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This Position reports to:
Business Communications Manager

Country Communications Partner - Europe Lean Cluster

Preferred locations are Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and other countries within the cluster

Communications is a crucial function to our success. As Country Communication Partner for our European Lean Cluster you are responsible for leading Tier 1 and financial media as well as crisis communications and issues management for Albania, Croatia, Republic of North Macedonia, Greece, Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia, and Israel. You are responsible for protecting the ABB brand and for ensuring a balanced profile of ABB and its businesses across the lean cluster countries. You will provide strategic communications counsel to CHOs (Country Holding Officers) in your cluster and collaborate with other communicators in the region in line with the ABB Way.

The work model for the role is: Hybrid/Remote

This role is contributing to the Country Communications team in Albania, Croatia, Republic of North Macedonia, Greece, Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia, and Israel . Main stakeholders are CHOs and Corporate Communications

Responsibilities

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Media and PR: Leads media relations with Tier 1 and financial publications across the EU Lean Cluster working with division, business area and group communicators. Act as a spokesperson for country Tier 1 and financial media, respond to incoming media requests and supports key leaders with media guidance, coaching and speaking opportunities. Localize and distribute global press releases to Tier 1 and financial publications for all ABB divisions and business areas, as locally appropriate. Plan, support, prepare and manage responses to inquiries from external sources - including crisis and issue-related media and social media escalations and responses
• Issues and Crisis Management: Serve on the country/regional crisis task force. Offer guidance regarding crises and issues in line with ABB's operational model. Ensure all issues and crises are handled with minimum negative impact to the organization and the ABB brand.
• Internal Communications: - Lead required internal communications duties (i.e. mandatory employee communications and fiduciary requirements locally). Manage cascading of limited ABB Corporate content in alignment with other functions including legal and integrity, HSE, HR and security. Governance of lean cluster countries internal communication channels such as Viva Engage and the intranet.
• Digital Communications: Governance, of country social channels and websites, where they exist. Translation verification coordination, when required.
• Brand and Reputation: Safeguard brand identity and ensure regulatory compliance in all communications, both internally and externally. Ensure balanced profile in the region.
• Finance and Leadership: Manage and apply rigorous control to the lean cluster communications budget, ensure transparency and maximize effectiveness and efficiency. Ability to build a network of agency and local team support to call on as needed for local needs.

You will join a dynamic team, where you will be able to thrive.

Qualifications for the role

• Undergraduate degree, or higher, in Communications, PR or other relevant discipline
• 10 years' experience in Communication Management and/or Public Relations in a highly matrixed organization supporting at least one or two of the cluster countries
• Fluency in English (written and spoken) and strong writing/editing skills. Fluent in at least one language of the cluster area preferred.
• In-depth demonstrable knowledge and experience of all aspects of external and internal communications.
• Extensive network within the press/media and ability to lead crisis communications autonomously.
• Strong business partnership, collaboration and communication skills, with deep experience of managing internal and external relationships seamlessly.
• Comfortable with ambiguity, adaptable to complex situations
• Knowledge of the regional cultural landscape and ability to advise accordingly.
• Strategic with a hands-on mindset; familiar working in a global business environment across geographies and languages.

What's in it for you?
This is a new role with the opportunity to build and shape from scratch. You will partner with Country Holding Officers (CHO) to protect, build and amplify the reputation of ABB across the region.

More about us

You will report to the Head of External Communications - Electrification with dotted line reporting to the country CHOs in each of the countries. We are a collaborative and engaged group who are passionate about ABB and the value we our products and solutions provide to accelerating the energy transition.

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