Advisor Product Policy & Sustainability

About the Organisation 

Every retailer and wholesaler have a significant role providing essential services to millions of business and individual customers. With its dynamic, young, and ever-changing working environment, EuroCommerce is one of the leading trade associations in Brussels and the principle representative European organisation for retail and wholesale. While the industry creates various career opportunities to 26 million Europeans, EuroCommerce is working every day to take the sector one step further to provide better services.  

As an Adviser Product Policy & Sustainability, you will have the opportunity to work in a role with a clear connection to EuroCommerce’s mission.  

About the Role 

The Advisor will join the Product Policy & Sustainability team to support EuroCommerce’s advocacy and contributions on Non-Food dossiers, including topics such as product safety, eco-design, labelling, sustainable chemicals, and others. They will be an important external representative for EuroCommerce on those policy issues advancing the interests of the members and reporting to the director product policy and sustainability. 

Their tasks will thus include the following activities:  

• Monitoring and analysing legislative and policy developments in the product policy domain, primarily linked to consumer goods.  
• Engaging with key European Union institutions, including the European Commission, Parliament, and other EU bodies, as well as with stakeholder organisations across the sector and representing the organisation externally on Non-Food and Sustainability policy dossiers. 
• Contributing to and implementing advocacy and communications plans and positions on key issues, contributing pro-actively to the sector’s approach and promoting good practice on Non-Food sustainability dossiers. 
• In consultation with members formulating positions and key messages on legislative developments and policies and communicating these through coordinated outreach.  
• Being a point of contact for the team and the EuroCommerce membership. 
• Engaging with members and managing the relevant committees and working groups, in particular the Non-Food Committee, organising meetings and events as relevant. 
• Building consensus among members and formulating policy positions with members on priority issues. 

Qualifications: 

• A minimum of  2 years of hands-on work experience in a similar, relevant role in EU Public Affairs, preferably in a retail or wholesale company, trade  association, public affairs/communications consultancy or other types of organisations working on related topics. 
• Proven track record of engaging in the EU decision-making processes and with EU institutions. 
• University degree in Law, Political Sciences, Economics or a natural science with any other relevant degree to be considered. 
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in written and spoken English with other languages to be considered an asset.  
• Ability to interact and engage with various stakeholders in an international context. 
• Pro-active, independent, adaptable, and a resourceful team player with demonstrable organisational, inter-personal and negotiation skills.  
• Well-organised, autonomous, dynamic, innovative, curious, and capable to deliver on time, and adapt swiftly to changing priorities.  

The Offer 

• Join a young and dynamic team of one of the biggest and most credible trade associations in Brussels – a team of significant policy and public affairs professionals in retail and wholesale. 
• Opportunity to gain visibility and expend your network by meeting and liaising with important key policymakers in the retail through various events. 
• Chance to work on high-priority and interesting policy files with the opportunity to influence current consumer product and sustainability-related legislation. 
• Strong possibility to grow within the organization training and coaching opportunities which are embedded in the organization culture. 
• Flexible work arrangement as part of the benefits package. 

How to apply  

EuroCommerce and Mavence are committed to diversity and inclusion, which is why we encourage all applicants no matter their age, race, nationality, sexual orientation, disability, sex and gender identity, religion, or political affiliation to apply for vacancies. 

Interested candidates are asked to submit their applications to Sergey Golyshin, Director Recruitment – Mavence at sergey.golyshin@mavence.com. 

Applications would consist of a Cover Letter and recent Curriculum Vitae and will be processed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. 

Personne de contact

Sergey Golyshin