Communication Specialist

Illinois

‐ Onsite

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Keywords

Distribution Writing Project Management Change Management Communication Internal communication Intranet Construction Media Relations Power Point

Summary:

The individual will be responsible for all internal communication within the Bakery, ensuring that the internal communications and engagement strategies are aligned with business objectives and fostering a two-way between management and employees.
The vision is to create employee engagement through our change initiatives with transparent communications, change management tools and employee inclusion.
These activities will shape what employees believe about the company, will be designed to encourage positive behavior changes and foster positive emotion about the company as a great place to work.

Key Responsibilities:

Orchestrate and coordinate all the plant communication (newsletters, monitors, videos, regular meetings, etc.)
Meet with managers to get their input and then write the communication
Create communications team of hourly and salaried employees
In collaboration with internal communications and media relations, ensure that the Bakery's messages and communications are consistent and timely for all key audiences
Implement appropriate metrics to evaluate the success and impact of communication

SKILLS:

Qualifications:

Must have experience in creating communication for manufacturing employees, comfortable working in a plant.
Requires successful track record of experience in the communication field
Requires the ability to manage and influence teams to drive engagement and communications to deliver best-in-class results
Understanding of internal communications practices, including two way channels and pull and push methods of communication
Strong project management skills
Must have strong understanding of persuasion models and message construction
Must be adept at speech writing, Intranet content writing and collateral writing
Must be able to translate business objectives to a basic language all associates can understand
Must be able to manage budgets (managing external vendors)
Must be able to manage project teams
Experience working within Manufacturing, warehousing or distribution preferred
Minimum 6 years' experience in internal communications and project management type roles
Bachelor's Degree
Must be able to communicate using PowerPoint graphs, charts (KPIs mainly)
Ability to pull out business information from data/charts
Experience in Change Management communications and/or communications to gain employee engagement
Prefer experience in working in multi-cultural environment

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