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MKT&SNU Performance and Governance Manager

Hybrid in Barcelona·Added today (last checked 30 Oct)

Danone

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Work mode: Hybrid, Barcelona
English: Required

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What we're looking for

Strong experience in financial governance, including CAPEX/OPEX steering, budget tracking, forecasting, and year-end landing.
Solid understanding of invoice management, GR processes, vendor follow-up, and financial control routines.
Ability to build and maintain accurate dashboards and KPIs to monitor financial, operational, and delivery performance.
Experience in portfolio governance across business-critical initiatives, ideally in Marketing, Digital, Data, SNU, or IT delivery environments.
Strong capability to analyze risks, opportunities, and scenarios to support faster and better decision-making.
Experience coordinating cross-functional stakeholders across IT, business, finance, regional teams, D&A, architecture, and external partners.
Experience driving adoption of new routines, governance models, or operating practices across distributed teams.
Experience in continuous improvement, including root-cause analysis, corrective action plans, and process simplification or automation.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex operational or financial topics into clear executive-level messages.

Nice to have

Experience designing or supporting knowledge-sharing routines, playbooks, training content, or learning programs would be a plus.

The role

At Danone, we believe that every time we eat or drink, we vote for the world we want. As a leading food and beverage company, we make healthy, sustainably produced foods and beverages that nourish people's lives. As the largest Certified B Corporation® in the world, we are committed to redefining success in business to ensure that through our brands we create real benefits for people, our communities, and the planet.

In IT & Data, we inspire and empower Danone through the world of tech and data. Behind our brands there is always technology pushing them forward. Danone has broadcasted its willingness to become a Data driven and AI enabled company. That's why we use advanced and innovative IT solutions which are implemented in all Danone units around the world.

We are looking for catalyst for change. We ensure you work with great products and technologies in an international environment, learning from experts and experienced managers.

Drive operational excellence, financial governance, and cross-team collaboration for Marketing & SNU by strengthening delivery routines, improving CAPEX/OPEX steering, securing business-critical commitments, and embedding a culture of continuous learning across IT teams and business stakeholders.

What you'll do

Operational Excellence
- Strengthen standardized workflows, documentation practices, and data quality measures to improve the reliability of Marketing & SNU operations
- Track and communicate progress through quarterly KPIs covering CAPEX/OPEX financial steering, vendor operations, invoice management, GR completion, and operational pain-point resolution.
Business Deliverables & Financial Performance
- Ensure reliable, timely, and insight-driven delivery of Marketing & SNU business commitments by improving financial accuracy, securing year-end landing, and enabling faster decision-making across stakeholders
- Maintain strong governance cadence across key portfolios, ensuring delivery stays within approved mandates.
Collaboration & Knowledge Sharing
- Facilitate team routines and operational governance coordination through knowledge-sharing sessions, playbook reviews, and cross-team workshops.
- Embed a culture of continuous learning across Marketing & SNU team and key business partners

Soft Skills

Collaborative mindset
Strong stakeholder management
Structured communication
Attention to detail, analytical thinking, ownership, and continuous improvement orientation
Comfortable driving routines, facilitating alignment sessions, challenging constructively, and translating operational complexity into clear, actionable insights for leadership and cross-functional teams.

About Danone

Danone is a global food and beverage company with over 100 years of history, operating in more than 120 countries. Its portfolio includes essential dairy and plant-based products (like Actimel and Alpro), waters (such as Evian), and specialized nutrition (including Almirón and Souvenaid). The company is committed to health through food, sustainability, and innovation, with a strong presence in Spain where it has multiple production facilities and offices.

Industry: Food and Beverage
Founded: 1919
Employees: 100,000+
Headquarters: Paris, France
In Spain: Madrid, Barcelona, Tres Cantos

Good to know if you are moving

Danone has a significant presence in Spain, with offices and production sites in cities like Madrid, Barcelona, and Tres Cantos, offering opportunities in manufacturing, logistics, and corporate roles.
The company offers internships and early career programs in Spain, including roles in IT, data, marketing, and operations, which can be a good entry point for international professionals.
Danone's Spanish operations are part of a global network, providing potential for international mobility and career growth across its many countries.
The company emphasizes a culture of health, sustainability, and innovation, which may appeal to professionals seeking purpose-driven work.
Spanish language skills are often beneficial for roles in Spain, but the global nature of the company may also offer English-speaking opportunities.

In their own words

About the company & team

At Danone, you will work to make a vision a reality: "One Planet, One Health" and it doesn't matter what position you are in to impact it. Here you will have space to create, to undertake, to grow and above all to be yourself, thanks to our culture of Inclusive Diversity, where we are clear that "our differences are what make the difference". You will work with agile methodologies, in high performance teams where you will learn, influence and contribute to achieve specific objectives and thus grow with the company. We want you to come and see for yourself, but if you want more information before, click here to convince yourself: Careers at Danone | Danone

And what's next?
If you have come this far you will have already convinced yourself... Apply!
"At Danone we are 100% committed to guaranteeing bias-free selection processes and equal opportunities. For this we have trained all the people who participate in them. Because to work with us, what matters to us is what you can contribute and nothing else"

Dedicated to bringing health through food to as many people as possible, we are a leading global food & beverage company built on four businesses: Essential Dairy and Plant-Based Products, Waters, Early Life Nutrition and Medical Nutrition.

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