Job Description:

Here at Mars, we work together for the world we want tomorrow, for people, pets and our planet. From being a socially responsible business, to investing in our Associates to help them be their best selves - we're always looking at how we can make tomorrow brighter.

As an Associate, the paths you choose, the relationships you build, and the opportunities you make, are all made by you. You have the freedom and ownership to create your own Mars career journey with tons of support and development along the way. We’re always seeking to transform today’s talent into the leaders of tomorrow – start your journey at Mars today.

Mars Wrigley Research and Development Internship Experience

As a Mars Wrigley Research and Development Intern, you will gain exposure to the following areas:

• Compliance functions including quality & food safety or scientific and regulatory affairs

• Product, process, or packaging development

• Science & Technology

• Compliance functions including quality & food safety or scientific and regulatory affairs

• Sensory

• Work with a Functional Lead who will serve as your day-to-day, on-site mentor to provide guidance throughout the experience.

We are looking for Students who are:

Proactive, curious, and passionate with a strong drive for results, a hunger to learn and an eagerness to quickly build relationships across the organization enabling them to support our R&D modernization strategies

• Enthusiastic about our iconic brands, research, innovation, and the consumer products industry

• Pursuing degrees in Food Science, Data Science, Environmental Science, Biological Systems, Packaging or Chemical Engineering.

• Excited about leveraging data to make decisions that drive efficiency

• Eligible candidates will intern the summer prior to their final graduation date (typically rising seniors – May 2026 Graduation) or the summer prior to their junior year (rising juniors – May 2027 Graduation). 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.

• We leverage our intern program to feed our R&D Rotational Program post-graduation and build our talent pipeline for future technical and people leaders. Some of our successful interns may receive full-time offers to start their career with Mars!

• Some of the internship positions available might be located at a facility that process nuts or allows dogs and cats on site. Please let us know if this raises any concerns so that we can address them.

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

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with over 140,000 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. • The Mars Internship Experience is a 10–12-week summer program providing excellent depth of experience with real world 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.

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

• A hybrid work model that simultaneously celebrates the benefits of focusing remotely and the connection & co-creation that happens when we work together in person.

• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our inhouse Mars University.

• Some of the perks you will receive are an industry competitive salary & benefits packages, fun freebies, and pet-friendly offices.

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 Confectionery, Food, and Petcare products and services, we employ over 140,000 dedicated Associates who are all moving in the same direction: forward. With $40 billion in annual sales, we produce some of the world’s best-loved brands including DOVE®, EXTRA®, M&M’S®, MILKY WAY®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, ORBIT®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, SKITTLES®, BEN’S ORIGINAL™, WHISKAS®, COCOAVIA®, and 5™; 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

Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.