Strategic Internal Communications Lead, Supply Chain

Perfetti Van Melle

Erlanger (KY)

On-site

USD 60,000 - 85,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

PTO + holidays

401(k) with company match up to 8%

Annual bonus potential

Maternity/Paternity leave

Tuition-Free College Program

Candy allowance

Job summary

Perfetti Van Melle is seeking an Internal Communications Specialist to partner with North America Supply Chain Operations, advising on culture and needs to develop and implement strategic internal communications. The role embeds in the Supply Chain teams, coordinating with site leadership, HRBPs, and senior leaders to align messages and programs for Erlanger plant and Rockford operations.

The position emphasizes storytelling, content development, and channels planning, with travel up to 20% for

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree required in Communications, Journalism, or HR Business.
2-3 years experience—can include internships and post-college entry-level roles.
Demonstrated experience working in a corporate internal communications environment or agency experience supporting client internal communications programs.
Some knowledge of HR communications is preferred and experience with “shop floor” or hourly workforce communication is desired.
Manufacturing environment experience preferred.
Strong writer (samples requested) and editor with an eye for a story.
Basic photography and video storytelling skills; Canva content creation and video editing; proficient with MS365 Suite including Outlook, PowerPoint, SharePoint and Teams.
Understanding of hourly employees and HR/benefits communications is highly desired.
Must be highly organized and generally proficient with learning new information, skills or software.
May need to attend events for plant shifts outside of regular business hours or in the community occasionally; must be able to travel to locations throughout NKY and Greater Cincinnati on occasion.

Responsibilities

Serve as a day-to-day contact and partner with the HRBPs and Operations/Supply Chain managers who work with the hourly workforces to understand needs and ensure alignment with Perfetti Van Melle (PVM) internal communication programs and company priorities and guidelines.
Work with Comms Director, Internal Comms Manager, and Supply Chain partners to find ways to measure and evaluate Supply Chain employee communications, cadences, approaches, and channels for continuous improvement of our communications efforts and programs tailored to the hourly employees.
Be the “newsroom” eyes and ears of people and business success stories that come from our manufacturing/Distribution Center teams in Erlanger, KY and Rockford, IL to proactively identify stories and create content that should become part of our overall PVM N.A. internal communications and storytelling. Assist the External PR Manager with information on stories that have a compelling external component.
Development of the annual Supply Chain communications calendar, content/messaging, plans, and channels for Supply Chain sites' priority business and employee programs.
Examples of the HR and company programs supported by these communications include, but are not limited to general HR/people announcements, Total Rewards/Benefits, learning and development, culture and engagement celebrations, and employer branding/recruitment.
Assist the Operations teams with decks or content for their regular Ops “town halls” i.e., Ops Airwaves.
Create / post digital screen corporate content and create/ensure placement of monthly paper Hump Day roundup and Weekly Chew newsletters.
Serve as one of the facilitators of emergency communications platform as needed to dispatch urgent Supply Chain employee notifications.
Travel estimated up to 20% to visit Rockford, IL factory location.