About the job
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 2025. This will only be possible with each and every one of our leaders. Do you want to be one of them?

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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 19/09/25, you will therefore hear about your application after this dat

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

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

• Specialist SPOC for the Dairy category, business partnering the Category Director
• Build, understand and animate full category P&Ls to product margin, including A&P
• Challenge and build A&P resource allocation and performance (limited trade spend accountability)
• Build & lead the GPS forecast process for the category
• Work with customer & channel teams to understand material customer movements
• Build and challenge 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 & 3 year strategic plans

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