Title: Senior Manager, Employee Communications pep+ and Foundation
Location: Purchase, NY
About Client:
• Client products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world.
• Client generated nearly $92 billion in net revenue in 2024, driven by a complementary beverage and convenient foods portfolio that includes Client's, Doritos, Cheetos, Client, Client-Client, Mountain Dew, Food and Beverage Client, and SodaStream.
• Client's product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including many iconic brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.
OUR VISION
• Client Positive (pep+) is Client's global transformation program that seeks to drive long-term business performance and value.
• From how we source our ingredients to how we make and sell our products, pep+ connects the future of our business with the future of the world.
• The Client Corporate Affairs team is a key player in this work, partnering closely withour global Sustainability, R&D, Public Policy Government Affairs (PPGA), Social Impact and Foundation teams.
• The mission of the Food and Beverage Foundation is to support thriving communities by investing in the essential elements of a sustainable food system.
• The foundation focuses on helping communities obtain access to food security,safe water, and economic opportunity. By working with non-profits and experts around the globe, the foundation strives for tangible impact in the places where Food and Beverage operates, collaborating with industry peers, local and international organizations, and employees to affect large-scale change on critical issues
THE ROLE
• The pep+ and Foundation Employee Communications Senior Manager Contractor will play a key role on a high-visibility cross- functional team, responsible for supporting the design and implementation of how best to reach associates with Food and Beverage's pep+ agenda and Food and Beverage Foundation communications strategy.
• Specific to pep+, this role will work to bring the context of how the global Sustainability, R&D, PPGA, and other elements of our business are a key part of our pep+ agenda and are critical to strengthening our corporate reputation.
• The work will focus on elevating sustainability and social impact initiatives, demonstrating our outcomes and reporting our progress to associates through global internal channels and content.
• Related to the Food and Beverage Foundation, this role will work closely with the team above, as well as the Social Impact & Foundation teams to amplify programming and engagement opportunities, as well as showcase our work to associates around the world.
RESPONSIBILITES
• Reporting to the Senior Director, Global Employee Communications, the pep+ and Foundation Employee Communications Senior Manager will: Pep+
• Partner with global Food and Beverage Positive (pep+) Communications, Sustainability, R&D, and PPGA teams to stay close to the initiatives and form communications strategies to best demonstrate outcomes and report progress to associates through global internal channels and content.
• Lead employee communications and storytelling for employee engagement programs, working collaboratively with the regional communications social impact leads and Foundation Communication COE leads.
• Determine the associate amplification strategy and cadence for key program launches and moments throughout the year, modifying key messaging for associates identifying key R&D and sustainability programs.
• Partner with the Content Team to execute the internal communications strategy to promote our sustainability efforts in agriculture, climate, packaging, and water.
• Internally amplify thought leader content being created and managed by external communications team as they support the execution of the visibility strategy for our Chief Sustainability Officer.
• Work collaboratively with the pep+ external communications team, Corp social/digital team lead, regional communications social impact lead, Community Giving & Volunteer team, and Social Impact teams to develop and amplify stories and key moments to engage associates. Includes participation in the pep+ community of practice to collect and curate key content for global channel editorial process.
• Manage execution of and partnership in content creation with larger team for global pep+ town hall meetings and large-format programs to educate employees on the pep+ agenda Food and Beverage Foundation
• Partner with global Foundation and Social Impact team to stay close to the initiatives and form communications strategies to best engage employees in the programming and communicate initiatives
• Determine the associate amplification strategy and cadence for key program launches and moments throughout the year, modifying key messaging for associates identifying key social impact programs.
• Partner with the Content Team to execute the employee communications strategy to promote our initiatives including scholarship programs, Move for Good, etc.
• Internally amplify thought leader content being created and managed by external communications team as they support the execution of the visibility strategy for our Vice President, Food and Beverage Foundation.
• Work collaboratively with the pep+ external communications team, Corp social/digital team lead, regional communications social impact lead, Community Giving & Volunteer team, and Social Impact teams to develop and amplify stories and key moments to engage associates.
Overall:
• Partner with COEs to ensure that key assets, toolkits and playbooks are shared across the larger Global Employee Communications networks for localization and implementation
• Develop measurement and evaluation tools and reports to analyze program in collaboration with larger program teams to ensure impactful data and insights performance and engagement
• Other tasks that might be required to fill the requirements of the role in service of the above.
Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree (Communications or relevant degree preferred)
• 10+ years of experience in communications, marketing, and/or PR.
• Experience working with and managing agencies.
• Experience working with Foundations and social impact programs
• Experience working in science, innovation, food and beverage, or related fields.
• Ability to think and act independently, using sound judgment, in an often ambiguous and dynamic environment.
• Strong decision-making and resourceful, problem-solving skills.
• Executive presence and comfort around senior executives.
• Culturally and politically astute. Great judgment, empathy, perception and ability to ascertain a situation quickly and effectively.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills, particularly under tight deadlines and through the lens of general public, employees, stakeholders and KOLs.
• An awareness of the challenges facing global food and beverage companies through the lens of R&D and how that extends to other functions on the team (Sustainability, PPGA, Social Impact & Foundation). What it Takes to Thrive in this Role:
• This role requires a self-starter and a collaborative team player that is focused, agile, adaptable, solution-oriented, comfortable working cross-functionally and capable of articulating complex topics and making decisions in a fast-moving, global environment.
• Passion for social impact, sustainability, and human rights.
• Ability to learn, assess and articulate complex sustainability and social impact topics and information in a compelling and concise way that can be understood by consumers.
• Exceptional time management, organizational and project management skills