Introduction & Job Detail:  

Danoners are steering us to a more sustainable future, helping to make the world healthier. As a certified B-Corp, we have our Danone Impact Journey to 2026. This will only be possible with each and every one of our leaders. Do you want to be one of them?

Please note this role is an initial 12- month secondment. 

Role Purpose

Support the Category in defining a strategy, and challenging consistency of resource allocation and action plan in line with this strategy for strategic growth channels / customers. Prepare, share and animate the full category P&L and ensure decisions within the Category Leadership Team are taken with a robust understanding of the impact on product margin, including A&P spend and Innovation

Key responsibilities for this role include:

Drive category performance through ad hoc analysis and recommendations of which:

• Specialist spoc for a large or complex category, business partnering the Category Director
• Build, understand and animate full category P&Ls to product margin, including A&P
• Challenge and build resource allocation and performance including Trade Spend and A&P
• Lead the GPS forecast process for the category
• Work with customer & channel teams to understand material customer movements
• Build Innovation business cases; working with Innovation Controller to ensure correct governance
• Understand and challenge A&P investment in terms of effectiveness, ROI and impact on margin
• Work with category teams to build financials around annual strategic plans

Establish & Support Group reporting of items in scope mainly

• Understand and animate Category Net Sales Variance and Gross Margin variances
• Other ad hoc group reporting

About you:

We would like to see the following skills from the successful candidate. ​

• Commercially focused
• Stakeholder management
• Project management
• Category strategy
• Trade terms governance knowledge preferred
• Variance analysis skills

Salary Bracket: The salary on offer for this role is between £70,000 - £80,000

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 14/03/25, you will therefore hear about your application after this date