Diversity + collaboration = great innovation
At Hitachi Energy, we live by this powerful equation.
Together with customers and partners, we are advancing a sustainable energy future for everyone. We will only recognize this future when everyone has a seat at the table in an inclusive and collaborative culture.
Main Accountabilities: Oversee Regional Communication Functions: Manage all communication activities across South America, ensuring alignment with global strategies and objectives.Team Leadership: Lead and mentor a team of communication professionals, fostering a collaborative and high-performing work environment.Strategy Development: Develop and coordinate integrated internal and external communication strategies, budgets, and processes in close collaboration with the global communication team and regional HUBs, supporting overall business and market strategies.Brand Positioning and Management: Ensure consistent and effective brand positioning across all communication channels and activities.Content Development and Management: Create, curate, and manage content for internal and external communications, ensuring alignment with company messaging, business priorities and regional needs.Media Relations: Build and maintain relationships with key media in the region to support communications around key events. Develop and disseminate press releases, press kits, and other materials. Conduct media training for market and business-relevant spokespeople.Social Media and Digital Communications: Oversee the region's social media presence and digital communication strategies.Event Management: Plan and execute communication strategies for key events such as industry conferences, tradeshows, and employee meetings. Provide management guidance.Crisis Communication Management: Develop and implement crisis communication strategies in alignment with the global team to protect and manage the company's reputation during adverse events.Internal Communications: Develop and execute internal communication strategies to ensure employees are informed and engaged with company initiatives and updates.Stakeholder Engagement: Manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring effective communication and collaboration.Agency Management: Oversee the work of external agencies, ensuring their output aligns with the company's communication goals and standards.Measurement and Evaluation: Regularly measure and evaluate the effectiveness of communication strategies and activities, using KPIs to drive continuous improvement.Compliance and Governance: Ensure all communication activities comply with relevant laws, regulations, and company policies.Background: Relevant experience in communications, media and content event management.Cross-functional communication skills (branding, media, editorial, web, internal, crisis communications, etc.)Excellent planning and organisational skills to manage competing projects and priorities.Strong knowledge of communication practices and techniques.Understanding of digital communications channels and the power of social media.Strong business acumen.Excellent networking ability and multi-cultural credentials.International work experience and preferably experience of the South America region and the energy sector is of great advantage.Direct work experience with senior management in an international environment.Proactive engagement with local and regional business stakeholders and partners.Fluency in English - both spoken and written to native level.Proficiency in Spanish and/or Portuguese is an advantage.Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader that is advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We serve customers in the utility, industry and infrastructure sectors with innovative solutions and services across the value chain. Together with customers and partners, we pioneer technologies and enable the digital transformation required to accelerate the energy transition towards a carbon-neutral future.
We employ around 45,000 people in 90 countries who each day work with purpose and use their different backgrounds to challenge the status quo. We welcome you to apply today and be part of a global team that appreciates a simple truth: Diversity + Collaboration = Great Innovation.
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