Manager Communications - Full-time / Part-time

Cox Automotive has an exciting opportunity for an Employee Communications Manager – primarily focused on change communications.

This is a pivotal role to deliver Cox Automotive-wide employee communications for HR’s new multi-year Integrated Talent Management initiative. The manager will utilize such core business communications channels as our Intranet(s), online publications, email, frontline and other necessary approaches, while partnering with functional business areas and change management teams to support their communications needs. This includes creating and implementing strategy for an employee rollout of company/core business/business unit initiatives, writing for publications, and creating and maintaining relationships with subject-matter experts to drive strategic priorities and business-focused objectives throughout the organization. The Communications Manager will also be responsible for some executive communications and stakeholder relations. This portion of the role will require executive coaching on communications, presence and presentation skills.

This position helps to keep employees informed of business strategies, key initiatives, employee wins, etc., helping to ensure Cox Automotive has an engaged and informed workforce. It also monitors employee dialogue through blogs and Intranet comments that can be addressed by senior management or the manager themselves. The position has a tremendous impact awareness and adoption of ITM.

The ideal candidate is a strong writer and communicator with proven success in change communications, collaborating with business partners and fellow communications colleagues to drive business success. The role also requires experience implementing communications plans and company initiatives to all levels of the organization, including frontline or remote field location employees. This professional will be a part of the Communications team and needs to be strategic, creative, collaborative, flexible, adaptable and a team player.

The Key Responsibilities of this will be to:

- Contributes to the execution of the department’s strategic business plan and overall communication values, yielding greater employee knowledge and understanding of the business, an engaged workforce, and enhanced company reputation.

- Develops and implements Cox Automotive’s enterprise-wide internal communication plans that engage, align and inspire employees.

- Provide strategic and tactical Communications support for key business initiatives such as driving culture change, change management, new initiative rollouts, etc.

- Provides strategic counsel to senior executives and develops messaging and internal presentations for company updates, key initiatives, industry issues and other topics.

- Works with business partners and leaders from across Cox Automotive to implement employee engagement initiatives, including identifying and implementing communications opportunities to connect leadership with employees, and developing key messages and communications materials for all employees, including those at remote field locations.

- Develop and implement an effective field communications program to reach all levels of the organization and improve communications throughout the business.

- In partnership with project teams and external communications, lead internal communications for key corporate initiatives, providing a comprehensive communications vision.

- Establish and track metrics that help correlate internal communications programs to organization performance and engagement.

- Work collaboratively with field teams to surface and identify key stories, initiatives and strategies for sharing with the broader employee base.