Vice President, Communication
Essity
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Gothenburg • Sweden
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About the role
- Serve as strategic communication partner to the BU President and leadership team, using communication to drive objectives, change, performance, and culture.
- Lead the development and execution of the BU’s internal communication plans to ensure engagement and effective communication infrastructure across the global BU.
- Define objectives, priorities, and messaging for external communication based on BU commercial needs, guiding Group and Country execution and managing BU-specific initiatives.
- Ensure all BU communication aligns with Essity’s corporate communication strategy, policies, and guidelines.
- Optimize the use of communication resources, capabilities, and assets (processes, tools, channels, messages).
- Represent the BU in Group level internal and external communication activities and content development.
- Support the Public Affairs agenda based on BU needs, ensuring clear priorities and alignment with Group.
- Lead issues and crisis communication management for the BU, coordinating with Country and Group stakeholders.
- Oversee communication for M&A and divestiture activities related to the BU.
- Contribute to the development of Essity’s communication function as part of the Communication Leadership Team (strategy, objectives, plans, policies, brand positioning, priorities).
- Ensure effective communication alignment between the Personal Care BU and the Consumer Tissue BU, as well as other BUs.
Requirements
- University Bachelor's Degree required.
- Minimum 10 years of senior communication leadership experience in an international FMCG organization.
- Track record leading and executing communication strategies across multiple regions within a complex international organization.
- Ability to both strategize and execute communication deliverables.
- Proven crisis management expertise (having successfully led at least two major crises, incident, or transformation communication situations across multiple markets)
- Strong listener with the ability to gather insights and translate input into effective communication strategies.
- Strong leader with the ability to create effective internal and external networks.
- Excellent written and spoken English language skills.
- Ability and willingness to travel.
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Hard Skills & Tools
communication strategiescrisis managementinternal communication plansexternal communicationM&A communicationcontent developmentperformance managementchange managementengagement strategiesbrand positioning
Soft Skills
strategic thinkingleadershiplisteningnetworkinginsight gatheringcommunicationcollaborationadaptabilityproblem-solvingexecution
Certifications
Bachelor's Degree