Senior Corporate Communications Officer

**About the Etex company**

Since its establishment in 1905, Etex has grown from a Belgian family business into an international industrial company that manufactures and sells building materials. “A proven track record and a promising future” is the main message usually conveyed when presenting Etex to its stakeholders. The main assets of the group can be summarised as follows:

- The story of Etex is one of geographic expansion coupled with product and technology diversification. In addition, for more than a century, Etex has been strengthening its business through targeted acquisitions and greenfield investments around the world.
- Today, with an annual revenue around 3 billion euro, Etex is over 15,000 employees strong and operates in 42 countries spread around the globe. As such, the company is organised into 4 global businesses, each targeting a well-defined segment.
- Local brands are renowned in their respective markets. They have their focus on local needs and demands to thank for their long-standing presence and are known and valued by homeowners, architects, specifiers and distributors alike.
- Etex continues to receive strong support from shareholders who place their trust in Etex and in its management team, enabling the company to make choices in the long term. For over 100 years, Etex has remained primarily in the hands of its founding family.
- Sound financials are a core characteristic of Etex. This is enabled by targeted investments, a healthy cash flow and a solid financial debt ratio, which continues to decrease.
- To formulate responses to today’s market trends and tomorrow’s challenges, Etex has outlined a three-pillar strategy. It guides the company in tackling four megatrends: rapid urbanisation, climate change and resource scarcity, disruptive technology and sharing global responsibility.
- Carefully managing its asbestos past is pivotal for Etex. In doing so, the company focuses on compensating victims, managing historic landfills, preventing future exposure and supporting medical research. This choice to take responsibility also extends to its employees around the globe with a strong focus on safety.

**About the Corporate Communications Department**

The Corporate Communications Department is responsible for developing and implementing the group’s corporate communication strategy with a view to enhancing Etex’ reputation and establishing a constructive dialogue with both internal and external stakeholders.
- The focal areas of the department can be summarised as follows: ensuring professional financial communication comparable to listed companies, developing and supporting a set of projects enabling further alignment and a sense of belonging for internal stakeholders, answering internal customers’ requests and developing related routines, supporting and coaching top leaders, mitigating risks through touchy and crisis communication.
- The department is composed of a small team based at our headquarters in Brussels and coordinates the group’s overall communication. This is done in close cooperation with the CEO and the group’s senior management and connects with the business through a communication network mainly composed of marketing and human resources specialists.
- The department works in close collaboration with various agencies providing strategic advice, creative ideas and design, content and copy, translation, and relies on a communication dashboard with underlying KPIs and data collection.

**Position**
- Title: Senior Corporate Communications Officer
- Reports to: Head of Corporate Communications
- Direct reports or indirect reports: N/A
- Travel: limited, to other sites depending on events and projects

**Job content**

With your colleagues, you handle all internal and external communications.
- You work in close collaboration with the department head.
- You enjoy working with and supporting the team.
- You work closely with agencies and steer them dynamically.
- In line with our sense of purpose, strategy and values, you determine the content for different channels, such as our intranet, website and press releases.
- You plan and follow up on the measurement of all communication activities, report on them and propose improvements.
- You will support the division heads in organising their senior leadership meetings and webinars.
- You will be involved in or be the owner of key department projects such as reflection and execution related to internal communication flows and cascade, internal channel mix redesign including digital platform, corporate identity, strategy rollout, employer branding, crisis communication preparation, communication network development, and global communication policy definition and coordination.

**Experience**
- A master’s degree in communications or equivalent.
- Five to ten years of experience with corporate communications, preferably in consultancy or within international companies.
- A basic knowledge of the industrial sec