Location: Barcelona, Spain

Place of work: Hybrid

Join our Early Talent Programm for D&T. As a Junior Business Analyst at dsm-firmenich, you will support the delivery of digital solutions that improve business processes, enhance product performance, and enable strategic goals. This role is an entry point into the D&T organization, offering hands-on experience in working with business and technical teams to drive small-scale improvements across platforms and tools. You’ll contribute to building our digital backbone while developing core competencies in product and process knowledge, agile delivery, and stakeholder collaboration.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Product and Process Knowledge
• Develop a foundational understanding of relevant products, platforms, and business processes.
• Support the business with insights on basic functionality and feasibility of digital solutions.
• Serve as a first point of contact for straightforward process or functionality-related questions.
• Requirements Gathering
• Learn to translate business needs into clear user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Align with developers and testers to ensure proper story refinement and prioritization.
• Focus on capturing and delivering small improvements that provide measurable value.
• Stakeholder Management
• Participate in regular check-ins and status updates with business stakeholders.
• Build confidence in managing simple stakeholder interactions and aligning on expectations.
• Communicate progress and flag risks or issues early.
• Agile Product Development
• Work within Scrum teams and contribute during key ceremonies (daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives).
• Embrace the iterative nature of agile and start developing resilience in changing or uncertain situations.
• Support the product backlog with updated stories and documentation.
• Consulting Mindset
• Begin developing the ability to challenge business assumptions based on platform/tool constraints.
• Learn to evaluate whether requests align with standard platform capabilities.
• Support more senior colleagues in evaluating solution feasibility.
  
  

We offer

• 2 year Graduate Programm withing our Digital & Tech function (first year apprentice contract, second year Fix contract).
• Working since day one in an stratgeic global project sponsored by a senior leader
• Mentorship since day one
• Access to our development toolkit with training options
• Competitivite Salary compensation
  
  

You bring

• Bachelor's degree in Business, IT, Engineering, or related field within the last 3 years
• 0–2 years of experience in a similar or supporting role in a digital/IT environment.
• Basic knowledge of Agile/Scrum frameworks.
• Familiarity with tools like JIRA, Confluence, or equivalent is a plus.
  
  

About Dsm-firmenich

At dsm-firmenich, we don’t just meet expectations – we go beyond them.

Join our global team powered by science, creativity, and a shared purpose: to bring progress to life.

From elevating health to making fortified food and sustainable skincare, the impact of your work here will be felt by millions – every single day. Whether it’s fragrance that helps you focus, alternative meat that’s better for the planet, or reducing sugar without losing flavor, this is where you help shape the future of nutrition, health, and beauty for everyone, everywhere.

And while you’re making a difference, we’ll make sure you’re growing too. With learning that never stops, a culture that lifts you up and the freedom to move across businesses, teams, and borders. Your voice matters here. And your ideas? They’re essential to our future.

Because real progress only happens when we go beyond, together.

DEI and Equal Opportunity Statement

At dsm-firmenich, we believe being a force for good starts with the way we treat each other. When people feel supported, included, and free to be themselves, they do their best work – and that’s exactly the kind of culture we’re building. A place where opportunity is truly equal, authenticity is celebrated, and everyone has the chance to grow, contribute, and feel they belong.

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we’re serious about making our hiring process as fair and inclusive as possible. From inclusive language and diverse interview panels to thoughtful sourcing, we’re committed to reflecting the world we serve.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds — no matter your gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or anything else that makes you, you.

And if you have a disability or need any support through the application process, we’re here to help – just let us know what you need, and we’ll do everything we can to make it work.

Agency Statement

We’re managing this search directly at dsm-firmenich. If you’re applying as an individual, we’d love to hear from you. We’re not accepting agency submissions or proposals involving fees or commissions for this role.