Brand Manager Ireland - C&G

Short Intro and About the Job :

Introduction & Job Detail:

At Danone, we’re driven by a powerful mission: to bring health through food to as many people as possible. As one of the world’s leading FMCG companies, our brands span Dairy & Plant-Based Products, Waters, Early Life Nutrition, and Medical Nutrition. We’re proud to be a purpose-led business, committed to healthier diets, sustainable practices, and inclusive growth.

Role Details

Unique opportunity to lead the Cow & Gate Brand in Ireland. On a day-to-day this means ensuring all the UK&I plans are tailored to Ireland and successfully implemented in Ireland.

Role Focus

This role offers a unique opportunity to be the first point of contact for Cow & Gate in the Irish Market.

This role looks after the Cow & Gate Core Milks portfolio + First Diet (including the Milupa Brand)

You will roll-out the UK&I strategy to Ireland, by tailoring it based on local insights, and successfully implementing it together with the local agencies.

You are familiar with the Irish retailer- and media landscape, particularly social media. You feel comfortable bringing any relevant market information to strategy sessions to advocate for specific local needs.

You are the key point of contact for the local media agency, relevant partners, and are excited to engage with customers.

You are comfortable with analysing the performance in the local market and can translate relevant insights into an action plan together with category management and sales. You are managing the Irish C&G budget.

You are responsible for the planning and execution of Babyshows throughout the year.

Additionally, you are working on key projects with UK&I Scope, with a strong focus on transforming our owned touchpoints, e.g. website & CRM.

About You:

About you

Commercial Acumen: Drives profitable growth by aligning brand ambition with financial performance, able to create commercial value by making decisions & taking actions to grow both topline and bottom line

Consumer Centric: Can translate consumer & market insight into convincing selling story

Presentation skills: Can confidently present their portfolio internally and externally

Project Management: Skilled at project management, able to see, and share, the bigger picture and execute the details with excellence

Strong Communicator

Stakeholder Management: Leads effectively in a complex, matrixed environment, building trusted cross functional relationships. Influences, motivates, and aligns diverse stakeholders to deliver positive outcomes.

Accountability: Owns functional outcomes end‑to‑end, including delivery, risk and value. Adapts quickly to internal and external change to ensure consistent, high‑quality execution

Leadership: Plays a visible leadership role across the function, influencing beyond own team. Leads with confidence and courage, particularly in ambiguous and complex situations.

Strategic Impact: Brings strategic thinking and thought leadership to shape functional direction and contribute meaningfully to broader functional and enterprise strategy

Bias for action: Is action-oriented and curious, not afraid to bring new ideas to the table and test & learn

Resourceful: Is able to spot opportunities and make sound decisions with limited resources/information available

Please note that the salary on offer for this position is between €55k - €65k + bonus & benefits

About Us, We offer and What's next:

About Us:

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 01/09/26, you will therefore hear about your application after this date