344. Camille Lavenant, Global Sales and Category Director at Danone: Global Sales, eCommerce, Transformation, Going International, AI

Camille Lavenant is Global Sales and Category Director at Danone, where she leads the sales agenda for the company's Specialized Nutrition Division across Baby and Medical Nutrition. With a career spanning Nielsen, Campbell's, Kimberly-Clark and Danone, Camille has built her experience across data, category management, trade marketing, e-commerce and global sales, consistently embracing new markets, functions and ways of working.

In this episode, we discuss:

Why staying curious and moving fast has shaped Camille's career How working across France, the UK and the Netherlands has influenced her leadership style The evolution of e-commerce from a specialist function into an integrated part of the business Why AI and agentic commerce may follow a similar path to e-commerce Balancing short-term commercial priorities with preparing for long-term transformation How the profile and capabilities required of global sales leaders are changing The importance of embracing uncertainty, learning continuously and staying close to the consumer More

Audio Mixing by Modest Ferrer

Voice Acting by Jason Martorell Parsekian

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