Associate Director, Marketing Communications
Baxter International Inc.
Senior Director of Communications
Amcor
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Deerfield • Illinois, Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $242,400 - $303,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Lead the Communications Team for the division to ensure effective and efficient support to the business on a daily basis.
- Provide communication expertise, counsel and support for major change initiatives and transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures, reorganizations, policy changes, etc.
- Manage multi-stakeholder relationships with various members of the senior leadership team, serving as a thought-leader, advisor and technical expert on all matters of communication.
- Serve as an effective and credible ambassador –with external and internal stakeholders – for Amcor, its products, culture and aspirations.
- Oversee the governance and editorial process for internal communications vehicles (e.g., announcements, newsletters, leadership portal, internal social media tools, etc.) and help an ongoing evolution to more efficient, effective and integrated practices.
- Work with the Communications CoE in ensuring digital platforms (internal and/or external, including social media) are managed effectively and aligned to business strategy and priorities, and a cohesive channel strategy.
- Actively partner with others in the global communications team to lead integrated content strategies that reinforce Division or BG-specific content and Amcor-wide standards and priorities
- Develop communications materials to help leaders articulate positions and engage others (e.g., key messages, talking points, etc.)
- Provide expert communications counsel to key stakeholder groups and senior executives and support them at regular intervals to ensure their communication strategies are fit for purpose.
- Plan, develop and execute an annual internal communications plan and a portfolio of communication activities that engages employees in support of Amcor strategy and execution.
- Establish communication success metrics by which to measure and demonstrate success in communication strategy execution.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications or related discipline
- Masters in Business Administration, Communications or related discipline a plus
- Min 15 years external and/or internal communications experience and demonstrated success, preferably in a packaging manufacturing environment
- Proven experience dealing first hand with executives and senior leadership.
- Extensive experience in change communications and a proven track record of effective delivery of integrated, multi-channel internal communications programs and campaigns.
- In-depth experience in either FMCG, manufacturing or international companies, agencies
- Experience managing budgets, agencies and vendors
- Hands-on experience leading cross geographical teams with diverse profiles.
- Solid business understanding and financial acumen
- Self-starter, entrepreneurial, independent, and forward thinker
- Strong interpersonal communications skills; Goal-oriented strategic discipline and ability to translate it into tactical execution; Highly collaborative
- Excellent writing/editing and verbal communication skills
- Mastery of communication tools and their relevance/efficiency to support business objectives
- Strong leadership skills to facilitate decision making in a matrix organization
- Strong ability to lead self and others through high levels of ambiguity
- Strong project management skill, preferably involving change management at an enterprise level.
- Focus on execution to drive a core set of deliverables and metrics and who feels comfortable creating and activating out-of-the box ideas to increase engagement
- Fluency in spoken and written English. Additional languages a plus.
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision plans
- Flexible time off, starting at 80 hours paid time per year for full-time salaried employees
- Company-paid holidays starting at 9 days per year and may be slightly higher by location
- Wellbeing program & Employee Assistance Program
- Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
- Life insurance, AD&D, short-term & long-term disability, and voluntary accident disability benefits are available
- Paid Parental Leave
- Retirement Savings Plan with company match
- Tuition Reimbursement (dependent upon approval)
- Discretionary annual bonus program (initial eligibility dependent upon hire date)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
change communicationsinternal communicationscontent strategycommunication metricswritingeditingproject managementbudget managementvendor managementcross-geographical team leadership
Soft skills
interpersonal communicationstrategic disciplinecollaborationleadershipdecision makingentrepreneurial mindsetindependenceforward thinkingtactical executionadaptability
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in journalismBachelor’s degree in communicationsMaster’s in Business AdministrationMaster’s in Communications