Business Communications Manager

Business Communications Manager

The Business Communications Manageris a pivotal role in a focused, proactive and business-aligned communications function that brings stronger counsel, clear narratives and disciplined execution to the work that matters most.

Moving beyond a traditional support model, this position serves as the primary communications partner for a dedicated business unit - within Animal Nutrition, Dairy Foods or WinField United - with deep understanding of its commercial business.

With focused accountability, the Manager builds comprehensive communication strategies that enhance business influence and advance business priorities.

The role partners with business leaders to challenge assumptions, anticipate stakeholder needs and operating realities.

The Manager helps leaders determine where communications can create the most value, pressure-tests messaging, provides an enterprise lens that improves decision quality and considers stakeholder implications all while connecting business unit priorities to the broader enterprise story and reputation.

Key Responsibilities:

Proactive Strategic Consultation & Counsel (50%)



* Serves as the communications partner and strategic advisor for the assigned business unit, with deep, continuous immersion in business priorities, commercial goals, stakeholder dynamics and emerging risks.


* Partners with business leaders early in strategy, planning and decision-making to evaluate communication implications, sharpen priorities, pressure-test messaging, and provide strategic guidance that aligns internal teams and ensures the right audiences are considered before decisions are finalized.

This includes sharpening external positioning in ways that strengthen the business's reputation, building confidence with customers, member-owners and industry stakeholders, anticipating potential scrutiny, and connecting business-unit priorities to the broader enterprise narrative.


* Builds focused communication strategies for the highest-priority business initiatives, helping leaders determine what requires communications support, what can be simplified and where integrated resources are needed to drive outcomes.


* Brings an enterprise lens to business-unit discussions, ensuring divisional plans advance growth while supporting companywide reputation, message discipline and alignment across Communications verticals.

Narrative Development & Execution Leadership (30%)



* Translates business priorities, market dynamics and operational complexity into clear, differentiated narratives that inform, align and motivate employees, business teams, member-owners, customers and other external stakeholders.


* Leads messaging architecture and executive communications for key business initiatives and partners with Enterprise & Executive Communications when senior leader visibility, enterprise positioning or reputational considerations require broader coordination.


* Orchestrates the right com...