Our Dream is to bring people together for a better world. Beer, the original social network, has been bringing people together for thousands of years. We are committed to building great brands that stand the test of time and to brewing the best beers using the finest natural ingredients. Our diverse portfolio of well over 400 beer brands includes global brands Budweiser, Corona and Stella Artois; multi-country brands Beck’s, Castle, Castle Lite, Hoegaarden, and Leffe; and local champions such as Aguila, Bud Light, Jupiler, Klinskoye, Modelo Especial, Quilmes, Skol, and Victoria. Our brewing heritage dates back more than 600 years, spanning continents and generations. From our European roots at the Den Hoorn brewery in Leuven, Belgium. To the pioneering spirit of the Anheuser & Co brewery in St. Louis, US. To the creation of the Castle Brewery in South Africa during the Johannesburg gold rush. To Bohemia, the first brewery in Brazil. Geographically diversified with a balanced exposure to developed and developing markets, we leverage the collective strengths of approximately 200,000 employees based in more than 50 countries worldwide.

The main purpose of the job is to manage and implement the Corporate Affairs initiatives, manage stakeholders and regulators, as well as implement sustainability goals in International Breweries Plc, Ilesha Plant.

The key accountabilities and delegated responsibilities of the position will be the following:

• Ensure that a relationship is built and maintained with all relevant stakeholders in the communities around the brewery, government ministries, department, agencies and regulators
• Ensure that the government relations program effectively manages regulatory risks
• Ensure that the company is represented on key trade and industry organizations/bodies (including task forces and special groups) where the company should be represented, and that the most appropriate company representatives participate
• Ensure that the views, positions and agenda of the company are effectively represented and supported by other members of key trade and industry bodies
• Implement company initiatives, projects and partnerships around alcohol responsibility and sustainability issues and demonstrably build reputation for the company among key stakeholders
• Ensure that these reputation building activities are effectively leveraged among government officials, policy makers and with NGOs
• Ensure that key NGOs impacting the business are monitored and that dialogue is established with them wherever possible and/or appropriate
• Implement robust evaluation methodologies that have been designed to measure the impact of activities, initiatives and programs and that these insights are used to determine how programs and plans can be improved
• Monitor and track progress of all product registration, permits and licenses with regulatory authorities
• Provide monthly report on regulatory obligations and status of existing applications
• Drive complete accuracy and integrity of records by maintaining depository of all licenses and permits
• Plan, undertake and oversee regulatory inspections and activities on the site
• Proactively liaise with other departments to understand their regulatory needs and take steps to action those requests
• Ensure that a company's products comply with the regulations of the regions where they want to distribute them
• Train employees, where required, on regulatory changes and activities that could impact our operations/objectives
• Develop materials to support new product licenses and license renewals process
• Prepare submissions of license variations and renewals to strict deadlines.
• Monitor set timelines for license variations and renewal approvals
• Support the Licence to Trade (LTT) agenda of the Brewery
• Draw up a stakeholder mapping exercise for sustainable development and enterprise development stakeholders
• Manage and organise engagement with critical government/regulatory stakeholders on periodic bases

• Bachelor's Degree in Political Science, Sociology, Communications or related field
• 5+ Years’ experience in legislative, regulatory and/or executive branch public policy work, community relations and/or governmental relations

Key competencies and attributes 

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrated experience in working effectively with state, local and community groups, preferably as a representative of a large public institution

AB InBev is an equal opportunity employer and all appointments will be made inline with AB InBev employment equity plan and talent requirements.

The advert has minimum requirements listed. Management reserves the right to use additional/ relevant information as criteria for short-listing