Associate Director – Talent and Learning

About Danone Group:

Mission: ‘Bringing Health through Food to as Many people as Possible’

Danone, the only food group in the world to focus solely on health, is comprised of three divisions, holding global leadership positions in each division: Dairy, Water and Life Nutrition. Danone’s dual focus on commercial performance and societal responsibility, combined with an ongoing commitment to innovation and the strengthening of its health-oriented brands, has resulted in strong performance worldwide.

Danone employs more than 95000 people across the globe, recording more than €27 million turnover. India is among the countries in the AMEA zone wherein Danone has its presence. Other countries in this zone also include Indonesia, China, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Australia and New Zealand.

More information can be found at www.danone.com

Job Summary

The Associate Director – Talent and Learning  understands business needs/strategic orientations as well as HR market trends, in order to develop effective Talent Acquisition, Talent Management and Learning strategies to support the business, leveraging the Group Talent and learning strategy.

Key roles and responsibilities

• Understand Danone Talent and Learning Strategy, India business and HR strategy
• Manage the recruitment process for Danone India (field + HO + Factory) ensuring the right talent is hired as per business requirement.
• Manage the hiring budget; design and deploy the hiring strategy; and track all hiring related KPIs.
• Design and deploy Talent Management interventions and learning strategy for Danone India
• Work with the global team to deploy global Talent and Learning priorities / programs in India
• Deploy Talent Review process; Identify and develop High Potential employees for future leadership roles
• Responsible for developing and implementing succession planning exercise
• Institutionalize Danone Behaviors and Culture framework in India
• Identify competency development needs for India in consultation with the HRBP teams
• Identify and deploy learning interventions to address identified competency gaps
• Drive relevant conversations under Danone People Conversation framework and track closure
• Develop a pool of Internal Trainers
• Deploy and monitor e-learning platform
• Organize Danone Campus at country level annually

Profile Required

• MBA in HR (Tier 1 B school) with 8+ years relevant experience in Talent and L&D roles.