Senior Manager – Government Affairs Fultime

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

The Senior Manager Government Affairs will support the Global Government & Community Affairs team on sustainability-related strategic and advocacy initiatives in Europe to help reach adidas’ mid and long-term sustainability ambitions. The role will manage relations with government representatives and industry alliances and associations for adidas primarily in Europe, provide relevant public policy analysis and advocacy, and contribute to the implementation and continuous development of the Global Government Affairs strategy.

This is an exciting position offering learning, development, and creation opportunities in an international environment within a diverse, collaborative, and enthusiastic team. The Global Government & Community Affairs members are leading the company’s engagement with government stakeholders and are focused on building trusted relationships, monitoring and informing about policy developments, influencing policymaking, and building adidas’ reputation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the Global Government & Community Affairs department on sustainability-related strategic and advocacy initiatives in Europe to help reach adidas’ mid and long-term sustainability ambitions.

• Establish and manage relations with EU institutions and other government stakeholders in Europe.

• Identify, monitor, and analyze relevant policy developments in Germany and Europe, focusing on sustainability and related issue areas.

• Develop and execute advocacy strategies on policy priorities with a focus on sustainability.

• Understand the organization’s current and future business objectives/-priorities on a timely basis as to how policy developments might affect adidas.

• Provide briefings, guidance and support on critical policy development and to relevant internal business partners.

• Execute internal and external research, provide tangible analysis to develop readily intelligible output to support the company’s advocacy efforts.

• Organize, prepare, and conduct meetings with stakeholders.

• Represent adidas at selected working groups and committees of relevant trade associations.

• Continuously expand and upgrade knowledge and skills by utilizing resources such as reading materials and attending training workshops.

• Enhance day-to-day processes and suggest solutions, develop, and enhance Government Affairs tools (SharePoint, Stakeholder Management Platform, policies etc.), share best practices.

• Lead small-scale to medium-scale internal initiatives (e.g., policy development process updates, framework updates, recruitment).

Key Relationships:

• Government Affairs, Compliance, Social & Environmental Affairs, Legal

• Sustainability, Brand Sustainability

• Finance

• Sourcing, Customs, Product Operations

• Market organization EMEA

• External Communications

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Fluency in English required, fluency in additional languages desirable.

• Excellent understanding of political decision-making in the EU.

• Proven knowledge of sustainability-related EU rules and policy initiatives.

• Strong analytical, research, and presentation skills.

• Proven ability to bridge business, political and societal goals and language.

• Strong social and communication skills: diplomacy, poise, maturity, and empathy.

• Interpersonal and team building skills – strong ability to work at various ends within the organization.

• Ability to work well under pressure and act in utmost confidentiality with sensitive leadership information.

• Good technical skills (e.g., Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint).

• Intellectual curiosity and practical sense of how to cut to the core issues and analysis.

• International, cross-functional, and intercultural experience.

• Comfort with ambiguity, flexibility, tenacity, eagerness to learn.

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree in Social Science, Economics, Business Administration or related fields.

• 8+ years of experience in public affairs or related fields.

• Evidence of deep public affairs experience in sustainability-related policy areas.

• Minimum 1-2 years management experience.

• Willingness to travel approx. 60 percent of time. The role involves frequent travel to different locations in Europe more often to Brussels, Herzogenaurach

Vacature Senior Manager – Government Affairs

• Vacature: Senior Manager – Government Affairs
• Werkgever: Adidas Group
• Locatie: Amsterdam
• Datum vacatureplaatsing: 2022-03-16

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