Communications Manager, Safety Excellence and Transformation Job at DS Smith (London)

Job Description

The Safety Excellence Communications Manager is responsible for leading the communications for all of the Workstream Pillars to drive engagement and adoption of DS Smith’s Safety Excellence strategy. In this role, you will build effective communications amongst all stakeholder groups to generate collective responsibility for success.

Job Responsibility

Own the creation of the internal communications strategy and plan for different stakeholder groups in close alignment with the Strategy, Integration and Transformation Director and the wider business internal communication agenda
Own the channel strategy in support of the communication strategy and plan, leveraging existing channels and exploring other creative opportunities that align to the ambitious transformation agenda
Facilitate communication between pillar leads, governance teams, and site champions
Monitor engagement, feedback, and help resolve adoption barriers
Create updates on the status, progress and challenges of the project and ensure on-going follow up with the project stakeholders and steering committee
Manage the translation of training and promotional materials, and communications
Work closely with the relevant Strategy, Integration and Transformation team members & delivery teams (at divisions level, sub-regional level and functional level) to understand what project updates or messages are ready to be communicated and work closely with sub-regional and country team members around deployment

Requirements

Educated to a degree level (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
Proven ability to develop and deliver communications strategies and plans across multiple channels and audiences
Experience in managing and delivering change communications across a global company for large transformational projects
Experience in managing communication agencies
Excellent communication skills to adapt to all levels of the organisation, from board level to production workers
creativity in delivering complex messages in highly engaging and exciting way
Strong analytical skills & problem-solving ability (root cause identification skills)
Strategic as well as hands-on approach, with excellent stakeholder management skills
Fluent in English and ideally at least one other European language
Flexibility to travel, be on site where the action needs to happen
Demonstrable evidence of positively influencing employee engagement, as well as positively challenging and influencing at all levels of the business
Skilled in Powerpoint, Word and writing Internal communications

What we offer

Competitive salary
Discretionary bonus
Car allowance
25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Private Medical Insurance
Pension scheme, life assurance and income protection
Employee Assistance Programme
Employee Discounts
Cycle to work scheme

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