Director, Corporate Communications

Breakthru Beverage Group • Cicero, IL

4d • Remote

About The Position

In this role, Breakthru’s Director, Corporate Communications will help protect & enhance the company’s reputation with all stakeholders. This leader has excellent project management capabilities along with exceptional written and verbal communication skills. She/he supports BBG’s narrative deployment to/with key stakeholders to raise awareness and build thought leadership for the organization. This role helps execute a communications strategy that engages and inspires team members regarding the company’s corporate strategy, progress, and direction - elevating brand reputation and equity externally. The Director role plays a key part in BBG’s mass communications process concentrated on rallying team members, which includes sharing perspectives and aligning key functional updates to the corporate strategy. The ideal candidate is organized, detail-oriented and thrives in a fast-paced, deadline-driven culture and has a proven track record in advising senior executives. The Director, Corporate Communications shares timely updates regarding the full breadth of the BBG’s capabilities with key stakeholders, especially internal associates (office, sales, and operations). She/he ensures company messages align with business strategy and articulated in a compelling and consistent manner. This role serves a primary facilitation role in the maintenance, implementation, and support of Breakthru’s corporate website and Teams/SharePoint pages designed to keep stakeholders engaged on Breakthru’s value proposition and abundant opportunities ahead. Therefore, a successful candidate must be digitally savvy and have a strong sense on how team members, customers, suppliers, and consumers receive and engage with corporate information.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required in communications, public relations, journalism, marketing or related field
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in either corporate or agency environment in corporate communications, public relations and/or content marketing. Where they worked directly with company executives/leaders, supporting business communications activities including the development of corporate presentations, stories, editing of messaging/talking points, organizing and coordination of executive meetings, etc.
• Experience in both internal and external (media relations/PR) corporate communications
• Technically savvy professional including all forms of digital communication/engagement and social media platforms
• Demonstrated business acumen, sound business judgment, and the ability to provide relevant, actionable, data-driven advice to management.
• Understands the nuances across different stakeholder audiences including associate, supplier partner, customer, and communities, and can develop effective communications to engage each
• Demonstrated intellectual curiosity, passion for problem solving and strong diagnostic skills.
• Ability to think critically, both quantitatively and qualitatively and apply excellent writing and editing skills
• Ability to effectively meet deadlines and adapt in a fast-paced environment. Must be able to see projects to completion.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (especially strong in PowerPoint) and SharePoint/Teams
• Proven ability to work with various stakeholders and teams across North America while balancing multiple priorities
• Results-oriented, with a discipline of measurement around Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree in business or a related field
• Experience working with agency partners
• Experience with beverage alcohol industry

Responsibilities

• Supports the execution of internal communications to engage corporate, functional (including operations; drivers and warehouse associates), and market-based associates in a dialogue.
• Promote alignment to corporate vision & mission and ensure consistent messaging across the organization through all internal & external channels.
• Understands and represents audience and stakeholder views, interdependencies and needs, using this knowledge to craft messages, programs and work that leads to stakeholder understanding, comprehension and action.
• Serves as primary editor of the company intranet SharePoint site and crafts company organizational announcements, social media posts, and executive communications including PowerPoint presentations, as well as the corporate news pages on the external website (BreakthruBev.com). This includes capturing & sharing success stories that articulate the unique value BBG provides supplier partners, customers, and communities as well as team members living the brand.
• Writes, edits, and produces internal and external communications content that support the corporate strategy and executive leader needs including memos, all associate call materials, intranet content, newsletters, roundtable materials, presentations, video scripts, social content, etc.
• Ensures the corporate narrative is incorporated into leader communications and serves as a key advocate for the Breakthru brand story.
• Develops relationships with key stakeholders in HR and beyond to identify and prioritize upcoming communication opportunities that will advance the company’s interests. This includes identifying issues, topics, trends, and events that can be leveraged across internal and external channels and managing the flow of key updates.
• Analyzes and measures results of deployed communications to ensure learnings can be applied to future activities and reports results and progress to key stakeholders.
• Supports the continued development of processes, templates and toolkits that will assist other professionals in the business who support leader and market communications.
• Provide communication support for Breakthru events such as quarterly all associate calls, top leader calls, executive roadshows, and the AOP/Leadership Conference.
• Other duties, as assigned by the jobholder’s supervisor, may also be required.

Benefits

• This position is eligible to participate in a bonus program.
• This position is eligible for health care benefits, life insurance, time off benefits and participation in the Company’s 401(k) plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees