Job Summary
The Manager, Health and Safety Communications will lead the development and implementation of effective campaigns and communication strategies to strengthen our culture of safety. This role is pivotal in ensuring that all employees are well-informed, engaged, and aligned with the company's values and safety culture.
Main Responsibilities
* Strategic Campaign Planning: Lead the planning, development and implementation of safety awareness campaigns for employees, including impactful local communication toolkits and 12-month editorial calendar of content and activities designed to further embed our culture of safety in the hearts and minds of all North America employees.
* Creative Storytelling: Partner with external agencies and internal teams to conceptualize and launch an emotionally driven, human-centric internal campaign and storytelling strategy that will highlight our safety culture with memorable impact.
* Content Creation: Develops and manages an editorial calendar to reach and engage employees with and without a company device. Lead external agencies and partner with internal colleagues for the creation of high-quality internal safety communications content, including strategic campaigns, employee stories, emails, newsletter articles, videos, presentations, mobile app content, digital displays, manufacturing site toolkits and intranet updates.
* Branding and Messaging: Ensure consistent branding, messaging, and quality across all external safety-related internal communications. This includes Saint-Gobain corporate brand and internal EHS branded programs and platforms, working in partnership with EHS colleagues.
* Employee Engagement: Develop initiatives to promote and strengthen employee engagement in Saint-Gobain's safety culture, including employee safety events, recognition programs, internal events, town halls, and other feedback mechanisms.
* Collaboration and Integration: Manage an internal advisory team of EHS, plant operations, HR, and Communications leaders to ensure alignment and integration of safety communication campaigns and priorities. Collaborate with global EHS and global Communication teams to identify opportunities to integrate global initiatives in North America region when relevant.
* Planning and Project Management: Manage project plans and provide status reports to senior Communications and EHS leaders to advise and inform on progress for key projects and initiatives.
* Measurement and Analysis: Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of communication strategies and initiatives, using metrics and feedback to continuously improve.
* Project Budget Management: Ensure all safety communication activities are executed within the assigned budget.
Requirements
* A minimum of 5-7+ years of progressive experience managing internal communications campaigns, priorities and initiatives in large, high-matrix organization with a dispersed workforce, combined with a proven track record of developing and executing successful communication campaigns and employee engagement activities.
* Exceptional writing, editing, and verbal communication skills.
* Ability to work independently with minimal direction.
* Experience and comfort communicating with senior leadership.
* Strong project management abilities.
* Experience leading complex projects with external agency partners.
* Effective communicator with the ability to foster an environment of teamwork with designated project groups
* Proficiency in using communication tools and platforms, including intranets, email marketing software, mobile apps and other digital and traditional media. Experience working with Poppulo, Scala, Sharepoint, LifeRay, Canva, and Adobe Creative Suite a plus.
* Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities.
* Experience working in multi-national, highly matrixed manufacturing organizations.
About Us
At Saint-Gobain, our employees have pride in belonging to an organization whose culture is made up of these core values: Trust, Empowerment, & Collaboration. Our company encourages diversity and inclusion in all its forms while our products make the world a more beautiful, safer, and sustainable home.