, global factories, and Quality & Food Safety teams.

• Perform hands-on packaging testing and prototyping in the Global Innovation Center labs to support Mars Snacking innovation and sustainability programs.

• Collaborate with packaging engineers in different organizations across the Mars Snacking Segment, including North America and Accelerator

• Collaborate with cross functional team members including product development, equipment engineering, activity management, finance, industrial engineering and others.The Mars Co-Op is a 7 month summer/fall program providing excellent depth of experience with various real world Mars projects.

What we’re looking for:

• We are looking for agile students who have a drive for results, a desire to learn, and who can quickly build relationships.

• We are looking for students who are passionate about packaging and the consumer products industry.

• Prefer a student earning a Packaging Engineering degree or minor

• Open to students legally authorized to work in the U.S., without the need for current or future work status authorization or visa sponsorship for employment.

• Employment is contingent upon successful completion of drug & background screening.

• Eligible candidates will be responsible for personal transportation to and from work site during duration of the internship program. 

What can you expect from Mars?

• The Mars Packaging Co-op Experience is a 7 month program providing excellent depth of experience with real business problems and opportunities.

• Exciting professional and social engagement activities throughout the experience that provide opportunities to network with your intern peers all the way up to senior leaders.

• Best-in-class training and development from Day 1, including a formal mentor, access to our in-house Mars University, and more.

• Ongoing coaching and mentorship to help you succeed and get the most out of your experience.

• Some pretty sweet perks including competitive salary & benefits package, fun freebies, and pet-friendly offices.

• This internship is located in Chicago, Illinois 

About Mars, Incorporated

For more than a century, Mars, Incorporated has been driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. This idea is at the center of who we have always been as a global, family-owned business. Today, Mars is transforming, innovating, and evolving in ways that affirm our commitment to making a positive impact on the world around us.

Across our diverse and expanding portfolio of Snacking, Food, and Petcare products and services, we employ over 140,000 dedicated Associates who are all moving in the same direction: forward. As a $65 billion family-owned business, we produce some of the world’s best-loved brands including ROYAL CANIN®, PEDIGREE®, WHISKAS®, CESAR®, M&M’S®, SNICKERS®, Pringles®, Cheez-It®, and BEN’S ORIGINAL™. and take care of half of the world’s pets through our nutrition, health and services businesses, including AniCura, Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, and VCA™.

We know we can only be truly successful if our partners and the communities in which we operate prosper as well. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our Associates to take action every day to help create a world tomorrow in which the planet, its people and pets can thrive. The Mars Compass, inspired by the Economics of Mutuality, is used to measure the company’s progress in service of its purpose; The world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today.

For more information about Mars, please visit mars.com. Join us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube.

The base pay range for this position at commencement of employment is between the range listed below, however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position will include variable pay, medical and dental benefits, participation in 401k plan, and paid time off benefits. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an applicant receives an offer of employment.

The pay range shown is applicable to all US locations listed within the job posting: