Danone is a leading global food and beverage company operating in three health-focused, fast-growing, and on-trend Categories: Essential Dairy & Plant-Based products, Waters, and Specialized Nutrition.

With a long-standing mission of bringing health through food to as many people as possible, Danone aims to inspire healthier and more sustainable eating and drinking practices while committing to achieve measurable nutritional, social, societal, and environment impact.

Danone has defined its “Renew” strategy to restore growth, competitiveness, and value creation for the long-term. With almost 90,000 employees, and products sold in over 120 markets, Danone generated €27.6 billion in sales in 2023. Danone’s portfolio includes leading international brands (Actimel, Activia, Alpro, Aptamil, Danette, Danio, Danonino, evian, Nutricia, Nutrilon, and Volvic, among others) as well as strong local and regional brands (including AQUA, Blédina, Bonafont, Cow & Gate, Mizone, Oikos and Silk).

Listed on Euronext Paris and present on the OTCQX platform via an ADR (American Depositary Receipt) program, Danone is a component stock of leading sustainability indexes including the ones managed by Moody’s and Sustainalytics, as well as MSCI ESG Indexes, FTSE4Good Index Series, Bloomberg Gender Equality Index, and Access to Nutrition Index. Danone’s ambition is to be B CorpTM certified at a global level in 2025.

Key Responsibilities:

Be the voice of consumer/shopper, generating fact-based insights and injecting them across all aspects of the business, including but not limited to brand strategy, communication strategy, creative development, innovation, product, packaging, in market execution and assessment.

Develop and execute qualitative and quantitative research plans with some autonomy grounded in understanding of the business challenges and opportunities.

Analyze Nielsen/ Circana sales data and Numerator panel data to bring to life consumption trends and consumer behavior.

Assist in development of questionnaires, discussion guides and crafting of primary research.

Influence brand teams and the cross-functional team members by actively and persuasively representing the consumer and marketplace dynamics to inform business strategies and tactics.

Interpret results of research to drive action, taking the what to so what and now what?

Integrate and triangulate data and insight from multiple sources (primary, secondary, and syndicated) to drive holistic business recommendations and strategy development.

Actively participate and provide thought leadership on category, consumer and trends, not just research and related issues.
Leverage social listening tools to keep a pulse on topics related to our category, competitors and brands.

Collaborate with other functional leads to ensure consumer understanding and insight is integrated with the needs of all constituencies (e.g., R&I, Creative, Sales, Promotions, Legal, Advertising and Media Agencies, etc.)

About you:

We are looking for future business leaders with an enthusiasm for leveraging insights, data, and analytics, to unlock transformational growth. Someone with intellectual curiosity who wakes up excited to solve problems and uncover new innovative opportunities. Someone with empathy for the consumer and a desire to dive deep to fully appreciate consumer beliefs, values, and what drives their purchase decisions. Someone who wants to turn complicated data and insights into inspiring stories. Someone with a passion for learning. The ideal candidate is business-minded, consumer/shopper/customer-centric, self-motivated, strategic thinker who is driven for results.

Preferred Education & Experience:

3+ years of experience in consumer insights, analytics, or research agency experience. Consumer packaged goods experience preferred.

B.S./B.A. (required) Marketing, Business, or related field

M.S./MBA (preferred) in Marketing, Business, or related field