Your mandate is to: 

• Lead and coordinate complex legal matters of strategic importance to SNU, including litigation, investigations, regulatory engagement and sensitive risk situations, across multiple jurisdictions. 

• Drive and support projects that deliver value to the business, acting as a legal project leader as well as adviser. 

• Act as a strategic legal enabler for ELN and MN priorities, supporting growth, innovation and value‑creation initiatives in line with business targets. 

• Operate effectively within a highly matrixed organisation, juggling multiple priorities and ensuring alignment, consistency and momentum across global, regional and local stakeholders. 

• Oversee corporate governance for relevant Dutch holding companies, ensuring robust, compliant and efficient governance structures.  

Key responsibilities: 

Leadership on complex legal matters & disputes 

• Take senior ownership of complex and sensitive matters, including litigation, claims, investigations and escalated regulatory issues. 

• Coordinate global and local legal workstreams, ensuring consistent strategy, messaging and risk positioning across jurisdictions and functions. 

• Manage and challenge external counsel in alignment with Danone’s legal strategy. 

• Distil complex scientific, regulatory and factual issues into clear legal options and decision points for senior leadership. 

• Support leadership teams with pragmatic recommendations on high‑stakes issues. 

Strategic business partnership – ELN & MN 

• Act as a senior legal business partner to global ELN and Medical Nutrition teams, including Healthcare & Channels, Market Access and Innovation. 

• Drive forward strategic projects and programmes, often in parallel, ensuring legal input supports progress and value creation rather than slows delivery. 

• Support initiatives such as disease‑related nutrition, life‑stage nutrition, HCP engagement models, evidence‑based programmes, data‑driven and digital solutions, and strategic partnerships. 

• Provide input on go‑to‑market models, medical and scientific substantiation, claims positioning and risk appetite, balancing innovation with regulatory and ethical expectations. 

• Navigate global alignment and local regulatory reality, particularly in high‑risk, high‑visibility or high‑growth markets. 

Contracts, transactions & commercial enablement 

• Lead the review of complex contracts and commercial arrangements, including strategic partnerships, innovation collaborations, supply and service agreements, and healthcare‑related engagements. 

Compliance, integrity & regulated topics 

• Provide senior legal oversight on compliance and integrity matters, embedding ethical and compliant ways of working into business activity. 

• Advise on and support matters relating to data privacy, antitrust / competition law, medtech and regulated digital initiatives, applying a pragmatic, risk‑based approach. 

• Partner closely with Compliance, Medical and QFS teams on healthcare ethics, interactions with healthcare stakeholders, anti‑bribery and corruption, and third‑party risk management. 

• Support the development and application of policies, guidance and training, ensuring they are practical, proportionate and business‑relevant. 

Corporate governance & ways of working 

• Lead corporate governance for Dutch holding companies, including board and shareholder meetings, resolutions, governance frameworks and ongoing compliance. 

• Work with senior stakeholders across SNU and the General Secretary function in a matrixed, multi‑disciplinary environment. 

• Provide clear, structured briefings, decision memos and legal input that support timely decision‑making. 

• Build strong working relationships across functions, bringing energy and momentum to legal workstreams. 

Key deliverables & outcomes:

• Progress and resolution of complex legal matters through clear strategy and effective coordination. 

• Legal input that enables projects to move forward while appropriately managing risk. 

• Successful delivery of ELN and MN initiatives within agreed risk appetite, timelines and business objectives. 

• Well‑run corporate governance for Dutch holding entities. 

• Practical tools, frameworks and guidance that improve execution, consistency and efficiency.