As a global leader in health-focused food and beverages, Danone is dedicated to enhancing lives through positive nutrition and hydration. With a presence in over 120 countries, our diverse and innovative portfolio includes dairy and plant-based products, packaged waters, and specialized nutrition.  At the core of our company are our HOPE values: Humanism, Openness, Proximity, and Enthusiasm, which guide us in everything we do. Our mission is to bring health through food to as many people as possible, making a positive impact on individuals and communities worldwide.

Our Cycles & Procurement (C&P) organisation is instrumental in Danone's success not only as a pivotal partner in meeting our sustainability and nature commitments, but also harnessing the expertise of our external partners who work with us in creating an ecosystem of success for all. Across areas such as innovation, product superiority but also minimising our impact. 

Working closely with the Category experts in the function the CoE offers insights, data, tools and capability to drive standardisation and integrity in all we do. As the Contract Management, Sourcing Execution and Procurement Excellence Director you will work in partnership with your peers to lead and scale a combined global agenda. 

Ensuring that Danone delivers consistent, efficient, compliant and value‑generating S2C operations while also building capabilities, governance, performance frameworks and continuous improvement initiatives across the entire C&P community.You will be a key enabler of a world‑class procurement organization—driving process excellence, digital adoption, capability building and value realization across all categories and geographies. 

A summary of some of the main activities are detailed below:

Contract Management (CLM) & Governance

• Own the global CLM process (templates, clause library, DOA, standards).
• Ensure end‑to‑end compliance, auditability and cycle‑time reduction.
• Govern the contract lifecycle across categories, CBUs and BPO partners.
• Drive continuous improvement (automation, AI, workflow simplification).
• Maintain a global KPI framework: DOA compliance, cycle time, rework, contract-before-start-date.

Sourcing Execution (RFI/RFP/RFQ) & Award‑to‑Contract

• Build and deploy the Global S2C Core Model standard for all markets/categories.
• Ensure high‑quality sourcing event execution (brief → event → award → contract).
• Manage the S2C delivery ecosystem (internal teams + BPO), SLAs and governance.
• Ensure seamless handover to CLM and Price/Item Master activation.
• Safeguard audit trails, documentation, and compliance controls.

As this role also covers Procurement Excellence, additional responsibilities include:

Procurement Strategy & Operating and Excellence Model

• Define and evolve the Procurement Excellence framework (governance, processes, performance).
• Partner with category directors, CBUs and regions to embed one global WoW.
• Implement best practices that drive efficiency, collaboration and simplification.
• Develop global capability roadmaps (S2C, negotiation, analytics, stakeholder mgmt).
• Design and deliver learning programs in collaboration with HR L&D and Campus X.
• Lead certification programs to strengthen procurement maturity.
• Own global dashboards: productivity, compliance, cycle times, digital adoption.
• Drive harmonized KPIs for categories and regions.
• Strengthen mechanisms for value tracking (beyond € savings: risk, sustainability, innovation).
• Continuous Improvement & Transformation
• Lead CI initiatives across procurement (Lean, Kaizen, root‑cause analysis).
• Drive simplification: “keep it simple” mindset across tools, workflows, templates.

Support major transformation programs (ProcureHub, Digital S2C, Analytics)