The external affairs director plays a pivotal role in driving regional strategies and principles. This key position partners with the lac leadership team to execute local implementation of external affairs policies and initiatives, ensuring alignment with global strategies.
the successful candidate will maintain a robust network of contacts among decision-making bodies, trade associations, social aspect organizations, and other related entities. They will work towards influencing policy, fiscal, regulatory, and legislative developments applicable to markets to support a favorable regulatory framework for the organization to achieve its commercial priorities and manage the development of balanced alcohol policies at the market levels.
* develop and implement regional ea strategies aligned with the organization's global commercial and ea strategies towards a wide range of stakeholders, including governments, public institutions, trade organizations, non-governmental organizations, civil society, etc.
* contribute to draft and drive implementation of regional external affairs policy and strategy within the markets by aligning region and in-market work plans with global strategies.
* represent the organization on key trade associations and social aspect organizations within priority countries.
* provide guidance to regional leadership on how to best address and contain potential issues and risks.
* support key responsible drinking and marketing initiatives and partnerships in key countries in collaboration with the global csr lead, regional leadership team, and social aspects organizations.
* manage in-market external affairs and corporate responsibility team members/supporters and drive alignment, capabilities enhancement and best practice sharing
* serve as a point of contact and provide guidance for crisis situations
this role requires a proven ability to think ahead, engage proactively, and take initiative. The ideal candidate should possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, including interpersonal and presentation skills with the gravitas to influence various stakeholders. Additionally, they must be able to manage multiple, often changing, priorities, including crisis management.