Director, Public Affairs – MER Franchise

Our public affairs, communications, sustainability (PACS) teams inspire growth and build trust with key stakeholders by forming meaningful relationships, communicating impact and creating innovative products and experiences for our brands and company.  This role is perfect for a dynamic individual who is passionate about fostering relationships and driving growth.  The role leads communication on a regular basis with key internal and/or external parties, and has the responsibility for sharing information, influencing and negotiating with key parties and stakeholders with both shared and opposing interests. As part of our team, you will have the opportunity to create mutual value for our partners, the communities we serve, and our system

KEY WORKING PARAMETERS

• Provides support for public affairs, government relations, and sustainability related programs and initiatives with a primary focus on KSA market, and in support of other GCC markets.
• Identify, assess and manage risks and opportunities that may impact the business performance or Company reputation.
• Drive Coca-Cola’s advocacy and engagement strategy in MER along with the Franchise PACS and country Directors.
• Engage with convergent stakeholders to strengthen our impact and deliver value to the business.
• Evaluate and analyze complex issues/policies as well as the impact of policy development on the business.
• Ensures cross-functional and system-wide alignment to optimize the use of resources and maximize the impact of public affairs, government relations, and sustainability plans.
• Act as key interface for planning and coherent activities to the respective bottling partners in the Franchise.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to build awareness of policy issues that could impact The Coca-Cola Company.
• Monitors regional NGO’s, activists, and political developments to identify trends with implications to the business.
• Engage with and builds coalitions with regional and local government and non-government stakeholders in KSA to advocate for or against and advance policies and programming that support our business goals in collaboration with our Public Policy, Sustainability and Strategic Communication teams.
• Accountable for the implementation of Public Affairs & Sustainability strategies and key priorities across KSA and the GCC.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 10- 12 years of Government & public affairs in senior roles with responsibility for public affairs, government relations, stakeholder management and sustainability.
• Ability to navigate and understand the political, policy environment in the ME region.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Business acumen and experience in successfully managing multiple workstreams simultaneously.
• Customer/Partnership management and system knowledge experience.
• Partnership and coalition development and influencing with ability to create value for all involved
• Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal communication skills in Arabic and English.