Regional Government Affairs Director - Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and MyanmarAbbott Nutrition International

Bring strengths in advocacy, business knowledge, judgement, and process management to successfully lead Government Affairs efforts for Abbott.

Develop superior political, policy and influencer networks for Abbott by coordinating the building of strong GA, GM, Functional, Staff and External Advisor networks to cover key targets. Ensure that Abbott team has skills needed to build and maintain effective networks.

Build the reputation of Abbott GA as the preferred, go-to trusted partner, honest brokers who drive for constructive solutions.

Establish and maintain relationships with specifically assigned key members of Legislature, Ministries, Civil Service and Executive Office with great importance to Abbott's goals and objectives. This involves identifying key targets, prioritizing resources, networking with their office staffs and developing outreach and grassroots programs.

Stay apprised of business goals and strategies in order to assess impact to Abbott from regional, local, state/provincial legislative, executive, and regulatory activities. Consult with appropriate business and corporate personnel in making such determinations, providing recommendations for formulation of action plans.

Identify health care, economic and other policy developments in Government that could impact Abbott's business and operation. Proactively identify opportunities for Abbott to pursue favorable government policies and effectively defend Abbott against government policies that could harm shareholder interests. Drive efforts of GA team to positively address these policies

Review and analyze legislative and executive branch activities in consultation with appropriate business and corporate personnel to assess the level of impact to the company

Develop proactive policy and strategic plans to influence legislation and agency actions for both macro and business/product specific initiatives. Develop successful positioning the right content (data), emotional understanding and political sensitivity

Develop and successfully implement action plans by working with relevant business and corporate personnel and when appropriate, with outside allies, coalitions and trade associations

Increase the management and business unit understanding of, and participation in the policy-making and political process on behalf of Abbott. This involves collaboration with the business units for input on critical issues and involving appropriate executives to advance Abbott's positions with policymakers

Deliver strong messaging in support of Abbott positions - combining the right substance, with a credible, trusted approach. Work collaboratively across all support functions to ensure message consistency and delivery to key targets via appropriate channels

Participate in Asia Pacific country and regional government affairs strategies and meetings as assigned

Is a member of Country BAC, for each country of responsibility