Introduction & Job Detail:

At Danone, we’re driven by a powerful mission: to bring health through food to as many people as possible. As one of the world’s leading FMCG companies, our brands span Dairy & Plant-Based Products, Waters, Early Life Nutrition, and Medical Nutrition. We’re proud to be a purpose-led business, committed to healthier diets, sustainable practices, and inclusive growth.

Role Purpose

To create value by building and implementing innovative category strategies, commercial procurement solutions, and supplier management practices that deliver a competitively advantaged supply base for Danone across Topline and Healthcare spend in the UK.  To operate as a collaborative member of the UKI, Regional & Global C&P Teams, and effectively business partner key stakeholders and budget owners. Shape and align the Procurement strategy to support the achievement of business goals including growth, cost reduction, cash generation, Sustainability and deployment of regional and global plans, ensuring process compliance.

• Category Strategy: Develop and implement 1-3 year category strategies with stakeholders, supported by execution roadmaps to deliver this strategy with short, medium and long term initiatives – ensuring alignment of local strategies with regional and global procurement teams
• Stakeholder Engagement: Regular communication with business stakeholders to ensure alignment to key procurement strategies and develop relationships across the procurement community and with key stakeholders
• Market Intelligence: Understanding and responding to market intelligence, optimal supplier pricing and value. Deliver supplier strategies which actively anticipate and reduce supplier risk (e.g., sole supplier risk, financial health, data privacy, information security, modern slavery) and secure competitive supply
• Sourcing and Contracting: Ensure appropriate Supplier tendering, sourcing and contracting strategies are in place across the category to mitigate legal and regulatory exposure.  Embed and monitor relevant supplier KPIs in collaboration with key Danone stakeholders
• Initiative Management: Deliver procurement initiatives, applying a variety of strategies and levers including; tendering, e-auctions and cost negotiations, price benchmarking, supplier consolidation and rationalisation
• Supplier Relationship Management: Perform supplier segmentation and drive supplier engagement with Danone priorities and strategies  via regular and robust SRM processes

About you:

• Functional Competencies:
  • A strong knowledge and demonstrated experience of procurement roles within the Marketing category
  • Strong experience of working and relationship management within a matrix environment
  • Experience of communicating to board level
• Leadership / Behavioral Competencies:
  • Autonomous delivery of results: Ability to deliver to agreed savings and value targets
  • Problem solving: Ability to use information, analysis and insights to identify and unlock opportunities across the supply base
  • Programme delivery: Ability to lead a portfolio of strategic and tactical procurement initiatives with competing resources and priorities
  • Prioritisation skills: Ability to independently prioritise work and deliver procurement initiatives in a complex environment
  • Communication and Influencing: Ability to build strong trusting relationships with cross-functional and cross-geographical stakeholders. Use these relationships to support and challenge stakeholders beliefs / positions
  • Role model leadership qualities and behaviours within UKI and EU Procurement Teams

Please note the salary on offer for this role is between £70,000 - £82,000 plus bonus & benefits. 

About Us: 

At Danone UK & Ireland, we are committed to delivering better health through better nutrition for millions of consumers and patients in our communities.

We have a range of flexible benefits and excellent rewards, click here to find out more: https://careers.danone.com/uki/en/Why-Danone/our-learning---rewards.html

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is deeply embedded in Danone's DNA, representing our core values and beliefs. We embrace diversity as a driving force for positive change, nurturing an inclusive workplace where every individual is valued.

The closing date for applications is 22/10/25, you will therefore hear about your application after this date

Please note for internal applications you will be required to have your own Right to Work for the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this position.