Regional Ecosystem Coordinator

Job description

About DANONE

Danone’s mission is bringing health through food to as many people as possible and we want to invite people to join the movement for healthier world. We recognize the power people have to impact the world through their daily choices. Healthy food needs a healthy planet, and this is what our new signature One Planet One Health embodies. Cycles and Procurement is right at the heart of making the Danone vision One Planet One Health a reality. Through what and how we source, we shape the world in which we operate and we build the future for Danone. With our Cycles we protect and secure our key resources (Milk, Water and Plastic) and we take a strategic approach to procurement to support the business and social agenda of Danone.

About DANONE ECOSYSTEM FUND

Danone Ecosystem Fund is an endowment fund of 100 million € created in 2009 that co-creates inclusive business solutions for the general interest through the professional empowerment of vulnerable stakeholders. It generates social, environmental & economic impacts within the value chain of Danone and foster inclusive growth for the broader community.

The Funds have financed more than 80 projects and have supported 58000 people and created 5000 jobs. It has been a laboratory on social innovation, implementing new business models. Bringing project to sustainability and scale.

Over the years the team of the Fund has developed recognized expertise in inclusive business models, societal innovation, co creation and stakeholder’s engagement and management, as well as complex project management.

The Ecosystem Fund team is part of the One planet team of Groupe Danone.

For more information visit our website: http://ecosysteme.danone.com/

Your mission. You will :

·  Lead an inclusive projects portfolio in the Asia zone: from the project case elaboration, through its different maturity stages and until its hand over.
·  Ensure that the projects deliver their objectives for the Business units as well as their impact for the communities and on the environment and health
·  Animate and coach a network of internal and external project managers and ensure best in class relationship with leading social organizations & institutions.
·  Build knowledge and ensure dissemination through collective intelligence.
·  Contribute to transversal topics and new type of business models with the Ecosysteme central team on Inclusive recycling (how to increase waste collection through waste pickers empowerment?) Regenerative Agriculture (how to best support farmers to transition to Regenerative Agriculture), etc.
·  be guardian of the Fund’s mission.

As Regional Ecosystem Fund Coordinator you will be responsible for:

·  Managing inclusive projects portfolio around sourcing, inclusive recycling, watershed protection and health topics
·  Interacting within the Cycle & Procurement global team and within the regional sustainability and marketing teams to support inclusive growth and Danone 2030 ambitions.
·  Ensuring the coaching of the projects, co-creation with the partners and representing the fund at the steering committees with Danone and GM partners.
·  Ensuring the impact of the project on the business through the achievement of the business objectives, its communication and connection to the brands
·  Ensuring the impact of the projects on the communities and environment.
·  Animating network community around Inclusive Recycling
·  Capturing and formalizing knowledge on inclusive business model and creating the proper tools/platforms to disseminate it
·  Translating social, economic and environmental impacts into shared value impact for the projects’ stakeholders
·  Contribute to the group events and communication

Ecosysteme projects in Asia you will coordinate:

·  Inclusive recycling in Indonesia and the Philippines
·  Watershed protection and Regenerative Agriculture in Indonesia
·  Sustainable Coconut in Thailand

Visit our website : http://ecosysteme.danone.com/

We are looking for Regional Ecosystem Fund Coordinator with the following profile:

Experience & Technical Knowledge:

• Min 5 years of relevant working experience in project management
• Experience in food industry with exposure to upstream value chain and/or operations
• Strong operational background
• Knowledge in agriculture and/or circular economy

Skills & Competencies:

• Organization skills and rigor + Flexibility/adaptability
• Communication and listening skills
• Relationship and mediation capabilities
• Constructive mindset and openness
• Leadership skills
• Fluent in Bahasa and English (French is a plus)
• Ability to travel within Indonesia and ASPAC (50%) and to Europe at least once a year

You will develop the following skills: co creation, complex project management, the ability to work with both business and not for profit organization and develop business models with impact.

Are you interested to join us?

Apply directly via https://jobs.danone.com/.Applications via mail or Indeed are not taken into consideration. For more information about the position or the procedure please contact (corporate recruiter)