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:

Responsible for supporting on the marketing of the Paediatric category brands. Create story-telling to drive brand and business growth through engaged cross functional teams

Brand P&L delivery and market performance

Contribute to development and delivery of annual marketing plan & business targets

• Support the SBM in the development and delivery of annual marketing plan & business targets
• Support in Portfolio management and brand resource allocation and tracking (A&P)
• Provide input into monthly ‘brand review meetings’: gather insights into campaign performance from the Sales team, monitoring and reporting of competitor activities, tracking market performance.
• Support financial management – raise POs and manage supplier payment workflows.
• Brand reminders: tracking usage, new orders, sign off, storage facilities
• Management of literature and sales materials in storage (reprints / reorders etc) & storage facilities as needed.

Brand building & strategic north star (aligned with global brand vision & strat plan)

• Contribute to and champion manifesto and brand purpose
• Contribute to Brand strategy and branding planning / ICP
• Shape & support UKI brand strategy, & create clear UK and Ire brand strategy nuances as relevant

Communications & creative

• Communications & creative
• Supports SBM on always on strategy and activation
• Support the delivery of HCP education plans including face to face events and virtual events such as webinars and podcasts from promotion to post event activations and linking to brand
• Provide input into / lead where needed internal and external marketing communication and asset execution
• Event strategic management and contribution

Lead innovation projects

• Lead identified brand innovation projects & launches

HCP events

• Lead HCP events strategy
• Track, monitor and propose solutions to A&P investment on events based on ROI.

Act as agile resource within category

• As relevant, lead additional projects outside specific remit to support key growth opportunities or to further individual development
• Contribute to people development and support JBM, contribute to high feedback culture

About you:

Essential:

• Strives for profitable growth
• Crafts manifesto brands (positioning, growth platforms)
• Excites with breakthrough innovation
• Delivers powerful creative ideas (inspiring brief, id powerful ideas)
• Discovers actionable insights (id insights & brand tasks to unlock them
• Making strategic contribution to the brand by converting data to critical insights & articulating brand tasks necessary to unlock them.
• Understands how brand positioning is converted into platforms for growth.
• Storytelling & influencing stakeholders with impact.
• Strong leadership of XF teams to successful outcomes
• Leading agencies to deliver excellence in execution.
• Analyzing multiple data sources to understand brand/mkt performance & P&L. A&P management

Desirable:

• Unleashes the power of data & digital (strategy)
• Unlocks media & touchpoint opps

Please note that the basic salary on offer for this position is between £50,000 - £55,000 + 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 13/02/26, you will therefore hear about your application after this date