Regional Communications Manager

The Regional Communications Manager for the Southwest Region will be accountable for planning and executing a regional communication strategy surrounding business priorities such as: 1) a cultural change associated with taking performance higher driving continuous improvement and optimizing the Regions service delivery model 2) increased two-way interactive dialogue between leaders and employees at all levels and 3) cross-functional communications and alignment among teams and departments.

The position is hybrid and will require 3 days on site at Quests Irving TX site.

• Serve as day-to-day communications partner to the Regional President and Southwest senior leadership team.
• Develop and executive visibility framework for the President and relevant leadership in support of the broader company message.
• Partner with senior leaders and middle management to develop and execute an interactive communications strategy for the Region.
• Execute and measure annual quarterly and monthly communications programs that drive engagement of the companys diverse multi-shift employee base.
• Partner with leaders and Human Resources on a cultural change strategy as noted above.
• Develop key messages based on business priorities (top-down) and develop mechanisms to seek feedback from front-line employees (bottom-up and across departments).
• Design a communications approach that is one voice of the Region yet can be customized to meet the needs of individual audience groups such asvarying employee levels departments geographies etc.
• Deploy and publish strategic messages in an approach that integrates the following media including but not limited to: social media email in person tele-conference town-halls newsletters and other written materials.
• The individual in this role will maintain strong relationships with leaders employees Corporate Communications and Human Resources to execute a strategy that leverages corporate messaging materials and best practices Human Resources goals and principles while meeting the unique needs of the regional business.
• The individual in this role will use Quest Management Systems (QMS) tools and resources at a proficient level.

Required Work Experience

• 6 years of experience planning and executing internal communications particularly during periods of extensive change

Preferred Experience

• Experience working in large organizations with large numbers of front-line non-exempt employees is highly preferred
• Previous experience supporting M&A activity preferred

Skills

Excellent MS Office Skills especially PowerPoint exceptional written and verbal communications effective interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelors Degree Communications Journalism or Marketing