Location(s):

Egypt

City/Cities:

Travel Required:

00% - 25%

Relocation Provided:

Yes

Job Posting End Date:

October 22, 2023

Shift:

Job Description Summary:

Public Affairs, Communication & Sustainability(PACS) Director-North Africa reports to the Africa Operating Unit PACS Vice President

What You will Do For Us

Provides leadership of all public affairs, government relations, strategic communications and sustainability related programs and initiatives within Franchise
Reports to PACS VP, and acts as a first point of contact for other franchise Leadership members providing advice to identify, assess and manage risks and opportunities that may impact the business performance or Company reputation in their Franchise.
Ensures cross-functional and system-wide alignment to optimize the use of resources and maximize the impact of public affairs, government relations, communications and sustainability plans.
Partners with Marketing to ensure instinctive collaboration, ensuring PACS integration into Brand and Innovation strategy and processes. In addition this role is the key relationship holder to Franchise Marketing leader to ensure PACS perspective in relevant execution and activation processes
Strives to build one PACS system team with a robust and multi-skilled talent pipeline and succession plans. Acts as key interface for planning and coherent activities to the respective bottling partners in the Franchise
Through the country/cluster teams:
- Monitors regional NGO’s, activists, and political developments to identify trends with implications to the business. Engages with and builds coalitions with regional and local government and non-government stakeholders 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
- Identifies and monitors regional and local divergent stakeholders to understand their priorities and develop a strategic plan for engagement. Engages with convergent stakeholders to strengthen our impact and deliver value to the business.
Accountable for the implementation of Public Affairs, Communications & Sustainability strategies and key priorities across the zones.
Accountable to co-ordinate a robust planning process in the markets comprising the Franchise and partner with the Planning Director of the Africa Operating Unit during our planning process

Role Requirement:

Bachelor Degree
At least 15 years of relevant experience, ideally in senior roles with responsibility for public affairs, government relations, communications, stakeholder management and sustainability.
Proven track record of building and leading high-performing teams and collaboration with Marketing teams.
Experience of working internationally or in multicultural teams is advantageous.

Functional Skills:

Public policy & government relations
Stakeholder management
Corporate communications
Incident mgmt. & crisis resolution
Sustainability

Skills:

Our Purpose and Growth Culture:

We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.

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