Responsibilities

• Develop and lead the communications function by setting vision and priorities, establishing an operating model, and managing and developing talent to maximize potential.
• Establish and advance partnerships across KES business units. Engage cross-functionally to influence and shape direction for advancing company vision and culture, business initiatives, and workforce strategies.
• Identify strategic priorities and develop plans and roadmaps for success. Optimize for superior outcomes, considering economics, risk, and alternatives.
• Deliver sound strategic counsel to stakeholders, teammates and direct reports. Collaborate with humility and openness to improve work product and results.
• Drive operational excellence with your team. Practice division of labor principles to organize people and resources around the work.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience with strategic communications planning, development, and execution.
• Demonstrated experience leading the talent development and supervision of a team and/or capability.
• Experience working with executives and senior leadership and providing respectful challenge by speaking up when you see a better path, even if it means questioning leadership decisions.

Preferred

• Strong understanding of business operations, financial drivers, customer value, and how corporate communications supports strategic business priorities.
• Experience with manufacturing companies and/or Fortune 500 companies.
• Ability to quickly understand complex manufacturing and field-based services industries.
• Experience identifying, managing, and balancing multiple priorities.
• Experience in corporate branding.
• Experience working with TailoredMail, SharePoint, Firstup, and other enterprise communication tools.
• Experience with traditional and social media communications.

Benefits

• Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance.