Manager, Ops Transformation Management Office

Quality, efficiency, and safety all play a big role in our work at Danone. Manufacturing the best products and supplying them to meet demand is a key driver for the Supply Chain team. We are currently looking to hire a Ops Transformation Management Office Manager based in White Plains. NY or Louisville, CO!

At Danone, we are a purpose-driven organization with a mission to bring health through food to as many people as possible. We are committed to sustainability, transparency, and creating a healthier world. As a global leader in the food and beverage industry, we foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous growth.

About the Role

As a Manager in the Ops Transformation Management Office (TMO), you will play a strategic leadership role in driving enterprise-wide transformation initiatives that shape the future of Danone's operations. You will partner with senior leaders across functions to orchestrate high-impact programs, ensuring alignment with business priorities, operational excellence, and long-term value creation.

This role requires a strategic thinker and operational executor-someone who thrives in ambiguity, influences across a matrixed organization, and brings structure to complexity. You will be instrumental in embedding transformation capabilities, enabling change, and delivering measurable outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Program Management: Lead the design and execution of transformation initiatives, ensuring alignment with enterprise goals and operational strategies.
• Governance & Prioritization: Establish and manage governance frameworks, prioritization models, and risk/impact assessments to drive decision-making and accountability.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Facilitate collaboration across global and regional teams, including HR, Finance, Supply Chain, and external partners.
• Change Enablement: Develop and implement change management strategies to support adoption, engagement, and sustainability of transformation efforts.
• Process Optimization: Lead simplification and standardization efforts across key business processes, leveraging workshops and stakeholder engagement.
• Executive Communication: Create and deliver high-impact presentations and updates for senior leadership and governance forums.
• Knowledge Management: Capture and scale best practices, lessons learned, and transformation playbooks across the organization.
• Agile Support: Flex across initiatives and priorities, contributing to a dynamic and fast-paced transformation agenda.

About You

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or related field
• 5-8 years of experience in transformation, operations, or strategy roles within a global CPG/FMCG environment
• Proven ability to lead complex projects and influence without authority
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and systems-thinking capabilities
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and driving clarity in evolving environments
• Proficient in executive-level storytelling and presentation development (PowerPoint)
• High integrity and ability to manage sensitive information with discretion

About Us:

At Danone North America, you'll work with some of the best-known food and beverage brands in the world like Activia, Silk, Two Good, Oikos, evian, and Happy Family. You'll be part of one of the largest Certified B Corps in the world, working together to make sure our brands create real benefits for people, communities, and the planet. We have 6,000+ employees across the U.S. and Canada. Come join our movement for a healthier world: One Planet. One Health BY YOU.

Danone North America is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. It is our policy to give equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to legally protected characteristics, or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state/provincial and/or local law. For our EEO policy statement and your EEO rights under law click here.

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