Global Sales Intern - Channel Excellence

Short Intro and About the Job

For over 100 years, Danone has been supporting people worldwide with its 146 delicious brands. Located in over 120 countries with more than 89,000 employees across production sites, warehouses, headquarters, and R&D centers, Danone continually develops iconic products. Certified as Bcorp and Happy Trainees, Danone strives to be a better company for the world, its consumers, and its employees.B Corp certified, Danone France does not seek to be the best company in the world, but better for the world! This certification allows us to challenge ourselves in order to continuously improve and measure our social and environmental performance.

YOUR MISSIONS AT DANONE:

This contract will take place in Paris, at our head office starting from January 2027 for a fixed period of 6 months. 

Support the global Channels Excellence agenda by animating our communities (build newsletters & animate online communities), driving editorial content (share best practices & latest updates, contribute to booklets & toolkits, etc.) and supporting RoutetoMarket and Execution Excellence (roll-out of global programs and ad hoc projects). Leverage AI to accelerate content curation, insights generation, and workflow automation.  

1) Animate our communities: 

• Own the monthly newsletter: develop the editorial plan, propose themes aligned with the existing template, and collaborate with the RTM Director and Ops Network Director to finalize content and publication. Ensure timely release within the RTM Community ENGAGE group.  

• Support animation of communities: capture takeaways and publish actionable summaries & playbooks. 

2) Drive editorial content: 

• Build and maintain a “best practice library” (SharePoint/Teams/Engage) with tagged assets (toolkits, case studies, planograms, RTM wins) for fast reuse by markets.   

• Contribute to global channel toolkits development and to CBU deployment packs.  

3) Support RoutetoMarket & Execution excellence programs: 

• Support ad-hoc RTM projects (e.g., booklets, tools, toolkits) as assigned by the RTM Director.  

• Maintain up-to-date content and links to the RTM & DM tools library.  

• Support the deployment of the Danone way of Execution. Help orchestrate the roll-out by coordinating activities between global and local teams, organizing deployment workshops, and ensuring alignment on key milestones and deliverables.  

• Support ad hoc projects  

PLUS POINTS OF THIS JOB:

• Compensation : M1/gap internship at 1300€/month, M2/end of study at 1500€/month.
• Flexibility of work and workplaces, such as weekly homeworking. To be adapted according to the team.
• Skills development for all, thanks to our Danone Academy France and through a year-round managerial conversation cycle.
• The possibility to use up to 3 days a year of volunteering through the platform “Vendredi”.
• Parenting policy benefits, such as extended Parental Leave (14 additional maternity/paternity days covered), or the ability to convert some earnings into time off.
• Other benefits include a complementary pension scheme, health care plan, CSE, 100% of the Navigo pass covered/

About You

To achieve great things together, we are looking for someone: 

• Mindset: Curious, proactive and collaborative. Adaptable and eager to learn in a fast-paced, international environment.  

• Experience: Previous internship(s) in FMCG or pharma is preferred or first experience in consulting, ideally with international experience (study abroad, international teams, or global company context). 

• Languages: Fluent English (spoken and written) is essential; other languages are a plus. 

• Skills: Strong communication and editorial writing skills; proficient in PowerPoint and Excel; experience with SharePoint. Interest or experience in GenAI (prompting, summarization, content drafting) is highly valued.  

Criteria above remain indicative. We are proud to promote diversity and equal opportunity within our teams. We believe that our differences will make a difference, and that an inclusive work environment will drive our growth as a company, as a team, and as individuals. We will therefore consider all applications* by fostering an inclusive work culture where everyone can feel at home.

We have also chosen to remove inclusive writing from our job offers because its complexity penalizes people with cognitive disabilities, including dyslexia, dysphasia, or apraxia.

*All nominations will be considered regardless of origin, background, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability…

About Us, We offer and What's next

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• Meet Danoners with unique personalities, diverse profiles, and varied career paths
• Grow in different environments: production sites, logistics bases, research and innovation centers, or company headquarters
• Build a tailored career path suited to your personality, skills, and desires
• Learn through enriching, responsible, and educational missions

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