Communications Senior Manager, Europe FOBO OU

PepsiCo; Reading; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading beverage company in Reading is seeking a Communications Leader to oversee the Europe FOBO communications agenda. The successful candidate will lead brand PR in the UK and other Europe FOBO markets, support strategic communications planning, and act as a key communications advisor. This newly created role requires excellent communication skills and the ability to engage diverse teams across geographies, ensuring a cohesive narrative across operations.

Qualifications

• Excellent writing and communication skills.
• High level strategic thinking.
• Ability to engage and influence teams across different geographies.

Responsibilities

• Lead on the strategic communication agenda and needs of the Europe FOBO CEO.
• Act as a communications partner/advisor to Europe FOBO Franchise teams.
• Lead on the development of strategic communications plans for Europe FOBO.

Skills

Excellent writing and communication skills

High level strategic thinking

Ability to engage and influence teams

Inclusivity

Campaign planning and management

Job description

Overview

Lead on the Europe FOBO Comms agenda and support the delivery of the Triple 15 agenda (IB) in partnership with the Europe FOBO CEO and Leadership Team. This is a newly created role to support this newly created OU as part of Next Chapter. This role will help elevate our beverage comms agenda across key Europe FOBO markets with key focus on: 1) Strategic Comms for Europe FOBO GM/LT team, 2) Overall responsibility for Brand PR across key FOBO markets including UK and Nordics.

Responsibilities

• Lead on the strategic communication agenda and needs of the Europe FOBO (IB Region) CEO and Leadership Team.
• Lead on Brand PR agenda for our beverage business with focus on UK as a key anchor market as well as Nordics and other relevant FOBO markets.
• Act as a communications partner/advisor to Europe FOBO Franchise teams especially with regards to relevant bottler communications and engagements.
• Lead on the development of strategic communications plans for Europe FOBO covering a range of topics including: business strategy and performance, digitalisation, change and transformation, sustainability initiatives.
• Enable the delivery of the IB Strategic Communications agenda within Europe FOBO.
• Support in crisis communucations across key Europe FOBO markets in partnership with both EMEA and IB Comms teams.

Qualifications

• Excellent writing and communication skills.
• High level strategic thinking
• Ability to engage and influence teams across different geographies
• Inclusivity
• Communucation skills.
• Campaign planning and management.

This role will work across geographies and teams and will require a candidate able to navigate different cultures and ensure the delivery of a cohesive communication agenda across the OU. This is a newly created role and accordingly the candidate will need to create and codify new ways of working across both the EMEA and IB teams.