Sr. Manager, People Experience: Executive Messaging, Engagement & Events - Chicago, IL

Company: Wells Enterprises (a Ferrero Company)

Functional Area: P&O

The Role

As a member of the People Experience team within People & Organization, the Senior Manager, People Experience: Executive Messaging, Engagement & Events leads executive messaging, corporate and salaried employee communications, enterprise events and employee engagement initiatives. The role develops clear and compelling leadership communications, digital content and experiences that strengthen alignment, connection and culture across the enterprise. The Senior Manager owns enterprise engagement planning and partners closely with the Senior Manager, People Experience: Internal Communications & Communities to ensure programs and messages are adapted and activated effectively for manufacturing and frontline employees.

What You’ll Do

• Lead communications strategy and ongoing editorial and content planning for corporate and salaried employees, ensuring employees receive timely, relevant and consistent information aligned with business priorities, organizational change initiatives, culture and the employee experience strategy.

• Develop executive messaging and communication plans for senior leaders, including presentations, talking points, organizational announcements, leader updates, scripts and other materials that strengthen leadership visibility, understanding and alignment.

• Lead planning and execution of enterprise events and employee experiences, including town halls, leadership forums, recognition moments, large-scale employee meetings and other high-visibility organizational events.

• Own the enterprise employee engagement strategy and annual engagement plan, including employee listening, enterprise surveys, action-planning support, recognition strategy and integrated initiatives that strengthen connection, culture and employee participation across salaried and frontline populations.

• Partner with the Senior Manager, People Experience: Internal Communications & Communities to adapt enterprise engagement initiatives, events, surveys, campaigns, recognition efforts and messages for production facilities and frontline employees, providing core strategy and materials while supporting effective local activation.

• Own content strategy and execution for corporate and salaried employee channels, including the intranet, Viva Engage, Microsoft Teams, corporate email communications and executive and People & Organization communication channels. Partner with the Senior Manager on shared intranet governance and integrated editorial planning.

• Create and produce compelling digital content, including videos, interviews, leader messages, presentations, graphics and multimedia stories, coordinating with internal partners and external vendors as needed to support executive communications, engagement campaigns, events and People & Organization priorities.

• Serve as a strategic communications and engagement advisor to senior leaders, People & Organization colleagues and cross-functional partners. Translate business priorities, change initiatives and employee insights into integrated plans with clear objectives, audiences, messages, channels, experiences and measures.

• Establish key performance indicators and success measures for corporate communications, executive messaging, events and enterprise engagement. Use channel analytics, event data, surveys, employee feedback and stakeholder insights to evaluate effectiveness and recommend improvements.

• Monitor industry trends, best practices and emerging communication and engagement technologies and apply relevant insights to improve employee experiences and organizational outcomes.

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Wells Enterprises, a Ferrero company, is one of the largest ice cream manufacturers in the United States and the maker of well-loved brands including Blue Bunny , Halo Top , Bomb Pop , and Blue Ribbon Classics and today Trolli, Butterfinger 100grand , Baby Ruth , Nutella and Kinder Bueno .

Wells Enterprises is a $ 2 billion company employing 4,000 employees , across four production plants and two main hub locations, Chicago and Le Mars . Guided by innovation, quality, and a people-first mindset, Wells is committed to delighting consumers and developing exceptional teams.

As part of the Ferrero Group, Wells combines its strong U.S. heritage with Ferrero’s global standards of excellence, offering a unique opportunity to grow within a dynamic, values-driven, and international environment.

At Wells, our people—and their experience—sit at the heart of our ambition. Learn more at www.wellsenterprisesinc.com .

What We Offer

At Wells, we’re proud to support our employees with comprehensive benefits that enhance health, financial wellness, and include paid time off (PTO). Eligible employees may also receive an annual incentive bonus based on Company performance. Learn more about our benefits here (https://wellsenterprisesinc.com/news/benefits) .

Requisition ID : 2209707