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    Corporate Affairs Manager, Middle East - Johannesburg, South Africa - Haleon

    Haleon
    Haleon Johannesburg, South Africa

    1 week ago

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    Description

    Hello. We're Haleon. A new world-leading consumer health company. Shaped by all who join us. Together, we're improving everyday health for billions of people. By growing and innovating our global portfolio of category-leading brands – including Sensodyne, Panadol, Advil, Voltaren, Theraflu, Otrivin, and Centrum – through a unique combination of deep human understanding and trusted science. What's more, we're achieving it in a company that we're in control of. In an environment that we're co-creating. And a culture that's uniquely ours. Care to join us. It isn't a question.

    With category leading brands such as Sensodyne, Voltaren and Centrum, built on trusted science and human understanding, and combined with our passion, knowledge and expertise, we're uniquely placed to do this and to grow a strong, successful business.

    This is an exciting time to join us and help shape the future. It's an opportunity to be part of something special.

    About the role

    Haleon is seeking a dynamic and experienced Corporate Affairs Manager to join our growing team in Africa, with primary focus on South Africa. In this role, you will play a critical role in shaping and executing our corporate affairs strategy across the African continent, helping us build brand reputation, drive stakeholder engagement, and achieve our business goals. The role will be based out of South Africa (Johannesburg), with frequent travel across key African markets.

    Key responsibilities

  • Develop and implement a comprehensive corporate affairs strategy for Africa region to support business objectives and optimise opportunities in the external environment, to building networks of key external stakeholders (media, policy makers, industry groups, patient advocacy groups, NGOs) with a view to shaping and supporting relevant public policy agendas in support of the industry and the business.
  • Position Haleon as a leading voice in the African healthcare industry. This includes managing both internal and external communications, identifying key issues and opportunities, and developing proactive messaging to mitigate risks and enhance reputation.
  • Champion and drive the design and implementation of programs to deliver on our ESG commitments with a focus on social impact.
  • Partner with wider BU teams to build integrated communications campaigns that educate consumers, media and policy makers and drive condition awareness to ultimately drive categories growth and brand penetration.
  • Work effectively with external partners (comms/PR/GA agencies) and internal stakeholders (Legal, HR, Regulatory, Commercial) to deliver against the strategy.
  • Represent (or identify and prepare company representatives) the company on industry trade associations and building trade association strategy across key markets (South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria).
  • Monitor external environment, track policy and consumer trends, spot risks and opportunities for business; deliver coherent environmental analysis to business to help shape corporate affairs plans and strategies.
  • Build sustained and productive engagement programmes, as well as executive profiling programmes that support and promote Haleon's leadership.
  • Identify, manage and support local issues which may have an impact on Haleon's reputation, developing proactive and reactive messaging to mitigate potential issues.
  • Provide strategic counsel to marketing teams on issues with potential to negatively impact the reputation of our brands.
  • Support cross MEA BU Corporate Affairs initiatives.
  • Stay up to date on industry trends and best practice to continuously improve the communication strategy.

    • Qualifications and skills

    Essential

  • Bachelor's degree required, preferably in Communications, Public Relations, or a related field. A specialization in Public Policy is a strong plus.
  • 8+ years experience in a similar corporate affairs role with a global FMCG. Experience in healthcare / pharma will be a plus, but not essential.
  • Experience in issues management and crisis communications.
  • Proven ability to develop trust-based relationships with senior internal and external stakeholders such as professional bodies, national governments and advocacy groups.
  • Strong stakeholder management and excellent people leadership skills, ability to influence effectively.

    • Preferred

  • Ability to work in a fast-paced and growing environment.
  • The ability to work across multiple areas and demonstrate good agility.
  • A positive, can-do attitude and a real team player.

    • Please save a copy of the job description, as this may be helpful to refer to once the advert closes.

    Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

    At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone.

    We're striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives.

    We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.

    Care to join us. Find out what life at Haleon is really like

    At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone. We're striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives. We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.

    As you apply, we will ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. We want to have an opportunity to consider a diverse pool of qualified candidates and this information will assist us in meeting that objective and in understanding how well we are doing against our inclusion and diversity ambitions. We would really appreciate it if you could take a few moments to complete it. Rest assured, Hiring Managers do not have access to this information and we will treat your information confidentially.

    Haleon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class.

    Please note that if you are a US Licensed Healthcare Professional or Healthcare Professional as defined by the laws of the state issuing your license, Haleon may be required to capture and report expenses Haleon incurs, on your behalf, in the event you are afforded an interview for employment. This capture of applicable transfers of value is necessary to ensure Haleon's compliance to all federal and state US Transparency requirements.

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