Hoofddorp/Hybrid

As the Global C&P Manager for Advertising, you will play a strategic leadership role in shaping and executing the global category vision. You will be responsible for delivering business value across cost, cash, innovation, and supplier performance, while strengthening Danone’s competitive edge. Your impact will span cross-category synergies, transformation initiatives, and high-level stakeholder engagement. This role sits at the intersection of marketing transformation, procurement, and performance management. It requires deep expertise in marketing procurement and the agility to anticipate and respond to evolving industry trends.

Key responsabilities: 

• Maximizing the ROI of Spend: Optimize the efficiency and effectiveness of Advertising investments globally ensuring alignment with business priorities.
• Acting as a Strategic Business Partner: Collaborate with the Global VP of Media and IBC to define the 3 years roadmap of the category and drive data-informed strategic decisions.
• Designing and Executing Category Strategies: Develop innovative, insight-driven sourcing strategies that balance agility and long-term value, tailored to evolving business models and market dynamics.
• Driving Strategic Supplier Partnerships: Lead and manage relationships with key agency partners and solution providers, ensuring performance, innovation, and long-term value delivery. 
• Championing Supplier-Led Innovation: Create space for innovation by actively collaborating with agencies and partners to surface breakthrough ideas, capabilities, and new ways of working.
• Upholding Governance and Compliance: Ensure all procurement activities are aligned with Danone’s ethical standards, governance frameworks, and compliance requirements.
• Developing Talent and Team Capability: Mentor and empower a high-performing team, fostering a culture of accountability, growth, and continuous improvement.

Meet your future manager! You will report to Laura Bozzano, Global Category Sourcing Director Top Line. To know more click the https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-bozzano-493b781/

We are looking for experienced procurement manager with 10+ years professional marketing procurement experience. You have worked in a global or regional marketing procurement role within a large matrix organization. Specifically, you have FMCG advertising knowdlege, what will be a must. Ideally you have a broader experience in marketing procurement. 

Furthermore you have: 

• Experience of working within a complex environment.
• Collaborative leadership style – able to mobilize and influence in a matrixed organization
• Strategic vision combined with the ability to be hands on/entrepreneurial, you are comfortable dealing with ambiguity and  able to bring clarity and structure
• Experience in partnering with an executive team with strong analytical & storytelling capability to facilitate and drive decision making
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, negotiation, presentation and stakeholder engagement skills
• Authentic, genuine leader who values transparency, openness, and drives accountability. You have strong management/people skills and coaching capability
• Highly developed communication and influencing skills
• You are fluent in English, French would be an asset

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES:

• Strong interpersonal and facilitation skills to navigate complex organizational landscapes.
• Highly collaborative with the ability to work effectively with multiple teams and cultures, and to engage and challenge higher business stakeholders.
• Innovative and proactive in problem-solving and solution implementation.
• Strategic mindset and the ability to see the big picture.
• Strong getting things done mentality and strong networker OR - Strong collaborative and partnering mindset & Business savviness.
• Forward and strategic thinker to influence user-centric design.
• Ability to influence stakeholders across seniority levels, to attract, mentor, and inspire talents.
• Ability to challenge the status quo, strive for continuous improvement.

At Danone we are committed to our mission “bringing health, through food to as many people as possible”. Working together to make sure that our brands, like Hipro, Nutricia, Alpro, Activia, Nutrilon and Evian, create real benefits for people, communities and the planet. You will be part of one of the largest Certified B Corps™ in the world.

Cycles & Procurement is right at the heart of making the Danone vision One Planet. Through what and how we source, we shape the world in which we operate & we build the future for Danone. With our Cycles we protect and secure our key resources (Milk, Water and Plastic) & we take a strategic approach to Procurement to support the business and social agenda of Danone. We secure competitive, sustainable resources, seek innovative solutions, and partner up with suppliers aligned to our vision.

We offer:

All Danoners receive a complete package of benefits. This includes a competitive salary and yearly bonus, a premium free pension, 30 days of annual leave (with the opportunity to purchase more) and you will receive a monthly health care allowance. In addition, you can get discount on your gym membership, and we offer initiatives focused on nutrition, physical, and mental health. We provide continuous learning opportunities through workshops, online courses and training sessions.

What's next:

It’s simple – hit the “apply” button before the application deadline of 20th of August. In order to comply with GDPR we can’t process your personal data without your given consent, so please apply directly via this website. Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you.

Need more information? Please contact Camila Grosso, Camila.GROSSO1@danone.com

* all applications will be considered for a vacancy without discrimination based on ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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