Global Communications Manager, Specialized Nutrition

Join Danone as Global Communications Manager, Specialized Nutrition, and help shape how we communicate the impact of science-based nutrition for babies, patients, caregivers and healthcare systems around the world.

This role is based in our Danone Place Amsterdam office. Danone Place Amsterdam is the global head office of our Specialized Nutrition Unit, where global strategies are developed and rolled out across markets.

This is a high-impact, high-trust role in a fast-moving global environment. You will work in close collaboration with senior business stakeholders, identify meaningful story opportunities, and translate business priorities into communications programs that build reputation, engagement and momentum.

About the job

Are you a senior communications professional who can turn complex health, science and nutrition topics into clear, compelling stories?

In this role, you will:

• Drive integrated communication strategies and programs based on business priorities that increase awareness, relevance and preference for Danone’s medical nutrition and baby formula categories and global brands.
• Bring new approaches (earned media, influencer etc.) to the medical nutrition category, identify and create innovation and people stories and messaging points that enable proactive communications.
• Contribute to the global repositioning of Specialized Nutrition as part of Danone's overall health positioning and make Danone more known for its medical nutrition and baby formula portfolio externally as well as internally.
• Next to landing activations globally you create communications playbooks for PR, social, online and internal communications that can be used for market adaptation.
• Bring a mindset of performance and impact to communications and ensure KPIs are being set and met for all main initiatives.

About you

To be successful in this role, we believe you bring:

• Strong experience in corporate communications, ideally gained in FMCG, food, healthcare, pharma, nutrition or a regulated environment.
• The ability to cut through complexity and translate business, science or health-related topics into simple, credible and engaging stories.
• Experience advising senior stakeholders and acting as a calm, trusted communications partner.
• Confidence working in matrix organizations, knowing when to align, when to challenge and how to move decisions forward.
• Experience working with full-service communications agency partners.
• A creative and innovative mindset, good storytelling ability and willingness to push boundaries to deliver simple and compelling messages on complex topics.
• Experience in digital and online channel management and campaign content development, also in crisis communications context.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. Dutch and French would be a strong advantage.

About Danone

Working at Danone is a unique experience. It’s fast-paced and complex and, at times, it can get a little challenging. But it’s packed with opportunities to learn and grow working with some of the best-known brands in the world, like Evian, Alpro, Nutricia, Activia and Nutrilon. Bring your unique perspective, ambitions and entrepreneurial ideas to the table – the impact you could make might just surprise you.

We’re proud to be a B-Corp certified company. That means we meet the highest verified standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability in everything we do.

We Offer

All Danoners receive a complete package of benefits. This includes a competitive salary and yearly bonus, a premium free pension and great discounts on health insurance and Danone products. We understand the importance of flexibility and offer 30 days of annual leave (with the opportunity to purchase more) and a hybrid working environment, where you can work either from home or from one of our People Hubs in Hoofddorp, Utrecht and Rijswijk.