Director, Global Animal Health Manufacturing Communications

Job Description

Job Description:

Our Company's Global Animal Health division is commitment to The Science of Healthier Animals® and is dedicated to preserving and improving the health, well-being and performance of animals and the people who care for them. We offer our veterinarians, farmers, pet owners and governments one of the widest ranges of veterinary pharmaceuticals, vaccines and health management solutions and services as well as an extensive suite of connected technology that includes identification, traceability and monitoring products. It invests extensively in dynamic and comprehensive R&D resources and a modern, global supply chain. Our Company Animal Health is present in more than 50 countries, while its products are available in some 150 markets.

Global Animal Health Communications strives to be a strong team of trusted advisors who partner to drive business value. We advance the mission of our Company's Animal Health and create a cohesive picture of our work in the world by shaping its narrative. We drive consistency around our Company's Animal Health narrative and improve our corporate reputation as a result.

The Director of Animal Health Manufacturing Communications oversees or directly manages the development and implementation of communications strategies and programs in support of the global animal health manufacturing organization. The Director serves on the Global Animal Health Manufacturing leadership team and acts as the key communications advisor for critical manufacturing communications, key strategic initiatives and business programs.

Primary Activities:

• Implement and execute programs to support key manufacturing strategic initiatives.

• Creates and maintains an efficient global communications site network with the plant managers that can quickly respond to the business communications needs.

• Partners with the Global Animal Health Manufacturing Leadership Team to develop and drive strategic communications, including empowering managers and other key stakeholders with information to help them inform and influence their staff.

• Supports the execution of site communication strategies that positively impact and help the organization navigate through change, growth, crisis and employee affairs.

• Drives strategic communications plans, including empowering site managers and other key stakeholders with information and tools to help them inform and influence their staff.

• Leads and aligns the communication of existing safety, quality, diversity, engagement and other programs

• Establishes and streamlines key communications processes across site network to increase the efficacy of our narrative.

• Contributes to positioning the Global Animal Health Manufacturing organization as an employer of choice among current and prospective employees.

• Surfaces stories of innovation, safety and diversity.

• Implements communications solutions addressing the challenges of communicating with colleagues in manufacturing production.

• Manages external partners to ensure implementation of the communications strategy.

• Collaborates across the organization to support that the company’s communications are executed in a strategic, consistent and measurable manner and that communications resources are aligned to business priorities.

• Manages issues appropriately and responds to media inquiries in a timely way, positioning the company favorably and a leader in technologies that support quality manufacturing capacity and capabilities.

This position reports to the AVP of Animal Health Communications.

Qualifications:

Location:

• We offer Hybrid Work Model (combination of 3 days In-office & 2 days offsite/remote). This position cannot be 100% remote.

• Applicant must have ability to work from our NJ HQ site in Rahway NJ.

Education Minimum Requirement:

• Bachelor’s Degree with 8 or more years of communications experience OR a minimum of a high school diploma with at least 10 years of equivalent experience which could include: communications, media, and/or military.

Required:

• A min of 10 years of proven experience in Corporate Communications, or similar role, with extensive experience working in-house with publicly traded company(ies).

• Track record of success in strategic communications, strong collaborator with effective relationship and partnership skills.

• Experience within a highly regulated industry; deep business knowledge, solid understanding of manufacturing across a global enterprise.

• Ability to approach communications in new and innovative ways and fluency in social media and other technology enabled communications channels.

• Proven track record as a strong strategic communications leader who has demonstrated capabilities to drive organizational change, ensure employee engagement, manage the external environment with media and manage cross-functional projects.

• Demonstrated success in collaborating across functions and across geographies.

• Proven ability to translate science/business/technical information, developments and challenges into compelling communications for key stakeholders.

• Maintains direction and focus through proactive, integrated planning; takes an organized, data-driven approach.

• Possesses passion, energy, a detail orientation, and enthusiasm to drive results.

Employees working in roles that the Company determines require routine collaboration with external stakeholders, such as customer-facing commercial, or research-based roles, will be expected to comply not only with Company policy but also with policies established by such external stakeholders (for example, a requirement to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to access a facility or meet with stakeholders). Please understand that, as permitted by applicable law, if you have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 and an essential function of your job is to call on external stakeholders who require vaccination to enter their premises or engage in face-to-face meetings, then your employment may pose an undue burden to business operations, in which case you may not be offered employment, or your employment could be terminated. Please also note that, where permitted by applicable law, the Company reserves the right to require COVID-19 vaccinations for positions, such as in Global Employee Health, where the Company determines in its discretion that the nature of the role presents an increased risk of disease transmission.

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U.S. Hybrid Work Model

Effective September 5, 2023, employees in office-based positions in the U.S. will be working a Hybrid work consisting of three total days on-site per week, generally Tuesday, Wednesday and either Monday or Thursday, although the specific days may vary by site or organization, with Friday designated as a remote-working day, unless business critical tasks require an on-site presence. This Hybrid work model does not apply to, and daily in-person attendance is required for, field-based positions; facility-based, manufacturing-based, or research-based positions where the work to be performed is located at a Company site; positions covered by a collective-bargaining agreement (unless the agreement provides for hybrid work); or any other position for which the Company has determined the job requirements cannot be reasonably met working remotely. Please note, this Hybrid work model guidance also does not apply to roles that have been designated as “remote”.

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Available benefits include bonus eligibility, health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and sick days. For Washington State Jobs, a summary of benefits is listed here.

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Requisition ID:R258972