Are you a communications professional with a strong interest in sustainability topics? Do you feel equipped to enhance and protect the reputation of a global, publicly listed company? Do you enjoy translating complex topics into clear, precise messages for a variety of audiences including media, investors, and employees? If so, we would like to hear from you.
We are looking for a Group Communications Manager to strengthen our Group Communications team at Lindt & Sprüngli’s headquarters in Kilchberg, Switzerland. In this role, you will primarily focus on sustainability communications and media relations, while also contributing to reputation management at large. As part of a small, collaborative team, you will be involved in content development, stakeholder management and a wide range of external and internal communications, such as advising Group’s subsidiaries worldwide and ensuring issue preparedness.
Main Tasks:
- Lead the Group’s sustainability communications activities, including the annual sustainability report, press releases and presentations
- Manage media relations and act as media spokesperson for the Group
- Develop communication strategies and materials
- Create Q&As, key messages, briefings and speeches
- Support executive communications
- Contribute to communications preparedness for issues and crises
- Support subsidiaries on Group-relevant communications matters
- Support Group events, such as press conferences or the annual shareholder meeting
Education/Qualification & Experience:
- Master’s degree (or equivalent) in communications, journalism, or a related area
- Minimum 6 years of relevant work experience in corporate communications and media relations, ideally with a focus on sustainability communication, and issue management
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in both German and English
- Strong interest in sustainability matters (knowledge of the cocoa sector is an advantage)
- Well organized and able to set priorities, meet tight deadlines and handle workload peaks
- Comfortable interacting with senior management and working in cross-functional teams
- Self-starter with a hands-on work attitude
- Strong team player with a service-oriented, flexible mindset
- Able to handle confidential information with discretion
Skills Required
- Master's degree or equivalent in communications, journalism, or a related field
- At least 6 years of relevant experience in corporate communications and media relations
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in German and English
- Interest in sustainability matters
- Ability to organize work, prioritize tasks, meet tight deadlines, and handle workload peaks
- Comfort interacting with senior management and working in cross-functional teams
- Self-starter with a hands-on work attitude
- Strong team player with a service-oriented and flexible mindset
- Ability to handle confidential information with discretion
- Knowledge of the cocoa sector
What We Do
The Lindt & Sprüngli Group - premium chocolate for more than 175 years Lindt & Sprüngli is recognized as a leader in the market for premium quality chocolate, offering a large selection of products in more than 120 countries around the world. During 175 years of Lindt & Sprüngli's existence, it has become known as one of the most innovative and creative companies making premium chocolate. The beginnings of Lindt & Sprüngli are in 1845, when father and son for the first time manufactured solid chocolate in their small confectionery Sprüngli & Son, at that time yet a partnership. Since then, the company has gone through many different eras, but the entrepreneurial spirit and passion for making chocolate that drove both the Sprüngli family as well as Rodolphe Lindt, when he invented the first truly melting chocolate and later on sold his business to Sprüngli, are still alive. Today, quality chocolate products by Lindt & Sprüngli are made at 12 own production sites in Europe and the USA. They are distributed by 36 subsidiaries and branch offices, in more than 530 own stores, and also via a comprehensive network of more than 100 independent distributors around the globe. With more than 14,500 employees, the Lindt & Sprüngli Group reported sales of CHF 5.2 billion in 2023.
