Corporate Affairs & Csr Manager

Company description:

Suntory Oceania

Job description:

Who are we?

As a leading beverage manufacturer in the Oceania market, Frucor Suntory has a rich 60-year history, growing from a local juice company to a trans-Tasman beverage leader, known for its iconic range of drinks including V Energy and Suntory BOSS Coffee.

With our partners at Beam Suntory, we're embarking on a new chapter of growth to become Suntory Oceania, a new multi-beverage powerhouse across Australia and New Zealand -underpinned by our diverse talent, market-leading brands, quality craftsmanship and a strong sense of purpose.

With an inspiring growth trajectory ahead, there has never been a better time to join the Suntory family. From 2025 in Australia and 2026 in New Zealand, we will own local manufacturing, sales, and distribution for our full portfolio of alcohol and non-alcohol beverages. By harnessing the best of Suntory from across Australia and New Zealand, we will offer a unique portfolio of over 40 market-leading brands - powered by two local manufacturing sites, five distribution centres and more than 1500 Suntorians.

Together, we will bring the best of Suntory to Oceania.

Join our Corporate Affairs Team on this 14-month parental leave fixed term opportunity.

As our Corporate Affairs and Corporate Social Responsibility Manager, you'll be responsible for protecting and enhancing our reputation through external communications, issues management, strategic community partnerships and sustainability programs.

With strong business acumen, strategic thinking and collaboration skill, you will be working closely with our senior leaders and subject matter experts to strengthen our business today and help it transform for the future.

Key responsibilities include:

• Responsible for the external communications strategy, including the press office and all corporate channels.
• Manage ANZ NGO partners, overseeing external programs, establishing new relationships and facilitating organisational storytelling.
• Participate in the development of our new Suntory Oceania Sustainability Strategy, leading for associated communications materials/activations.
• Support organisation to undertake our first Reconciliation Action Plan, engaging across the organisation and external partners.

To enable you to hit the ground running in this role, you will have:

• Corporate Affairs experience, especially in Media Relations & Issues, CSR/Community Programs (8-10 Years Minimum)
• A natural storyteller and highly curious, you like developing new strategies and then deliver with excellence.
• Organised and adept at planning and project management, good instincts to prioritise your workload.
• Strong interpersonal skills, good at creating collaborative relationships within the organisation and external partners.
• The ability to adapt and be flexible/agile in your approach as we embark on our transformation journey to become Suntory Oceania.
• Community Reconciliation Action Plan experience desirable.

Working in the Suntory Group family isn't a job, it's a career. We're incredibly proud of our vibrant and diverse culture and our people, who set us apart from the rest. As part of the Suntory Group, our learning and development opportunities are hard to beat, and our career pathways have global reach.

In addition to being part of a passionate team, we offer flexible working arrangements, a competitive remuneration package and an industry leading parental leave policy.

At Suntory we recognise that all life experiences equate to innovation. We welcome people of all cultural and ethnic backgrounds, abilities, ages, life stages, all sexualities and all genders to apply to join the Suntory family.

Being involved in a transformational journey of this size don't come along very often, so if you're looking for your career-defining role, click apply to submit your CV & cover letter. Applications close end of day Friday 22nd March 2024.

If you require any specific support or adjustments throughout the recruitment process to enable you to put your best foot forward, please don't hesitate to let us know.