Head of European External Affairs
il y a 4 jours
Who are we?
At Unilever, we share one simple purpose: To make sustainable living commonplace. We believe that companies with purpose last, people with purpose thrive and brands with purpose grow.
We meet every day needs for nutrition, hygiene and personal care with brands that help people feel good, look good and get more out of life.
We make household brands such as Dove, Knorr and Magnum, used by 3.4 billion consumers every day. We are 148,00 people working in factories, laboratories, offices and homes around the world.
We are determined to prove that our purpose-led, future-fit business model delivers superior performance.
Business context and main purpose of the job:
Unilever is looking to recruit an experienced external affairs specialist and Head of the Brussels office to lead the European Affairs capability for its 5 business groups (Nutrition, Ice-Cream, Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care and Homecare). You will:
- Work closely with colleagues within the European and Global External Affairs team to help develop and deliver the European business and External Affairs priorities as well as driving our progressive agenda in Brussels. This includes delivering flawless issues management and outstanding thought leadership- Work on horizontal topics that cover all business groups such as the circular economy, deforestation, packaging, environmental labeling, sustainable product policy and Unfair Trading Practices (UTPs) through external affairs and advocacy interventions.- Act as senior advisor for our Nutrition and Ice-Cream Group Presidents with a focus on regenerative agriculture.- Help to drive our progressive agenda in Brussels on Unilever’s Compass and guiding our brands with purpose both in terms of driving growth and mitigating risks by creating the right regulatory environment to help land our Compass Commitments.
Main Accountabilities:
You will be working with the European External Affairs team to:
- Represent Unilever in external contact building and networking with relevant European institutions including the European Parliament, European Commission and Council of Ministers.- Represent Unilever in key European trade organisations.- Build and maintain relationship with other key stakeholders such as NGOs, think tanks and academics.- Develop proactive and reactive strategies in service of the business and our brands when it comes to policy and regulation.-
- Provide input, guidance and proactively draft and help shape positions/perceptions of external audiences as part of business strategy.- Design and implement communications and social media material, position papers and stakeholder outreach programmes.- Support the business with the launch of product innovations that require acceptance of external stakeholders and/or regulatory approval.Who are you?
Relevant Experience:
- 10-15 years’ experience in an external/public affairs role (in-house, consultancy, trade association) or relevant experience in one of the EU institutions.- Strategic thinker who is not afraid to roll-up their sleeves.- A team player with a global mindset who is willing to work across public affairs, advocacy and communications disciplines, geographies and functions. Ability to successfully manage global/local complexities.- Ability to summarize how regulatory and reputational issues can impact the business and to help create unlocks.- Ability to translate complex, technical topics into clear, easy-to-understand messages for a political audience.- An effective, empowering people and project manager that can deliver plans with measurable results.
Desirable:
- A purpose-led individual who can demonstrate cultural sensitivity and personal resilience.- Knowledge of the FMCG sector with a focus on nutrition, with basic understanding of the home & personal care industry.- Network of established and high level European external affairs contacts with the European Institutions, NGOs, industry stakeholders and media.- Experience at regional level in External Affairs.- A growth mindset, a spirit of service and a healthy dissatisfaction with the status quo.
Key Skills:
- Understand and advise on how External Affairs can help drive business priorities.- Strong business acumen to business partner C-level executives.- Proven external and internal stakeholder management and the people stills to engage at all levels.- Strategic Issues Management expertise.- Lobbying and Advocacy campaigning.- Able to absorb information and come to the essence with novel point of views for the business.- Perfect command of written and spoken English. Any additional language is a strong asset.
EXCITED ABOUT THE ROLE?
We look forward to meeting you
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