Communications Director EMEA

Description

• Play the role of spokesperson, when needed. Develop relationships with business leadership to increase the pool of spokespersons and ensure they’re trained for media, crisis or issues. Act as a professional, senior representative of Eaton in internal and external events.
• Counsel and advise Region Leadership Team Members on communication approach and message.
• Prepare, review and approve impactful communication materials like speeches, articles, press releases, talking points and communication plans.
• Grow Eaton’s relationships with, and coverage in, regional media strategy in alignment with the corporate media strategy.
• Lead, evaluate and develop a high-performing team of dedicated communications professionals to ensure continual learning, engagement and retention. Successfully manage and organize a dispersed team over multiple locations and different countries to deliver results.
• Be the primary Communications team contact for emergency CERT alerts in the region.
• Develop and drive Eaton positioning with internal and external stakeholders (employees, customers, competitors, government agencies, suppliers, partners).
• Design, implement and optimize procedures and processes to support the communications strategies, along with metrics to evaluate the effectiveness, efficiency and output of those processes.
• Drive continued advances in company channel strategy, including internet and intranet as well as other tools and platforms.
• Partner and collaborate with global and local communications and business leaders to ensure the company strategy is relevant to all EMEA audiences. Effectively localize and deploy this strategy and other key campaigns within the region.
• Optimize Communications Team resources toward the highest-value work. Actively eliminate and reject low-value work while managing a team budget.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement by embedding regular performance measurement practices, leveraging data to inform decisions, utilizing AI in greater ways and consistently reporting outcoming to key stakeholders.
• Build strong relationships and alignment with the enterprise Communications team.

Requirements

• Experience in leading communication efforts during organizational changes, mergers, acquisitions or other significant transformations.
• Building Influence: Positive personal presence, culturally sensitive and able to collaborate across any team or silo. Build and sustain strong relationships at multiple levels of the organization and respected as trusted advisor to senior executives.
• Ability to speak other non-English European languages in the region.
• Proven experience in managing communications within a global multi-national manufacturing organization, including understanding of diverse cultural and market dynamics.
• Lead the management of crisis and issues in the region, in collaboration with corporate functional leaders. Ensure regional leadership is ready and capable to effectively support and resolve issues. This includes strong mastery in handling sensitive and strategic projects.
• Strategy and Execution: Ability to develop, implement and measure strategic communications plans that link directly to business needs, comfortable with executing directly. Successful experience in the development and implementation of company or business unit level communications strategies.
• Change and innovation: An entrepreneurial mindset ready to seize opportunities, as well as be proactive in identifying trends and future opportunities. Experience in introducing new communications initiatives/practices in both a local and multinational environment.
• Minimum of 15 years of experience in corporate communications, public relations, or a related field, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
• Be resourceful and agile to resolve issues as swiftly and effectively as possible 24/7 across all countries.
• Daring Leadership: Drive a culture of daring, transparent leadership where trust, accountability and continuous learning are at the core of how we work together. Ability to engage and develop strong talent, proven track record in growing successors, ability to provide constructive and positive feedback.
• Complete fluency in written and verbal English communication skills as well as presentation skills.
• Proven experience in change management (and/or certification), including developing and implementing change management strategies.
• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Public Relations, Marketing, or a related field from an accredited institution. Master’s degree Communications, Public Relations, Marketing, or a related field is preferred.
• Strong understanding of communication platforms, technologies and use of AI to drive efficiency and effectiveness.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance