Location Amsterdam
Job-type Permanent
Salary £Competitive
Reference 19864

For over 150 years, Heineken has been passionate about making a positive impact on the world around us.

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Their "Brew a Better World" vision for 2030 raises the bar and enables faster progress towards a net zero, fairer and healthier world. Their ambitious new commitments are woven into the fabric of a balanced growth strategy, EverGreen, putting sustainability and responsibility front and centre as they write their next chapter. For example, HEINEKEN recently announced a stepped-up ambition to decarbonise its production by 2030 and its full value chain by 2040. Alongside this, Heineken has continued to work on diversity & inclusion, creating fair workplaces and addressing harmful substance use.

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As part of this mission, they are looking for a Change & Communications Specialist with a focus on Sustainability Reporting.

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The role:

In this position, you will balance reporting, change and communications responsibilities:

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Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive ("CSRD") Reporting Responsibilities (80%):

  • Developing the cross-functional communications plan and materials (trainings, webcasts, etc.) as well as the people and stakeholder engagement to roll out CSRD implementation that puts the project on a path to success, including, but not limited to:

  • Raising awareness and understanding of what is changing as it relates to CSRD and how it can greatly improve business performance

  • Specific functional and OpCo stakeholder engagement moments to introduce the project and explain requirements and benefits

  • Supporting function storyline creation for key functions, including Finance, Corporate Affairs, Supply Chain, Procurement and Global People

  • Support the CSRD project team with translating challenges into creative solutions (people engagements, communication material, stakeholder engagement etc.)

  • Co-drive the collection and communication of success stories and positive impact of the change

  • Define the picture of success to allow the project team to define the tasks & behaviours required by departments and OpCos impacted by the CSRD implementation

  • Link activities to the HEINEKEN Change Model

  • Support and co-create the training for departments and Opcos impacted by the CSRD implementation

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Change & Communications Hub Responsibilities (20%):

  • Deploy new HEINEKEN Change Management Model within the finance function

  • Support the building of the change capability as we upskill the organisation in change management

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What you should bring:

  • Education:Master's Degree

  • Work experience:10+ years of experience in leading and implementing change and communicating on a variety of complex business topics, projects and transformational activities

  • Fields of expertise: Experience in change management and communications; strong preference for experience working within non-financial reporting, sustainable development and/or awareness and understanding of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) within the EU

  • Functional skills: Experience with engagement and collaboration tools like MS Teams Live events, knowledge of communications & engagement trends

  • Communication skills: Excellent communication skills (written and verbal), presentation skills, and stakeholder engagement

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Acre is supporting Heineken in the hiring process for this position. If you would like to discuss this opportunity further, please get in touch with Declan Murphy at declan.murphy@acre.com.