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Senior Brand Manager Actimel (m/f/d)

  • Germany
  • Frankfurt am Main, Munich, Nürnberg
  • Hybrid
  • Permanent Full-Time
  • Posted: 30 Jan 2026
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Senior Brand Manager Actimel (m/f/d)

About the job

You love strong brands - we love strong personalities! Become part of Danone and our team with the successful brands Volvic, Aptamil, Activia, Actimel, Alpro and more. 

 

You will be responsible for one of the biggest brand in our Dairy portfolio and one of the leading in total Dairy market – Actimel. Within this role you oversee and drive for your brand Brand Health KPIs, penetration, sales performance, market share, profitability, and A&P targets. Proactively identify and implement necessary changes to achieve business objectives for our winning Actimel DACH business.

  • Uncover key insights and identify critical jobs to be done. Prioritize growth opportunities & new spaces to set robust short- and medium-term brand strategies with a strong outside-in perspective. 
  • Identify & lead the key growth strategies across different levers from insight generation to ideation and orchestrating excellence in execution. 
  • Make evidence-based decisions on resource allocation to meet business targets. Demonstrate agility in pivoting strategies as needed. 
  • Lead, engage, motivate, and develop team members, fostering a high-performance culture. 
  • Lead and engage cross-functional project teams, ensuring alignment with local needs and effective collaboration with EU/global teams with strong influence on driving the DACH Agenda.

 

About you

  • Completed studies in the field of business administration or comparable
  • Minimum of 8 years of professional experience in brand marketing within the consumer goods industry, with a strong emphasis on launching innovations and entering new growth spaces
  • Convincing and inspiring personality with a strong influence and engagement in stakeholder management (internal and towards EU team) – used to work in a matrix with strong collaboration mindset
  • Strong ownership, high self-motivation, and strategic as well as analytical thinking 
  • Strong leadership skills, proven ability to declutter complexity to drive clarity and focus across the teams. Solution and results-orientation with to drive decisions, enjoy conceptual and creative work
  • Experienced people leader with solid coaching & people development skills 
  • Excellent strategic and entrepreneurial thinking paired with pragmatic realization 
  • Excellent project management skills and sound experience in the implementation of media campaigns and product innovations 
  • Fluent in German and English
  • Availability for traveling to maintain high business acumen & proximity across markets

 

Start is 1 May 2026 in our office locations Frankfurt, Munich or Nuremberg

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OWN YOUR CAREER

Your career path is not a one-way street. Individual career plans give you freedom and flexibility: We support you - e.g. with our coaching and mentoring offer

OWN YOUR IMPACT

A job means so much more than titles and earning money. With us you have the opportunity to really make a difference and improve the health of people and the planet.

 

Our motto is: bring your own unique self to our teams. Regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic/social background, religion, disability, age, or sexual orientation—we value your uniqueness and look forward to receiving your application. #Dan'OwnYourUniqueness

 

YOUR BENEFITS

  • Modern office with open space
  • Mobile and flexible working
  • Various education opportunities
  • Pension
  • Pick & Choose from the categories Transportation, Health, Lunch, Childcare and more!
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Job details

Dedicated to bringing health through food to as many people as possible, we are a leading global food & beverage company built on four businesses: Essential Dairy and Plant-Based Products, Waters, Early Life Nutrition and Medical Nutrition. 

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