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Dawn Foods is a global leader in bakery manufacturing and ingredients distribution. As the partner of choice for inspiring bakery success, we help customers grow their business through meaningful partnerships, research-driven insights and innovations, and products and expertise they can depend on. As a family-owned company, our commitments to our people, products, customers, and corporate values, are all part of our recipe for success.
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Why work for Dawn Foods?
PEOPLE. PRODUCTS. CUSTOMERS.
Why should you apply? We invest in you!
- Industry-leading health insurance on Day 1!
- Competitive Pay
- 401(K) + company match
- 10 Paid Company Holidays
- Paid Time Off
- Professional training
- Family-owned business over 100 years in service
- An opportunity for career advancement, working as part of an empowering workforce.
Job Purpose and Overview
As the Senior Manager of Corporate Communications at Dawn, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and enhancing Dawn’s external image through strategic communication initiatives. Reporting directly to the Vice President, Global Brand and Communications, you will be responsible for managing the ongoing development and implementation of Dawn's Corporate Communications strategy. Your primary focus will be on elevating Dawn's external presence, ensuring consistent corporate messaging, and driving positive media coverage. This position requires an experienced communications professional who can lead diverse tasks, provide counsel and support to executives, collaborate with internal teams, and elevate Dawn's public relations approach and associated processes.
This is a hybrid position reporting to the home office location in Jackson, Michigan. The successful candidate for this role will be expected to work on-site for 2 days per week, and on an as needed basis, with up to 10% travel.
Relocation assistance provided for the right candidate.
What will you do as a Sr. Manager of Corporate Communications at Dawn Foods?
- Establish and nurture media relationships within and outside of the baking industry.
- Craft and distribute corporate press releases.
- Create and implement consistent executive visibility program.
- Create media training program and ongoing education and support for executive and regional teams.
- Manage and audit of global corporate messaging.
- Master corporate messaging management and refinement
- Evolve and manage internal PR processes.
- Partner with Global People & Culture and Corporate Giving leaders to establish program messaging. Bring messaging to life in partnership with Global Brand Manager
- Lead executive story mining activity to identify opportunities for earned media.
- Cultivate strategic partnerships with industry associations and functional outlets.
- Support corporate strategic announcements.
- Manage requests for executive participation in editorial opportunities and events, including amplification efforts.
- Ongoing tracking and reporting of earned media activity, including global newsletter.
- Co-management of global communications hub
- Partner with brand team and People team members on recruiting, onboarding, and retention efforts to ensure brand alignment and identify deeper opportunities for brand engagement.
- Internal PR process evolution and management
- Other communications duties as assigned.
- Demonstrate the “Dawn Values” of Team Dawn and support the Dawn Circle of Excellence.
What Does It Take to be Sr. Manager of Corporate Communications at Dawn Foods?
- Bachelor’s degree in English, Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, or related field and 7 years of relevant work experience or 11 years of relevant experience in lieu of a bachelor’s degree.
- Strong understanding of and proven skills in media relations, crisis communications, internal communications, and change management.
- Proven record of developing and implementing communications strategies
- Excellent self-leadership and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to interact and coach others effectively, persuasively, and tactfully.
- Understanding of messaging development and experience gaining cross-functional and leadership alignment
- Excellent writing and editing skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects from concept to completion by anticipating challenges, troubleshooting problems, proposing solutions, and ensuring deadline and budget adherence.
- Ability to effectively communicate through verbal and written communication.
- Proven performance working in a high-pressure, fast-moving environment.
- Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality.
Physical Demands & Work Environment
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Required to use motor coordination with arm, hand, finger, and leg dexterity.
- Required to exert physical effort in handling objects 25 pounds.
- Normal setting for this job is office setting or work from home office with up to 10% travel.
Note: The level of physical effort may vary from site to site and in some cases be greater or lesser than documented here.
About Our Benefits
Dawn is proud to employ the top talent in the baking industry, and we reward our people with comprehensive health and well-being coverage, competitive compensation packages, and award-winning benefit offerings. We also help protect your future financial health with a generous 401(k) matching program that provides additional retirement funds and many tools and resources on financial wellness. Dawn encourages professional growth through tuition assistance and educational programs, and we are always searching for ways to improve our industry-leading services and benefits.
If this sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for, please click "Apply.”
Compensation Range:
$102,640- $169,350 with bonus incentive
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An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, citizenship status, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other status or condition that is protected by applicable law.
Requisition ID: 35544
