Job Purpose and Impact

The Senior Director, Global Sustainability Communications will design and oversee implementation of integrated internal and external communications strategies to build reputation in environmental and social sustainability. You will operationalize our global communications strategy to ensure message alignment and engaging story telling. You will drive excellence through best practices in Environmental Social Governance communications, executive positioning, employee engagement, and business transformation. You will enhance our strategy, content and measurement practices. As part of a global team, you will help position Cargill as a partner our customers want to work with, our employees are proud to work for and our key stakeholders admire and respect.

Key Accountabilities

⦁ Develop, define and design internal and external communications strategies to drive awareness, build engagement and earn trust with key stakeholders across the globe.
⦁ Utilize data and analytics to inform and guide strategic direction through clear outcome-based measurement.
⦁ Direct the development of an approach for global communications to drive process excellence and performance improvement and proactively assess and approve exceptions to standards.
⦁ Provide leadership, mentorship and influence to ensure global communications leaders and employees are working in an integrated way to deliver high-impact work.
⦁ Utilize deep experience in internal and external communications to deliver strategic planning and implementation of creative programs to reach target audiences globally and locally.
⦁ Collaborate with centers of expertise in media relations, issues response, digital and social media, and content and editorial to deliver integrated communications strategies with One Cargill voice.
⦁ Guide others to execute on multiple projects across multiple global groups, setting and overseeing budgets and resources.
⦁ Provide strategic leadership, development and talent management activities for direct reports and their organizations, which may include forecasting resource needs, recruiting, hiring, performance management, training and budgeting. You will also collaborate with managers and supervisors in your organization to ensure staff selections align with current and future needs.
⦁ Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

⦁ Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
⦁ Extensive experience with all areas of communications with global scope
⦁ Minimum of eight years of related work experience, five years of supervisory experience

Preferred Qualifications

⦁ Management of global teams
⦁ Brand public relations experience
⦁ Experience supporting corporate sustainability communications
⦁ Previous transformation and/or integration experience

Cargill highly encourages vaccinations but does not mandate at this time. Upon hire, you will be asked to provide your vaccination status, and if unvaccinated or if you choose not to disclose, you would be expected to follow Cargill’s safety protocols for unvaccinated employees (i.e., mask mandates, and social distancing).

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.