Paediatric Product Specialist

Danone; Antrim; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

Fuel card

Job summary

Danone NI is seeking a Paediatric Product Specialist to advance Nutricia paediatric nutrition across hospitals and community settings in Northern Ireland. You will build trusted partnerships with clinicians and dietitians, delivering education and specialist support to improve access to trusted nutritional products for children.

The role combines clinical know‑how with commercial acumen to grow the territory, protect hospital contracts, and shape territory strategy through data and insights.

Qualifications

• Experience building relationships with healthcare professionals in pediatrics, nutrition, or related field.
• Ability to combine clinical understanding with commercial thinking to drive growth.
• Strong communication and presentation skills for one-to-one and group sessions.
• Analytical approach using customer insight and market data to prioritise opportunities.
• Collaborative, proactive mindset to improve access to pediatric nutritional support.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted partnerships with dietitians, paediatricians, neonatologists, GPs, pharmacists and nurses.
• Grow Nutricia's paediatric nutrition business across Northern Ireland by identifying opportunities and developing key accounts.
• Protect and expand hospital contract business through clinical and commercial insight.
• Support healthcare professionals through clinical conversations and educational meetings.
• Shape territory strategy using sales data and market trends to deliver sustainable growth.

Skills

Relationship building

Clinical + commercial mindset

Presentation skills

Analytical mindset

Collaborative mindset

Job description

Short Intro and About the Job

Could your clinical knowledge and commercial thinking help improve nutritional support for children across Northern Ireland?

As our Paediatric Product Specialist, you will work closely with healthcare professionals across hospitals and community settings, helping them access trusted nutritional products, education and specialist support. You will develop important customer partnerships, grow the territory and contribute to better care for children and families, connecting Danone's purpose of bringing health through food to as many people as possible with clear, sustainable commercial impact.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build trusted partnerships with dietitians, paediatricians, neonatologists, GPs, pharmacists and specialist nurses, helping healthcare professionals make informed nutritional choices for children in their care.
• Grow Nutricia's paediatric nutrition business across Northern Ireland by identifying opportunities, developing key accounts and increasing appropriate product preference in hospital and community healthcare settings.
• Protect and expand hospital contract business by understanding local priorities, bringing together strong clinical and commercial insight, and demonstrating the value of Nutricia's products and support.
• Support healthcare professionals through meaningful clinical conversations, educational meetings and enteral feeding expertise, with a particular focus on paediatric allergy and faltering growth.
• Shape an effective territory strategy by using sales data, customer insight and market trends to focus activity, improve product availability and deliver sustainable growth.

About You:

We would like you to demonstrate your following key skills:

• Building credible relationships with healthcare professionals, ideally within paediatrics, nutrition, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, medical devices or a related clinical environment.
• The ability to combine clinical understanding with commercial thinking, recognising how better customer support can improve patient outcomes and deliver sustainable business growth.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the confidence to lead one-to-one discussions, group meetings and educational sessions.
• A curious and analytical approach, using customer insight, market information and sales data to prioritise opportunities and make informed decisions.
• A proactive, collaborative mindset and genuine motivation to improve access to high-quality nutritional support for children and families.

Salary Bracket:

£45,000 - £50,000. We'll also provide you with a company car & fuel card.

Other Requirements:

• Our field-based principles mean you'll need to be living in Northern Ireland. If you're unable to relocate, we will not be able to consider your application for this role.
• You will also need to hold a full UK driving license and must be comfortable with regular driving to meet with your customers.

About Us, We offer and What's next:

At Danone, we are committed to delivering better health through better nutrition for millions of consumers and patients in our communities.

Our market-leading products reach millions of consumers and patients every day. Our iconic brands span across the dairy, plant-based and water industries, including Actimel, Alpro and evian.

We're also a leading provider of specialised early-life nutrition through our Aptamil and Cow & Gate brands and medical nutrition products and services through our Nutricia brand.

We offer a flexible benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.

• core benefits like pension, life assurance, and healthcare
• plus options such as private medical insurance, gym memberships, cycle to work and holiday trading

You’ll also have access to employee discounts and wellbeing support, helping you look after your health, finances and lifestyle in a way that works for you. Discover More: https://careers.danone.com/uki/en/our-learning-and-rewards.html

Inclusion and Diversity (I&D) is deeply embedded in Danone's DNA, representing our core values and beliefs. We embrace diversity as a driving force for positive change, nurturing an inclusive workplace where every individual is valued.

The closing date for applications is 23/09/2026, you will therefore hear about your application after this date.

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