Electrification Business Communications Specialist

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This position reports to

Global Marketing Communications Manager

Your role and responsibilities

This is role will support the Electrification Business Communications Leader (Installation Products lead division and communications activities for ABB Electrification business communications in country as well as Division communications. The role is a highly collaborative role as it works with various functions and communications teams to help ensure proactive and effective communications across multiple channels and stakeholders. • Works directly with the Electrification Business Communications Leader (ELIP Division for Canada) in support of the communications plan in country for Electrification, including the editorial calendar. • Supports communications efforts for cross divisional (2 or more) projects and initiatives such as events, trade shows and conferences or other cross-divisional initiatives. • Partners to help executive messaging locally for trade media, digital communications and thought leadership. Collaborates with Country Communications and Division peers to help tell the ABB story. • Strong writer/editor that adheres to ABB brand standards. • Assist with localization of initiatives or campaigns. • Support Electrification business for employee communications, point of contact for factories. • Actively participate in the community of EL Communicators in country. • Support communications locally for the lead division in country - ABB Installation Products in Canada.

Qualifications for the role

• Degree in communications or related field and minimum 4 years of experience in the field of Communications in a B2B and B2C environment (ideally technical/industrial environment).
• Proven experience in supporting communication across all channels.
• Strong written and spoken communication skills. Effective storyteller.
• Bilingual in English and French Canadian. French is required. English is also required to communicate with customers outside Quebec on a regular basis.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with on-time delivery.
• Work on measurement KPIs and reporting to help track performance and learnings.
• Team player who thrives by contributing to the success of the team and the business.
• Ability to travel and work flexible and/or fluctuating work hours as needed.

Benefits

• Retirement plan
• Healthcare plan
• Accident insurance
• Wellbeing program

More about us

ABB Installation Products Division (formerly Thomas&Betts),is the number one manufacturer of electrification products in North America with a 125-year history of providing innovation and customer- focused solutions for connecting and protecting electrical systems, as well as a unique differentiated medium voltage offering. Our products are used all around you, every day - orbiting the earth, working on Mars, on the fastest trains we ride, in the fastest cars of the world, crossing oceans, in factories producing your food, in the tallest buildings of the world, in the most modern hotels and in the walls of your home. With a portfolio of more than 200,000 products marketed under more than 38 premium brand names, our Division offerings are found wherever electricity is used. We look forward to receiving your application. If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com. For the 9th year in a row, ABB Canada has been recognized as one of Canada's top employers by Forbes Magazine. Also named as Canada's Top 100 Employers, Montreal's Top Employers, Canada's Top Employers for Young People, Canada's Greenest Employers and in 2021 Best Candidate Experience Award (CandE Award), ABB's culture and commitment are to provide a caring workplace where everyone collaborates, feels valued, respected, included and support-ed. Also committed to ensuring that all policies and practices respect the Employment Equity Program, we aim for our workforce to be truly representative of the four designated groups; women, aboriginal people, members of visible minorities, and/or persons with disabilities. ABB will provide reasonable accommodation to the applicant with disabilities and encourage appli-cants to self-identify in the application process. ABB's Military Reservist Policy offers Canada's Reserve Force members the flexibility to undergo military training and activities while maintaining job security, seniority, pay, benefits, and privileges as ABB employees, including up to 15 paid working days per year for training, as well as extended leave for operations both in Canada and abroad, ensuring seamless career integration with our nation's defense forces.