India Communications Manager

Job Description

You are under the management of the Communications Director, based in our France Headquarters. He/she will support you and give you general objectives regarding communication (Expertise). Locally, youll benefit from the management of the GM of India (for daily and organizational topics) You are the Project Leader for the Product Strategic Committee (including Marketing, Sales and Communication). As such, you: o Define strategies to promote our products and commercial brands, o Prioritize communication projects, o Define the budget Provide your team with a clear annual roadmap. You have under your direct management, a team composed of 2 persons (local Communication representatives). As such, you: o Animate your local communication representatives team, o Help in defining and validate each local annual communication action plan aligned with the annual roadmap o Control its implementation, o Help in defining each associated local budget & control its alignment with forecasts, o Deliver regular guidance and advice to your team in order to improve their efficiency, o Provide your team an operational support when needed, o Ensure temporary transition in case of vacancy of the local communication representative position. You manage a national budget to support countries initiatives You ensure the complementary missions of: o India Internal Communication in close connection with the BU Internal Communication Manager, HR and GM o India Corporate Communication under BU Corporate Communication Management You control results of communication efforts (ROI) You ensure the transfer of knowledge to the team and develop their skills through tools, methodologies and trainings. You are also a business expert (in media relations, events ) and you continually keep going to maintain this high level of expertise and make the entire team benefit from it. You promote the communication Mid-Term-Plan initiatives: o By encouraging the one team spirit through promotion of daily collaboration within the team o By adopting a systematic Quality Assurance approach to build our best practices program around defined processes and control the risk associated to communication activities. o By promoting the common digital tools for collaboration within the team

Teamwork - Team player with a positive attitude, and the ability to facilitate teamwork among colleagues and staff. Ability to manage large projects with multiple partners worldwide. Strongly Business oriented close collaboration with Sales team is key in India (strong organic growth) Dependability - Reliable and consistent attendance and punctuality. Ability to work in an independent and self-directed manner and ensure work responsibilities are covered. MANAGEMENT SKILLS REQUIREMENTS Managerial & behavior skills definitions (MCM) COMPETENCIES AND SKILL SET: Must be a confident communicator and presenter Strong writing, editing, proofreading, layout and design Professional printing/publishing skills are essential, including ability to present concepts verbally Must possess excellent organizational and planning skills Have a wide degree of creativity and latitude Strong knowledge and understanding of current trends in digital media/social media Ability to tap into the pulse of target audience in order to customize content and make it more effective Ability to be a project manager Self-motivated with a positive and professional approach to management Must be proficient at working with others, show enthusiasm and dynamism OTHERS: You work closely with the BU Internal Communications Management to control the implementation of the internal communication plans in your perimeter. You work closely with the BU Corporate Communications Management to control the implementation of the corporate communication plans in your perimeter. You can be asked to represent the company in one or the other professional associations. Location: Hyderabad, INDIA Time spent travelling: 30% PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS Language requirements Fluent International English / Strong written and oral abilities Education / experience Master degree in Journalism, Marketing, communication OR in Agronomics, with at least 10 years of experience in Marketing or Communication

Keyskills :
team spiritsocial mediadigital medialarge projectsmedia relationsplanning skillsprint brokeringtarget audiencequality assurancemanagement skillsdigital conversionoperational supportcorporate managementinternal communicationcorporate communic