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France
- Temporary Full-Time
- 9-10 months
- Posted: 18 Mar 2026
WAAR WIL JE WERKEN?
About the job
About the Role
If you’re a Food Science graduate (or similar) who’s curious, analytical, and eager to learn fast inside a global food company — this is your chance.
Join Danone’s Research & Innovation team — the people behind market-leading brands like Activia, Evian, Alpro, and Blédina — during a key transformation as we roll out our new Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system across Europe. This system is the digital backbone that connects everything from recipe creation to ingredient specifications, packaging design, and factory production processes, ensuring our products reach consumers with the quality and consistency they expect.
You’ll be right at the heart of this transformation — helping make our product data future‑ready and ensuring teams can innovate smoothly.
Think of it as:
Real impact and real responsibility
A network across Europe’s R&I teams
A steep learning curve in data, innovation & product development
Your Key Missions
1. Make Our Product Data Migration‑Ready
Work on Dairy, Water, Plant-based & First diet categories to:
- Identify missing or inconsistent data.
- Coordinate corrections with R&I developers.
- Ensure all specs fit the new PLM data model so factories and teams can use them smoothly.
2. Be a Solution Finder & Dot Connector
This role is perfect for people who enjoy understanding how things link together. You will:
- Combine data from different sources and categories.
- Spot patterns, discrepancies, and opportunities.
- Build smart bridges between teams, tools, and information.
- Turn scattered data into clear, actionable decisions.
(If you love solving puzzles and making complex things simpler — you’ll thrive here.)
3. Collaborate Across Europe
You’ll work with:
- R&I product & pack developers
- Data remediation specialists
- Global PLM implementation teams
A great opportunity to build a broad European network quickly.
What You’ll Gain
- Hands‑on experience blending food science, data, and digital transformation
- A key role in a strategic program touching every product category
- A European network across R&I and data teams
- A strong CV booster for future roles in R&D, Quality, Operations or Data
About you
Required Qualification and Skills
- Degree in Food Science or related technical/scientific field
- Comfortable with Excel; Power BI is a plus
- Ability to understand product specifications (ingredients, recipes, processing, packaging)
- A structured, rigorous approach to data consistency
- Curiosity + “connect‑the‑dots” problem‑solving skills
- Strong communication and teamwork
- Fluent English (French is a plus)
Who This Is For
Perfect for you if you’re…
✔ A recent graduate or young professional in Food Science
✔ Curious about how big food companies innovate
✔ Someone who loves solving problems and making sense of complex data
✔ Excited to work cross‑functionally and learn fast
✔ Looking for an impactful mission that boosts your career
About Danone
Danone France is not striving to be the best company in the world, but the best company for the world!
That’s why our 26 brands in France are B Corp™ certified.
B Corp is the compass guiding our sustainability strategy.
This certification encourages us to continuously challenge ourselves, improve, and measure our social and environmental performance.
Danone’s Research & Innovation (R&I) Center, located in Gif-sur-Yvette on the Saclay plateau, is a global center of excellence dedicated to food innovation research.
Inaugurated in 2023, this state-of-the-art facility is at the heart of one of the world’s largest scientific clusters.
It brings together over 500 passionate experts from 40 nationalities, working in life sciences, health and nutrition, consumer experience, and product development.
Equipped with laboratories and pilot facilities, the center supports innovation and development.
As part of Danone’s global research ecosystem, the R&I Center is designed to foster collaboration with food tech startups and accelerate innovation in partnership with consumers and stakeholders around food and health.
One Planet, One Health – BY YOU!
Our four core values, “HOPE”: Humanism, Openness, Proximity, and Enthusiasm, serve as our guiding principles.
Every day, you will make decisions that impact our economic and societal performance, and our ability to achieve our ambitions.
At Danone, you can simply be yourself.
We believe it’s up to YOU to define how you work, grow, and evolve.
With us, you’ll work in a challenging, authentic, and caring environment.
Want to learn more about life at Danone?
Follow our updates on our LinkedIn page and on Instagram @DanoneTalentFrance.
Do you want to help bring health through food to as many people as possible?
Join us!
We are proud to promote diversity and equal opportunities within our teams.
We believe that our differences make a difference, and that an inclusive work environment will drive our growth as a company, as teams, and as individuals.
We will therefore consider all applications* while fostering an inclusive culture where everyone can feel they belong.
Additionally, we have chosen to remove inclusive writing from our job postings, as its complexity can disadvantage individuals with cognitive disabilities, such as dyslexia, dysphasia, or apraxia.
*All applications will be considered regardless of origin, background, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability…
