Corporate Communication Specialist

at  Schneider Electric

Job Description:
Do you dream of working in a company that is driven by a meaningful purpose? An inclusive company that empowers you to do your best and be innovative?
We are looking for Corporate Communications Specialist to make an impact!
At Schneider Electric, we believe access to energy and digital is a basic human right. We empower all to do more with less, ensuring Life Is On everywhere, for everyone, at every moment. We provide energy and automation digital solutions for efficiency and sustainability.
The role will deliver and perform high-value internal and external communication across the country which include supporting the Country President/Country General Manager to define and implement the internal and external communication strategy and support Human Resource/Employer Branding to drive a culture of dialogue, reinforce people engagement and promote company’s employer value proposition and supporting Country Global Marketing team to deploy and drive comprehensive Integrated Marketing Plan (PR, Media Events, Governmental Relationship, Social Media etc) to drive brand awareness, thought leadership and share of voice.

WHAT QUALIFICATIONS WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL?

• Bachelor’s Degrees in Journalism, Mass communications, Business Administration, Marketing, or related disciplines.
• At least 3 years of experience in PR, Mass communications or marketing
• Marketing, Communications, or Business Development with a flair for writing and good command of English and Malay.
• Driven by Customer centricity
• Digital savvy, creative, energetic and passionate about communications and people engagement
• Strong business acumen and knowledge of marketing funnel
• Hands on experience in handling both above-the-line and below-the-line marcom tactics including advertisement, event management, direct marketing, public relations, social media marketing and digital marketing.
• Ability to influence & convince, and foster collaboration in a matrix and dynamic environment
• Strong team player with the ability to collaborate as part of a team

Internal Communications:

• Align with the Global and Regional Internal Communication team to define and roll out Country internal communication strategy and plan
• Leverage on company’s communication tools (Spice+ employee portal, Yammer, MS Teams, Webex etc) to drive appropriate communication plan and actions efficiency.
• Design and implement the Country President/Country General Manager’s communication towards employees in scope.
• Design and manage country leadership and employee events (e.g. Townhall, Comms Session) to drive the country priorities and people engagement.
• Design and implement, in special cases, the crisis communication plan, aligned with the corporate process and guidelines.
• Support country HR initiatives/programs relating to drive a culture of dialogue, reinforce people engagement, and promote company’s employer value proposition

External Communications:

• The external communications portion of the work includes aspects of one or more of the following: - public relations, Government Relations, Community Relations/Corporate Social Responsibility, Investor Relations in some organizations, incumbents may also develop materials for marketing/advertising communications.
• Plan and manage corporate level external communications plan across all channels including reputation management, thought leadership, media relations, content creation, social media.
• Support and partner business units as communications expert to support sales campaigns, hero offers, product launches.
• Support and partner Employer Branding to communicate externally about our Employee Value Proposition and position SE as an employer of choice.
• Maintain (and grow where appropriate) media share of voice for SE in country. Drive plans to meet c-suite and tier one media engagement targets.
• Manage third party communications resource including PR and social media agencies, media and content partnerships etc.

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