Latest Job Opportunities at Danone

Role Purpose / Misson:

• Act as the Media Lead for SSA (South Africa and West Africa, Algeria)
• Provide guidance to other Marketing teams in AMEA  with no local media expertise 
• SPOC for AMEA  media coordination – 8 markets on roll-out of global brands media strategies, sufficiency analysis, media reporting (planning data and campaign perf.)

About you
MAIN RESPONSABILITIES

• SSA (South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana) + Algeria

Strategy

• Develop yearly media plans, leading online and offline decision-making 
• Co-define and implement paid media excellence (goals > KPIs > optimisation)
• Media  strategy ownership (Both online and offline)
• Drive Media thought leadership and governance
• Localization/implementation of paid media excellence & target setting

Execution

• Adapt and optimize budget spent  across  media touchpoints
• Implement  media plans (tactical plans builts up -> execution) and share paid media learnings with local stakeholders (SEO teams, brand teams, etc.)
• Tech & tools: ownership (roll out & sustain)
• SEA (search engines + social social search + retail search (where applicable)): Global Guidelines champion, ecom & brand teams sparring partner 

AMEA

• Provide guidance on all media plans (challenge and builds)
• Act as the expert to guide teams where relevant
• Act as lead to develop talent and knowledge on all things Media
• Champion the deployment and governance  of the IBC Planning process in the zone (Media).

KEY DELIVERABLES

• Lead annual TV negotiations (SSA)
• Competitive Media plans for SSA (ensuring KPI delivery)
• Implement successful media WOW for EDP AMEA (Internal and External)
• Regular governance and tracking of all media related activities in the Zone.

MAIN INTERACTION

Internal

• Zone: CGO, marketing head, S&I head, topline finance
• CBUs: Marketing, S&I, Media , Digital,. Ecom, Sales
• Global team: IBC and Media Teams

External

• Creative agencies
• Media Partners

KEY METRICS:

• 100% compliance with global media guidelines (the fundamentals), and that, across all markets
• Deployment and enforcement of proper IBC Planning everywhere, (media)
• Some measure of efficiency: value / impact (not cost only, that’s a race top the bottom), exact metric tbc – maybe Sebastien can help here

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES:

• Broad Media and/or Digital expertise, on the client or agency side . 10 yrs +
• Fully skilled on building and implementing media strategies
• Ability to confidently interact across senior levels
• Ability to extract maximum value from external partners and our global teams
• Experience in working in complex matrix structures. (Global/Regional/Local Dynamic)

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE:

• Education: Minimum Bachelors Degree
• Experience (~10+ years):
• Agency and corporate
• Regional / global and local

Leadership competencies

• Put Danone first
• We act and work as one team, across countries and functions.
• Lead with People
• We grow as leaders by developing others.
• Keep it simple
• We deal with complexity by bringing focus and a pragmatic approach.
• Be Accountable
• We are decisive, and fact based
• Walk the talk
• We do what we say, acting as role models.

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Key Responsibilities:
Quality in Design

•  To share QFS requirements and impact on project time-lines
•  Lead Risk Analysis (Quality and Food Safety)
•  Track project compliance to QFS Requirements.
•  Report KPIs – No Spec No Buy, No Spec No Product, Risks & Mitigation
•  Review Food Safety Visas (Supplier Production Site, Material and Individual Specification), provide feedback to R&I and C&P Teams.
•  Initiate PFR/PFA, Review QFS RA in each phase of goose and provide feedback to QA Manager.
•  Prepare Food Safety Design Summary with Cross Functional Team to review compliance of Project with Project Team
•  Support in First Production and evaluation of product before handed over to Quality In Operations.
•  Develop and Review of Quality Monitoring Plan for each product launch and provide feedback to Project Team.
•  Develop protocols to improve ways of working within Quality in Design
•  Attend Project Team Meetings and provide feedback during PTM. 
•  Attend PST and Codev when required – according to involvement of QFS 
•  Lead Promotional Object QFS and approval
•  Provide training session for Project Team
•  Establish targets for QID

QFS at 3PM

•  Approval of new 3PMs following the 3PM Approval Procedure and 3PM Gap Assessment
•  FSI Auditing of new 3PM
•  Creation of Action /mitigation plan for 3PM
•  Tracking of Consumer Complaints and Consumer Key Criteria’s 
•  Monitoring Performance of 3PM against Actions for QFS.
•  Reporting on 3PMs 
•  Incident Management at 3PM
•  Non-Conformance Management and Root Cause Evaluation
•  Lead 3PM Product Evaluations and Feedback
•  Drive monthly/quarterly meeting with 3PM
•  Support 3PM by providing them with tools to improve QFS. 
•  Support 3PM by providing training
•  Establish KPIs for 3PMs

Qualifications Required:

•  Btech Food Technology/Btech Quality/BSc Microbiology
•  Any Degree in Sciences/Applied Sciences.

Experience and Skills required:

•  5-8 years’ experience in FMCG with in quality assurance. 1-2 years’ experience in Leadership.
•  Proficient in MS Office
•  Project Management 
•  Industry Experience (Plant Quality)
•  Cleaning & Disinfection & Manufacturing Hygiene
•  Risk Management 
•  Laboratory Management
•  Good Communication Skills
•  Good Writing Skills
•  Experience in FSSC 22000 or any other related GFSI approved scheme
•  Leadership Skills.

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Job Description

• To effectively develop and manage sales and merchandising within an assigned area, ensuring that sales growth targets are met. This role will also have the responsibility to guide, mentor and train Field Sales Execution Managers to ensure operational excellence and effectiveness, as well as maintain strong relationships with service providers, suppliers and customers within the region.

About you
Key Responsibilities:

• Planning for Sales Effectiveness
• Sales Execution
• Policies and process
• Relationship Building
• Management and Leadership
• Finance and Budget

Qualification Required:

• 3-year Sales Management, Marketing or Business-related qualification or relevant RPL

Work Experience and Skills required:

• Minimum of 5 to 8 years field sales experience, preferably in the Dairy industry or FMCG
• Proven track record in field sales
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in managing a field sales force
• Sound knowledge of sales and sales administration processes
• Customer, Category and Channel Knowledge
• Commercial acumen, with previous experience in sales forecasting and budgeting
• Advanced communication skills (written, oral and listening)
• Previous conflict management experience
• Time Management
• Team Management
• Proven negotiation and selling skills

Leadership competencies

• Put Danone first We act and work as one team, across countries and functions.
• Lead with People We grow as leaders by developing others.
• Keep it simple We deal with complexity by bringing focus and a pragmatic approach.
• Be Accountable We are decisive, and fact based
• Walk the talk We do what we say,  acting as role models.

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Job Purpose

• The Talent & Learning Manager is in charge of Talent acquisition and development, understands market strategies, CBU needs (South Africa, Ghana, Francos and Nigeria) and strategic orientations, as well as HR market trends. The role’s key objective is to attract and select the right people and to:

Business Strategy

• Understand and roll out market Recruitment and Talent strategies
• Define talent acquisition, on-boarding and development strategy in line with HR Strategic vision/targets, business needs, and local   context to:
• Conduct recruitment activities consistent with HR ambitions
• Translate business strategy into long-term talent need
• Conduct effective day to day talent management actions
• Support business transformation with adequate Talent Management

Innovation best practise

• Stay abreast of the latest developments, best practices and trends to bring leading edge expertise to Danone
• Conduct benchmark/strategic monitoring
• Leverage and promote use of digital tools/resources, community management

Talent Management

• Connect and build a strong relationship with HRBP/OD and team leaders to understand their needs and challenge/influence decision making
• Juggle different priorities/stakeholders across CBU and ensure fairness between markets
• Build relationships with external partner (e.g. head hunters agency) and other Danone HR teams (e.g CBS learning, region Talent…)
• Represent Danone brand image and attractiveness, both internally and externally. Localize the employer branding strategy, with GS teams
• Coach & challenge team leaders/head of functions & CBU HR (e.g. cross WBU-mobility or profiles)
• Link with Learning team to ensure that talent development needs are aligned with the CBU needs & Succession planning

Learning

• Craft annual learning plan to represent business needs
• Monitor deployment and measure return on investment
• Utilise technology to manage and report on annual plans

People & Teams

• Lead a team of 5 professionals
• Demonstrate empathy and respect people. Develop authentic relationships, through generous listening & straight talk
• Adopt and foster a collaborative mind-set with CBU Teams, use process improvement strategies to increase collaboration effectiveness among     different teams
• Promote diversity within the organization and educates others to do so to build high performing and diverse teams

Requirements and Qualifications:

• Completed HR Related Degree
• 5+ years of experience in a similar role, preferably overseeing Sub-Saharan Africa
• Experience with HRIS, Sourcing and Recruitment Marketing tools
• Experience in driving bespoke learning programmes from a multi-country perspective
• Critical thinker and problem-solving skills
• Lead with right values i.e. humanism, openness, proximity and enthusiasm
• Put Danone First - We act and work as one team, across countries and functions
• Lead with People - We grow as leaders by developing others
• We keep it simple - We deal with complexity by bringing focus and a pragmatic approach
• Be Accountable - We are decisive and fact based
• Walk the Talk - We do what we say, acting as role models