Nature, Mission and Sustainability, MBA Intern
 Danone North America | |||||||||
 United States, New York, White Plains | |||||||||
 Nov 15, 2024 | |||||||||
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Nature, Mission and Sustainability, MBA Intern Job Locations
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Short Intro and About the Job Our Summer Internship Experience (SIE) is a 10-week program that allows students to dive into a project relevant to their studies to further grow and develop their learnings. During our 10-week program you will participate in trainings, development sessions, as well as lots of exciting programming! The dates of our 2025 Program will be June 2nd, 2025 - August 9th, 2025. At Danone, we are a purpose-driven organization. Our mission is to bring health through food to as many people as possible. Simply put, we believe in contributing to a healthier world! With initiatives around sustainability and transparency, we are aligning our corporate mission to a greater sense of responsibility and purpose. We are a growing global leader in the food and beverage industry seeking new talent to achieve our mission! Our culture and core values foster individual professional growth. Looking to make an impact? We reward entrepreneurial spirit and teamwork. Here's an opportunity for you to align your personal mission of health and wellness with your day job! Interested to learn more? See below to gain a better understanding of what we're looking for.... Why do we exist? The Mission and Sustainability (M&S) team develops and enables the implementation of all of Danone North America's mission and sustainability efforts. To deliver on Danone's mission to bring health through food to as many people as possible, we must connect several integrated impact efforts across:
Nature (e.g., regenerative agriculture, water, carbon, circularity, etc.)
The M&S team provides strategic oversight, direction, and governance across these topics for Danone North America and ensures a deep collaboration with our Global Danone counterparts. We partner with multiple cross-functional internal stakeholders (e.g., procurement, sales, research and innovation, etc.) and external stakeholders to deliver on our strategy. The team is integrated into the heart of the business and sits within the Enterprise Strategy and Transformation Team (ES&T) in North America. Danone has a deep partnership with B Lab. 70% of Danone's global sales are now covered by B Corp certification, marking significant progress towards Danone's ambition to become one of the first fully certified multinationals by 2025. What do we do? The Mission and Sustainability team sets the umbrella strategy for all mission and sustainability related efforts, cascading our key priorities across Danone North America by working side-by-side with business leads to implement and measure progress.
The M&S team partners with category teams and across the business to set the strategy and roadmap for impact priorities that will drive business results and societal impact. This means understanding current and future trends and mission-critical needs across the planet, our health, and our communities where Danone North America can make a difference. We use this strategic insight to prioritize commitments and programs that have the highest impact through deep analyses of costs, risks, ROI, feasibility, and tradeoffs. PLAN, DO, AND REVIEW - We collaborate with teams across Danone North America (e.g., procurement, sales, research and innovation, scientific affairs, HR, marketing, etc.) to develop and implement roadmaps for our impact programs. We identify short- and long-term milestones, resourcing plans, clear business ownership and accountability mechanisms. We also identify a simple and streamlined set of targets/goals, and actionable and measurable KPIs for tracking progress that are balanced to respond to both business and impact needs. We provide subject matter expertise and technical expertise to large-scale, cross-functional projects that often span research and innovation, sourcing, supply chain, etc. and a multitude of topics such as circularity, regenerative agriculture, healthy living, and affordability of and access to nutritious foods. We set up mechanisms to measure and report on our impact so that we can constantly refine our strategy and programs to deliver the highest impact. We stay in constant contact with our Global Sustainability Team to ensure that our work and impact "ladders up" to the broader mission and impact priorities of Danone. What will you do? The MBA Intern will support and own delivery of key Nature deliverables, which would likely include topics such as the below, based on needs of the team at the time:
Collaborate with M&S Director on Partnerships and Impact Measurement and other cross-functional leaders to ensure strategies and roadmaps are communicated, tracked, and updated across the business through a strategic review process About You We are looking for a leader with a passion and track record for leveraging strategic insights and analytics to unlock transformational impact for business and for society. Someone who focuses on strategy-first but is also able to drive the full scope of project implementation needs independently. Someone with high tolerance for dealing with ambiguity and "getting to the answer" without a traditional starting point. Someone with passion for and subject matter experience in decarbonization and at least one of our other Nature priorities Key Experience:
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (required):
About Us, We offer and What's next 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. Some of our brands include Dannon, Activia International Delight, Silk, Oikos, So Delicious Dairy Free, Stok, Light + Fit, Evian and more! And as one of the largest Certified B Corporations 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. With headquarters in Broomfield, CO and White Plains, NY, Danone North America employs over 6,000 professionals in the U.S. and Canada, operating numerous manufacturing facilities across North America. Our team enjoys competitive compensation, leading benefits, and a shared commitment to business success and social impact. Join us at Danone North America to be part of a global team dedicated to promoting a healthier world through food. Danone North America doesn't just welcome what makes you unique, we value it. We're proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All hires to our team are based on qualifications, merit and business needs. We recruit, employ, train and promote regardless of race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, genetic characteristic or any other protected status. Faithful to our values of openness and humanism, all of our employees share in the commitment to engage one another with dignity and respect. The base compensation for this position ranges from $45 to $50 per hour. #LI-NORAM #LI-HYBRID | |||||||||