The Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Manager leads external stakeholder engagement, corporate communications, and sustainability initiatives in Korea.
This role serves as a strategic interface between the company and key external stakeholders, including government bodies, industry associations, media, farmers, and partners, while aligning local activities with global and regional priorities. The position plays a critical role in protecting corporate reputation, supporting business objectives, and driving sustainable value creation.
Responsibility
1. Corporate Affairs (including Government Affairs)
- Strengthen corporate brand through effective branding and oversee the development and quality of all corporate communication materials.
- Lead engagement with government, industry associations, media, and key external partners to build strong, trust-based stakeholder relationships.
- Develop and execute corporate communications strategy, including media relations, key messaging, and reputation and crisis communication management.
- Represent and communicate the company’s position on key business, product, policy, and sustainability matters.
- Monitor political, economic, and regulatory trends impacting business and drive proactive responses or advocacy actions.
- Collaborate closely with regional and global Corporate Affairs teams to align messages, priorities, and execution of global strategies at the local level.
2. Sustainability
- Develop and implement the local sustainability strategy, aligned with global and regional directions, while reflecting national priorities and stakeholder expectations.
- Lead cross-functional sustainability and advocacy initiatives with internal/external partners for measurable impact
- Build strategic partnerships with key influencers, including farmers and food companies, and lead community and networking programs to advance sustainability.
- Manage collaborations with research institutions, represent the company externally in sustainability-related research initiatives, and coordinate internal alignment across functions.
- Ensure strong alignment and continuous communication with regional/global Sustainability teams and guide internal teams in executing relevant projects.
3. Stewardship
- Oversee product stewardship activities and coordinate required processes with marketing, technical, and development teams to ensure responsible product use and compliance.
- Ensure stewardship and sustainability practices align with regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
- Bachelor’s degree
- Minimum 8 years of experience in corporate affairs, public affairs, corporate branding, crisis management, and internal/external communications
- Demonstrated ability to build, manage and strengthen relationship with external stakeholders such as government body, related associations, media, and key partner
- Hand-on experience in media relations including press, media advertisement, homepage, social media, etc.
- Anticipate risks and protect company reputation and business interests through proactive issue and crisis management
- Strong ability to work cross-functionally and align with regional and global team
- Project management skill
- Solid business English communication skill
- Fluency in Korean(written and spoken) is essential for effective communication with local stakeholders.
