Communications Manager South Africa - Johannesburg at Tetra Pak

• The Communications Manager role will require a substantial amount of cross functional cooperation between various departments including rest of Communications team, Marketing, Sales, Technical Service, Processing, and other support functions. 
• The position will be based in Johannesburg and will report to Africa Communications Director.

What you will do

• Planning and implementing relevant communications initiatives 
• Driving communications activities in 2 practice areas: 
  • Internal communications: Including message development & channel management as part of the local and regional communications framework, internal messaging and content for internal events and other employee engagement projects as well as quarterly business update videos. 
  • External communications: Including social and digital media, media relations, event planning and execution, supporting with presentation and speeches, crisis communications, PR agency coordination, etc.

We believe you have

• Minimum a bachelor’s degree in Communications, Business, Marketing, or proven experience in communications 
• Minimum 8-10 years of relevant communication experience with knowledge of communications framework, tools, and processes 
• Internal and External Communications experience 
• Some experience in Public Affairs planning would be a plus 
• Thorough experience in working with external agencies on communications planning and execution 
• Experience in localization of centrally developed campaigns to address local needs would be a plus 
• Interest and proven ability to innovate in communication tactics, especially using digital channels 
• Excellent writing, public speaking, and presentation skills 
• Thorough experience in working with Microsoft Office – especially Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
• The successful candidate should possess strong communication skills and have the ability to put his / her ideas and plans into action 
• Result-oriented; able to establish clear expectations, objectives and priorities, set aggressive but achievable goals and track progress 
• Business minded with ability to understand the dimensions of business strategy, activities, performance and direction and develop communications activities to support 
• Strong team player with an ability to work in diverse teams and across cultures and mobilize others to contribute to projects 
• Proactive and pragmatic attitude with a strong hands-on, getting-things-done mentality