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The Food Law Counsel – Plant-Based (H/F) acts as a business-oriented legal and regulatory partner for the Plant-Based category, helping teams turn innovation and communication ambitions into compliant, credible and scalable choices. The role protects Danone’s license to operate while actively opening pathways for profitable growth across markets, brands and projects.

Mission in a nutshell:

• Ensure License to Operate to support growth providing clear food law advice on product composition, labelling, claims, advertising and presentation, combining legal robustness with business pragmatism.
• Influence innovation early: be embedded upstream in innovation and renovation projects so risks, opportunities and regulatory options are understood before decisions are locked.
• Navigate the ecosystem: look beyond your own technical perimeter to connect category strategy, local CBU realities, scientific substantiation, brand communication, competitive developments and authority expectations.
• Defend Danone’s interests: support the management of challenges involving labelling, claims, communication or product presentation, including authority interactions, pre‑contentious matters and external counsel coordination.

In details:

1. Be the food law partner for Plant-Based innovation and renovation

• Act as the legal and regulatory Single Point of Contact for selected Plant-Based innovation, renovation and export-related projects.
• Coordinate with local regulatory and legal networks for multi-market projects, especially within Europe and other relevant geographies
• Convert regulatory frameworks into actionable pathways, enabling teams to make informed choices on formulations, labelling routes, claims and communication territories
• Anticipate potential blockers and propose proportionate, business-relevant mitigation plans.

2. Secure communication, claims, labelling and brand territories

• Review and advise on food information, product presentation, nutrition and health-related communication, sustainability or naturality-related angles where relevant, and advertising materials.
• Challenge and shape claims strategy with Marketing, R&I, Nutrition & Scientific Affairs, Quality and local teams.
• Help build robust legal and regulatory positions that can be explained to senior stakeholders and defended externally if challenged.
• Support CBUs on sensitive local issues, complaints, authority requests and pre-contentious situations linked to PB brands

3. Strengthen policies, monitoring and legal excellence

• Monitor emerging food law trends, enforcement practices, competitor moves and upcoming legislation affecting Plant-Based products.
• Contribute to Danone policies and training materials that improve quality and consistency of advice.
• Build clear reporting, feedback loops and knowledge sharing with the Plant-Based category, CBUs and the broader legal/regulatory community.

The criteria below remain indicative. A candidate who has a different combination of experience and skills could also be considered.

What we need from you

• Strong business acumen and pragmatic, solution-oriented legal advice.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and support strategic decision-making.
• Sound judgment in complex and evolving regulatory environments.
• Collaborative mindset with the ability to work across functions and markets.

About you

•  Master’s degree in law; food law, regulatory affairs, consumer law, advertising law or equivalent experience is highly relevant.
• Around 8+ years of legal and/or regulatory experience, preferably in the food, FMCG, consumer health, nutrition, ingredients or highly regulated consumer goods sector.
• Strong command of EU food law principles; ability to work with local legal and regulatory teams on country-specific requirements and enforcement expectations.
• Ability to simplify complex issues into clear recommendations, decision options and risk-based narratives for business teams and senior stakeholders.
• Fluent English is required; French or another European language is a plus.
• Curiosity for science, consumer perception, marketing strategy and category growth drivers; appetite to work in a matrix and multicultural environment.
• Collaborative style, strong integrity, ownership, resilience and the confidence to challenge constructively.

How success will look

•  Innovation teams involve you early because your advice helps projects move faster and better, not just safer.
• Business stakeholders understand the “why” behind food law positions and can act on concise options and guardrails.
• Local teams feel supported on sensitive questions and have practical tools to improve execution quality.
• Senior stakeholders see you as a trusted partner who connects legal risk, business impact and external ecosystem intelligence.

We are proud to promote diversity and equal opportunity within our teams. We believe that our differences will make a difference, and that an inclusive work environment will drive our growth as a company, as a team, and as individuals. We will therefore consider all applications* by fostering an inclusive work culture where everyone can feel at home.

We have also chosen to remove inclusive writing from our job offers because its complexity penalizes people with cognitive disabilities, including dyslexia, dysphasia, or apraxia.

*All nominations will be considered regardless of origin, background, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability…

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