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Land O'Lakes, Inc. · 2 days ago
Communications Manager
Arden Hills, MN
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
10+ years exp
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Responsibilities
Help develop and execute communication strategies and plans for executive communications, including the CEO, to include earned media strategy, outreach and tracking, and preparedness including reactive issues.
Craft comprehensive communication strategies and plans for the Animal Nutrition business unit on a variety of projects--from simple to highly complex--that contribute to improved business performance for internal and external stakeholders and audiences.
Share the Land O'Lakes story in ways that compel key audiences, protecting and enhancing our reputation.
Develop and execute integrated communication plans related to issues, incident and crisis communications.
Craft comprehensive communication strategies from simple to highly complex issues and incidents while managing risk and elevating the corporate reputation.
Draft tactical support items as necessary from stakeholder communication to press releases.
Effectively use a broad range of both high touch and low touch tactics to meet audience needs and crisis requirements.
Manage relationships with diverse stakeholders, internally and externally. This includes effective partnership with Communications team, cross-functional teams and with senior leadership to thoroughly understand issues, identify communication solutions and successfully advance communication recommendations.
Make connections with targeted media and cultivate effective relationships.
Counsel leaders at all levels of the organization on effective communication practices.
Gather and apply insight.
Gain deep knowledge of audience needs and attitudes--internal and external.
Identify and segment audiences appropriately and tailor messaging as appropriate.
Gather and apply best practices for industry and issues to strategies and plans.
Creatively address the business need with engaging and effective communication approaches.
Measure communication effectiveness.
Develop and establish effective metrics, in line with industry best practice, to measure communications effectiveness and adjust approaches as needed.
Demonstrate return on communication investment.
Apply learnings from initiatives to future communication planning.
Qualification
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Required
4-year degree
Thorough understanding of communications principles and practices.
Ten years of directly-related experience in communications.
Experience working in a highly diverse, 10,000+ employee organizations with multiple locations.
High comfort level and proven record of consulting, advising and collaborating with multiple stakeholders at all levels of the organization, including executive level leadership.
Strong business acumen and executive presence with a demonstrated ability to counsel executives and other leadership.
Demonstrated success navigating large and highly matrixed organizations.
Excellent networking and relationship building skills and confidence interacting with media, diverse work styles, levels and functions.
Able to handle highly-sensitive information using discretion and integrity.
Outstanding verbal, written communication and presentation skills; able to clearly articulate complex issues and formulate recommendations to a wide variety of audiences.
Strong conceptual thinker able to think beyond the boundaries of his/her immediate responsibilities, function and business to those of the entire enterprise.
Strong organizational and project management skills that support delivering multiple priorities.
Preferred
Masters in communication or business
Benefits
Broad portfolio of benefits
Company
Land O'Lakes, Inc.
Land O’Lakes, Inc.
5,001-10,000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2023 (1)
2022 (18)
2021 (11)
2020 (8)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Beth Ford
President and CEO
Teddy Bekele
Chief Technology Officer
Recent News
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2024-05-24
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