Senior Manager, Public Affairs
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Uxbridge, United Kingdom
Communication & Public Affairs
06/01/2026
106523
Are you looking for new challenges and personal growth within Coca-Cola Europacific Partners? Then we have a great opportunity for you!
Do you have a personality with the power to influence and connect?
Can you sustain the pace to keep on growing?
Will you make an impact with your desire to win?
Senior Manager, Public Affairs
Contract type: Permanent
Location: Uxbridge
What to expect
Work with the Head of Public Affairs and Director of Policy and Sustainability, to deliver the PA strategy for CCEP, updating as needed and aligning with the evolving communications landscape and political dynamics of 2026–2029. Drive business performance, enhance corporate reputation, and foster stakeholder engagement through innovative and impactful public affairs initiatives, in close collaboration with the Coke System and aligned with the Corporate Public Affairs agenda.nda.
Key Responsibilities
- Stakeholder Mapping & Engagement: Build and maintain a dynamic national stakeholder database of political and industry stakeholders to support strategic engagement and reputation-building efforts.
- Strategic Programme Development: Design and execute GB-specific public affairs programmes, messaging, and events that elevate CCEP’s profile and influence.
- Executive Advisory: Support and deliver strategic counsel to senior leaders on public affairs matters, ensuring alignment with business priorities and external realities.
- Representation & Advocacy: Represent CCEP at key public forums, alone or with the Head of PA or the Director of Policy and Sustainability, delivering compelling messages that support business objectives.
- Thought Leadership: Actively participate in external events to build relationships, defend CCEP’s reputation, and position the company as a responsible and local industry leader.
- Corporate Alignment: Contribute to the Corporate PA agenda, including position papers, strategy development, and cross-market collaboration.
- Policy Influence: Represent CCEP’s interests in legislative and regulatory discussions, ensuring proactive and constructive engagement with government bodies, including consultation responses.
- Event organisation and delivery: Work with PA team and external agency to coordinate and deliver stakeholder events, site visits and parliamentary engagements.
What we're looking for
- · Proven track record in public affairs at both devolved and national levels
- · Experience developing and executing PA strategies and campaigns
- · Strong stakeholder management and senior leadership engagement
- · Relevant political experience / understanding – at devolved and national level, devolved Government engagement in Scotland or Wales particularly desirable
We are Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) – a dedicated team of 42,000 people, serving customers in 31 countries, who work together to make, move and sell some of the world’s most loved drinks.
We are a global business and one of the leading consumer goods companies in the world. We help our 2.1 million customers grow, and we are constantly investing in exciting new products, innovative technologies and fresh ideas. This helps us to delight the 600 million people who enjoy our drinks every day.
From gender, age and ethnicity to sexual orientation and different abilities, we welcome people from all walks of life and empower unique perspectives. We recognise we’ve got some way to go, but we’ll get there with the support of our people. It’s them who drive our future growth. To find out more about what it’s like to work at and our culture we would welcome you to speak to one of our employees on our live chat platform, just click here to speak to an insider
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