Head of Corporate Communications, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand

About this Position

At Henkel, you can build on a strong legacy and leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses to reimagine and improve life every day. If you love challenging the status quo, join our community of over 50,000 pioneers around the globe. Grow within our future-led businesses, our diverse and vibrant culture and find a place where you simply belong. All to leave your mark for more sustainable growth.

This role drives the Corporate Communications strategy for the Southeast Asia and Australia/New Zealand region, aligning with Henkel’s business and strategic priorities. You’ll lead local communications programs, advise senior leadership, and represent the sub-region in regional and HQ Corporate Communication committees. Managing the local CC team, budget, and digital strategies, you’ll ensure impactful, data-driven communications. You’ll also handle crisis communications and collaborate with the Public Affairs Team when required.

What You´ll Do

1. Strategizes and implements the sub-regional Corporate Communications (CC) strategy in alignment with business priorities, the Henkel strategic framework and CC priorities.
2. Leads, manages and tracks local internal and external communications programs, CC projects and processes. Provides strategic communication counsel and serves as an advisor to the local Executive Committees (Excom) and local top management.
3. Represents the sub-region in Asia-Pacific and HQ committees (e.g. CC Excom), ensuring local perspectives are reflected in CC strategies and projects.
4. Steers local CC team in the cluster/in the country delivering on global and regional CC priorities and KP targets.
5. Steers the local CC budgets and deploys resources for the cluster countries.
6. Develops and implements digital communications strategies to activate relevant stakeholder groups.
7. Applies a data-driven approach to drive communications success and to support decision-making processes.
8. Manages crisis communications and issues management activities.
9. Collaborates with the Public Affairs Team to oversee public affairs activities.
10. Serves as the spokesperson for Henkel in cluster countries.
11. Ensures compelling content aligned with global messages/strategy to reach key stakeholders.

What makes you a good fit

1. Min. 12 years of communications experience across PR agencies and in-house roles.
2. Proven track record of planning and implementing best-in-class communications plans that have reinforced/upgraded corporate reputation.
3. A people manager who is also a coach to build and develop a team. Self-motivated, self-starter and proactive to identify communications opportunities to reinforce Henkel’s corporate brands.
4. Ability to remain calm, decisive, and focused in high-stress situations.
5. Excellent team player to cultivate and nurture strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders (e.g. media).
6. Excellent verbal and written skills.

Some perks of joining Henkel

1. Flexible work scheme with flexible hours, hybrid and work from anywhere policies.
2. Diverse national and international growth opportunities.
3. Globally wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programs.
4. Gender-neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeks.
5. Employee Share Plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares.
6. Outpatient Medical and Specialist Coverage for employees and eligible dependents.
7. Life, Hospital, Personal Accident Insurance Coverage.
8. Flexible Benefits covering Dental, Vaccination, Eye screenings etc for employees and eligible dependents.
9. Access to company products at discounted price.

At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We welcome all applications across different genders, origins, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, disabilities, and generations.