Corporate Relations Executive, Southern Europe

Job Description :

About us

Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks company with an outstanding collection of brands, such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray and Guinness. Our purpose – Celebrating life, every day, everywhere – has a relevant role in our company, for our people, our diversity, our brands, in how we perform and how we build shared value. There's a rich history of character and iconic products to promote. And we rely on driven, hard-working commercial executives to protect the legacy of these brands and ensure their future success.

About the role

It will be initially a 6 months contract

The Corporate Relations (CR) team's role is to protect and promote Diageo's reputation and licence to operate, in service of becoming the most trusted and respected consumer goods company. This role will be part of the CR function in Southern Europe, reporting to the CR director, and will interact with a great variety of internal and external collaborators. For this specific role, this will include:

• Implementing the Europe CR Strategy in the Southern Europe market.
• Providing support in the Communications pillar, working flexibly to support Diageo businesses in SE through powerful internal and external communications activities.
• Coordinating internal communications channels, including townhalls, video and written employee information channels. Delivering compelling contents to support our engagement objectives.
• Becoming the CR representative in the organizing teams of key corporate events.
• Delivering the comms & engagement programme for Southern Europe, while presenting the Southern European Exec leaders with internal and external engagement opportunities.
• Contributing to the organization of Spain-based activities of the positive drinking and inclusivity programmes Learning for Life, Smashed, Wrong Side of the Road and DrinkIQ.
• Contributing to the admin work to support the CR function, including budget and vendor tracking.

Partners:

• Internal – CR colleagues in other countries, the above market CR team, the MD of Southern Europe and their Exec team, members of the global brand teams
• External – Suppliers and media.

Top Accountabilities

Functional:

• The role will implement the internal communications strategy in Southern Europe and manage comms channels.
• The role will need to create copy (both in English and Spanish) and video content for the internal and external channels, both on its own and managing external vendors.
• The role will contribute to the delivery of Diageo's positive drinking and inclusivity programs in Spain and Southern Europe
• The role will manage the vendors of the Corporate Relations department including the financial and admin support involved (purchase orders, vendor induction, etc).
• The role will need to develop a solid knowledge and understanding of Southern Europe including business strategy and goals, brands, innovations, policies, and practices.
• The role has a full Southern European remit requiring interaction with a range of functions and countries - the role will collaborate and respond directly to specific project needs.
• The role will work closely with the rest of the Southern Europe CR Team on internal and external communications for the geography, delivering against our reputation pillar and supporting the MD.
• Deep personal accountability for great performance. Organized and reliable, while being able to respond to rapidly changing requirements.
• Experience working across multiple countries/geographies/cultures.

About you

Ideal experiences / Qualifications / capabilities

• 1+ years of relevant internal and/or external communications experience, either in an in-house communications department of a company, institution, or association, or in a public relations agency.
• Outstanding writing and presentation skills in English and Spanish. Ability to deliver high-impact written materials, video footage and photos. Excellent verbal communication skills.
• Experience in managing PR agencies and other external partners.
• Languages: Full proficiency in English (both spoken and written) and Spanish is required. Other Southern European languages (French, Greek, Italian or Portuguese) would be a plus.
• Exceptional ability to build and maintain genuine relationships based on mutual trust & respect.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively with colleagues at different levels and the ability and confidence to provide support to others.
• Managing complexity. Demonstrated track record of effectively managing an ambitious agenda of multiple projects and stakeholders.
• Being able to excel when dealing with ambiguity, complexity and working within a fast-paced, entrepreneurial, and matrixed environment.

Leadership Standards:

Win through Execution

• High energy and ambition to achieve successful outcomes and high standards.
• Generates a range of workable solutions, decides what should be done and takes action.
• Actively spots opportunities or issues and identifies which are urgent and important.

Shape the Future

• Sees the big picture and possibility from multiple angles and through a creative lens.
• Frames issues in a way that creates clarity and incorporates others' best thinking.
• Accurately digests large amounts of information and breaks down complex problems thoroughly.

Inspire through Purpose

• Communicates in a compelling, persuasive, and impactful way.
• Draws on a variety of influencing styles to engage different audiences.
• Finds broader meaning in their work and aspires to make a significant difference.

Invest in Talent

• Displays confidence in their ability to meet challenges and succeed.
• Maintains belief and optimism and bounces back quickly from setbacks or failures.
• Demonstrates a realistic and thoughtful awareness of their own capabilities.
• Proactively seeks feedback and development for growth, and takes action.

Working with us

Flexibility

This is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time and compressed hours. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don't let anything stop you from applying.

Diversity statement

Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo's purpose of "celebrating life every day everywhere". This purpose is, in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity.

We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base. We view diversity as one of the key enablers that helps our business to grow and our values, purpose and standards set the conditions for us to respect the unique contribution each person brings.

Worker Type :

Fixed Term Contract (Fixed Term)

Primary Location:

Madrid

Additional Locations :

Job Posting Start Date :

With over 200 brands sold in more than 180 countries, we're the world's leading premium drinks company. Every day, over 30,000 talented people come together at Diageo to create the magic behind our much-loved brands. From iconic names to innovative newcomers – the brands we're building are rooted in culture and local communities. Our ambition is to be one of the best performing, most trusted and most respected consumer products companies in the world.

Our founders, such as Arthur Guinness, John Walker, and Charles Tanqueray, were visionary entrepreneurs whose brilliant minds helped shape the alcohol industry. And through our people, their legacy lives on. Join us, and you'll collaborate with talented people from all corners of the world. Together, you'll innovate and push boundaries, shaping a more inclusive and sustainable future that we can all be proud of.

With diversity at our core, we celebrate our people's unique passions, commitments and specialist skills. Because when varied voices, mindsets, and personalities come together, great ideas are born. In our supportive culture, your voice will be heard and you'll be empowered to be you. Just bring your ambition, curiosity and ideas, and we'll celebrate your work and help you reach your fullest potential.

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