Regulatory Director

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As a world leader in premium spirits, Suntory Global Spirits inspires the brilliance of life by delivering great consumer experiences through its world-class portfolio of brands. Known for its craftsmanship of premium whiskies, including Jim Beam®, Maker's Mark®, Basil Hayden® and Knob Creek® bourbons; Japanese whiskies, including Yamazaki®, Hakushu®, Hibiki® and Toki™; and leading Scotch brands including Teacher's, Laphroaig® and Bowmore®, Suntory Global Spirits also produces leading IMFL brand Oaksmith in India.
A global company with approximately 6,000 employees in more than 30 countries, one of Suntory Global Spirit's core values is Growing for Good and through its Proof Positive sustainability strategy, the company has committed to ambitious goals and investments to promote environmental sustainability in its operations, ensure the company has a positive impact on the communities where employees live and work, and programs to educate and inform consumers to make the right personal choices about drinking. Headquartered in New York City, Suntory Global Spirits is a subsidiary of Suntory Holdings Limited of Japan.
For more information, on our brands and commitment to social responsibility, please visit www.suntoryglobalspirits.com and www.drinksmart.com.

We are looking for people who bring something unique to Suntory Global Spirits - themselves. We value differences, and we appreciate what each of us can contribute. We inspire each other, and challenge ourselves to innovate, improve, advance new ideas and try new things. We create endless opportunities to Unleash Your Spirit every day in a culture that is charged, creative, challenging and fun.

• Will focus on regulatory affairs in India. They will have primary responsibility for advocating on behalf of Suntory Global Spirits India on legislative and regulatory issues in India.
• Responsible for defining, delivering, and executing the strongest possible regulatory strategy that delivers against Suntory India's top line objectives in the short and long term.
• Anticipating and mitigating risks incl. geopolitical, tax, trade, regulatory and reputational risks.
• Provide expertise, counsel, analysis and intelligence to the India leadership team, HQ and senior leaders on decision making of state governments and potential policy outcomes that could impact Suntory Global Spirits.
• Government Relations - Build relationships with Excise departments, FSSAI, CMOs, and bureaucrats.
• Ensuring and building a process for streamlining label registration process.
• Navigating complex state-by-state excise laws, licensing, and compliance. This includes anticipating, monitoring, and liaising with excise authorities in the different states for all regulatory matters including label registration, pricing, state SKU mix, and circular pricing issues.
• Engaging with state and central authorities on excise policy and taxation. Excise policy is released in all states in India on an annual basis and can have far reaching implications, therefore anticipation and preparedness is critical.

• Regulatory Affairs - Ensure compliance with central/state regulations. Liaise with legal teams for implementation.
• Advocacy & Stakeholder Engagement - Develop advocacy strategies consistently with global public affairs priorities. Engage with associations, NGOs, and civil society.
• Crisis & Issues Management - Lead local regulatory affairs response during crises. Prepare briefing documents and communication plans.
• Internal Collaboration - Work closely and align with commercial, supply chain, marketing, finance, legal, sustainability, communications and global public affairs teams.
• Regional responsibility - state excise engagement. Develop effective resolution strategies for state specific issues
• Label registration support
• Innovation and footprint expansion support
• Team Management - hiring, engagement, talent management and effective performance management to ensure India plans are delivered and met.
• Proactive approach is ensuring business teams are updated and trained on regulatory changes to be future ready.

• Entrepreneurial Approach
• Creating Innovative Solutions
• Beating the Competition Together

• Agility
• Collaboration
• Critical/Logical thinking
• Results oriented
• Communication
• Persuasiveness/Impact
• Integrity
• Relationship builder

• Works in a collaborative manner
• Inspires engagement, passion, and performance.
• Thinks and acts like an owner.
• Delivers impactful results with integrity.