One planet, one health – is that what you’re talking about?

Come join our passionate and collaborative team where no day will be the same. At Danone Canada, we pride ourselves as a great place to grow. Working here you will receive the autonomy to really own your role, work on the projects that interest you, and collaborate with many people across our organization. With head offices located in Boucherville and Toronto, we have 500+ employees across Canada engaged and energized to deliver Danone’s mission of Bringing health through food to as many people as possible, by working on strong brands such as Activia, Oikos, Danone, Silk, International Delight and many others. Join our movement for a healthier world One Planet. One Health BY YOU.

Internship Description

Are you eager to dive into the dynamic realms of Marketing, Sales or Strategy and Insights? Do you aspire to evolve as a leader in an organization that places people at its core? Embark on the exciting journey of kickstarting your career in the fast-paced consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry!

Danone Canada's Intern Leadership Program awaits you – a thrilling and paid 15-week experience. Immerse yourself in practical learning within your assigned function, partake in cross-functional projects, leadership endeavours, executive presentations, senior leader mentorship and much more!

Curious about each function's particulars? Find a sneak peek at the end of this posting.

Date : May 5th to August 15th 2025

Application deadline : January 31 st 2025 

The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications and skills ✨

• Strength in forming relationships with peers and colleagues and enjoys collaborating on a variety of projects.
• Learns quickly when facing new problems and able to bring their ideas of continuous improvement to our current processes and ways of working.
• Demonstrated proactivity and taking initiative in a leadership context.
• Actively enrolled as a student at a Canadian University
• Aspiring to conquer the CPG industry
• Bonus points if you’re bilingual in English and French
• Oh, and embracing a bit of fun is a must!

How to apply: 💫

• Submit your resume - include any student association you are affiliated with if applicable.
• NO cover letter needed. Instead, choose two of the questions below (you can choose which 2!) 200 words or less for each question.

• • Share a situation where you had to quickly learn something new. How did you approach the learning process, and what was the result of your ability to understand things rapidly? (200 words or less)
  • Think about a teamwork experience where you had to solve a problem with others. How did you make sure everyone was heard, and how did you encourage collaboration? (200 words or less)
  • Tell us about a time when you set a goal and not only met but exceeded it. How did you stay focused, and what strategies did you use to achieve great results? (200 words or less)
  • Describe a challenging problem or project you faced that needed a deep understanding. How did you handle the complexity, and what smart solutions did you come up with? (200 words or less)

Summer projects in each function

You will be assigned to one function for the 15-weeks internship.

Marketing

Your main mission will be to manage marketing projects related to a brand portfolio in collaboration with and under the supervision of the brand manager, following three key principles:

• Providing the company with an understanding of consumers’ needs, expectations and behaviours for their product line.
• Actively participating in the marketing strategy; designing and implementing activation plans for their product line.
• Closely monitoring the performance of their brands and of the competition through secondary data analysis.
• Developing and helping to implement new packaging designs on main brand.

Sales – Sales and Operations (S&OP)

Your main mission will be to work with cross-functional teams to design proper ways of working with the new (and ultra robust) trade tool.

• Understand processes that are currently under the Customer Teams responsibility; review them, simplify, and integrate them into the S&OP function.
• Assure integration of these ways of working within the different functions
• Support sales planners through analysis, tool development, KPI animation…etc

Strategy, Insights and Transformation

Your mission will be to contribute to projects that accelerate the Revenue Growth Management team related to pricing, promotion, pack format, and trade strategy following three key principles:

• Design and build reports in various areas including retail price tracking, event-level promo ROI, trade spend tracking, and mix management across categories/ packages/ customers.
• Handle post events promotions analytics, including guideline development and changes to promo calendar for top customers.
• Development of scorecarding to facilitate trade management & governance through defined and aligned KPI (Key Performance Indicators).

Danone Inc. is committed to complying with its obligations under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code. Danone Inc. will make reasonable efforts to provide accommodation throughout its recruitment process, to the point of undue hardship, and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process. Questions concerning the availability of accommodation in the recruitment process may be forwarded to INFORMATION@danone.com