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B Corp is the compass of our CSR strategy! This certification allows us to challenge ourselves in order to continuously improve and measure our social and environmental performance.

Within the Global Public Affairs team, the Advocacy Platforms Manager leads the development and dissemination of policies, positions, and advocacy strategies across key topics. This role ensures internal alignment through clear governance, streamlined processes, and effective cross-functional collaboration. It also plays a critical role in informing external engagement and positioning.

This CDI will take place in Paris, in our head office, as soon as possible.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Policies and positions development: develop global level policies and positions on a broad set of topics (e.g., health, nutrition, sustainability, food systems, innovation, responsible marketing, etc.), ensuring consistency in tone and messaging across zones, functions, and categories.
• Strategic tools development: create toolkits, trainings materials, and frameworks tailored to diverse audiences and local context needs to foster internal alignment across business, countries and functions, and to support external engagement.
• Cross-functional project management: animate internal governance, processes, and ways of working to deliver impactful positions and advocacy plans on strategic priorities.
• Internal collaboration: establish clear coordination and frameworks between Public Affairs and other internal functions (Communications, Research & Innovation, Quality & Food Safety, Legal, etc.) to embed advocacy where relevant.
• Knowledge management: manage internal platforms, tools and processes to store policies and positions, coordinating the update of Danone’s internal and external document libraries to ensure accessibility and transparency.

Our employer commitments: 

• The guarantee of a relevant, competitive and scalable compensation package, through external benchmark and internal equity. It consists among other things of a fixed salary, an yearly bonus, gain sharing.
• Flexibility of work and workplaces, such as weekly homeworking. 
• Skills development for all, thanks to our Danone Academy France and through a year-round managerial conversation cycle.
• The possibility to use up to 3 days a year of volunteering through the platform Vendredi.
• Parenting policy benefits, such as extended Parental Leave (14 additional maternity/paternity days covered), or the ability to convert some earnings into time off
• Other benefits include a complementary pension scheme, health care plan, CSE, 100% of the Navigo pass covered.

The criteria below remain indicative. A candidate who has a different combination of experience and skills could also be considered.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: University degree in Political Science, Sustainability, Nutrition or related fields.
• Experience: Minimum 1-2 years’ experience in sustainability policy, corporate affairs or communications. An industry background in FMCG or agri-food is a plus.
• Languages: Full professional proficiency in English; proficiency in French would be considered as an asset.

KEY COMPETENCIES

• Excellent written and verbal communication, adaptable for diverse audiences; strong editorial skills.
• Strong analytical skills: ability to organize and synthesize complex information.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail in all advocacy materials and project management.
• Strong team player with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, with excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills. Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Proactive mindset, team spirit, autonomy, resilience and a positive attitude!

We are proud to promote diversity and equal opportunity within our teams. We believe that our differences will make a difference, and that an inclusive work environment will drive our growth as a company, as a team, and as individuals. We will therefore consider all applications* by fostering an inclusive work culture where everyone can feel at home. 

We have also chosen to remove inclusive writing from our job offers because its complexity penalizes people with cognitive disabilities, including dyslexia, dysphasia, or apraxia.

*All nominations will be considered regardless of origin, background, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability…

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Every day, you will make decisions that impact our economic and societal performance, as well as our ability to achieve our ambitions.  

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With us, you will work in a challenging, authentic, and caring environment.  

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