Communications Manager WCE

Communications Manager WCE

Job Description

You’re not the person who will settle for just any role.

Neither are we.

Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference.

Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands.

In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world.

It starts with YOU.  

The West Central Europe (WCE) Communications Leader is responsible for delivering strategic communications priorities with a strong focus on Executive Communications, including corporate reputation, employee engagement, issues management, and sustainability and social impact communications in WCE.

The primary purpose of the role is to deliver integrated cluster communications programs that drive employee understanding and alignment to business priorities and build employee pride and advocacy in close partnership with key leaders.

The secondary purpose of the role is to drive thought leadership through external stakeholder engagements with the goal of building, enhancing and protecting Kimberly-Clark and its brands’ reputation.

Your Responsibility:

Support Business Strategy and Priorities


* Support WCE MP and other leadership team members to build and effectively communicate the strategic narrative for the business to ensure clarity on business direction, strategy and short-and long-term priorities that connect to the overall enterprise strategy.


* Proactively drive alignment between Enterprise Markets objectives, regional and local key messages and themes, and support the leadership and communications needs for employees both salaried and frontline manufacturing.


* Connect teams and stakeholders across WCE to maximize the impact of initiatives and leverage best practice across the cluster.

Employee Engagement and Belonging


* Responsible for developing and delivering a coordinated communications strategy across the WCE cluster that aims to engage employees, and improves belonging and pride in company. 


* Oversee the curation and coordination of multiple storytelling initiatives, both internal and external, to showcase our strategy, purpose, and impact. 


* Work closely with other the Enterprise Markets communications team to coordinate One Voice messages on key themes and topics. 


* Work closely with other functions, especially Human Resources, to support initiatives on employee recognition and employer brand. 


* Ensure adherence to corporate identity and guidelines, and the proper use of the Kimberly-Clark assets in all communications.


* Develop effective measurement criteria to evaluate communications programs.

Protecting Corporate Reputation and Issues Management/Crisis Communications


* Partner with key WCE stakeholders inside and outside the company to effectivel...