Global Communications Manager - Agriculture & Food

At Nouryon, our global team of Changemakers takes positive action every day, to reach higher collectively and individually. We create innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers to answer society’s needs – today and in the future.  

We are looking for team members who bring ideas forward, champion others and work together to do better. Does that sound like you? 

About the job:

This role will have oversight on all external and internal communications across our global, $800 MM Agriculture & Food business line.

In your future role as Global Communications Manager- Agriculture & Food, you will:

• Build and execute a digital, communications & PR plan to support the team’s journey towards fulfilling our value proposition with our global key accounts and regional, primary target customers.

• Identify and mannage key projects to eliminate hurdles in executing on our value proposition.

• Manage projects which target critical issues in our way to delivering our value proposition (including but not limited to):

• Internal training so that our teams have consistent base knowledge of:

  • our sales and account planning processes

  • market knowledge across crop protection, crop nutrition, food and feed segments

  • base knowledge of our core technologies & services

• Standardizing customer communications so that we have the same look / feel every touch, every time

• Identifying process improvements needed to ensure we are delivering on the value proposition across commercial operations

• Works with commercial stakeholders to map out our external communication / PR plan to portray Nouryon as a global leader in formulation, crop nutrition & food/feed additives technologies

• Tell the “Agriculture & Food Business Line story” internally – put processes in place and help develop the culture where our teams are proficient in positioning and frequently tell our story.

• Actively scores our performance in delivering the value proposition with our global and regional target accounts, tracking our performance over time as part of our account planning process.

• Works with R&D and project managers to develop the messaging and external tools for launches of our innovation pipeline.  Ensures adequate customer and influencer feedback is incorporated into planning.

• Coordinates all trade shows and major customer events across the Agriculture & Food business line.

• Reviews and approves all internal/external messaging to ensure continuity with our value proposition and brand standards.

• Main deliverables:

  • Strong focus on the “how” (convey trust and humility, be transparent in all you do)

  • Proactively work with senior leadership to put plans in place to address critical issues getting in our way of delivering on our value proposition

  • Communication / PR calendar for events and internal / external stories

  • Benchmarks progress on delivering our value proposition and summarizes customer feedback on Nouryon performance against continuous improvement

We believe you bring:

• Ability to understand the chemistries we sell and the markets we participate in

• Working experience in the agricultural markets or an agricultural background essential.  Work in ag chemicals strongly preferred.

• Minimum of 10-20 years relevant experience in BTB marketing and communications /PR

• Undergrad degree in science, engineering or business required or relevant work experience. MBA preferred.

• Good analytical skills, intellectual curiosity, and strategic thinking - must be able to challenge internally with a high degree of political acumen.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.  Especially adept at translating customer feedback into improvement insights and recommendations on how to shift our tactics to improve on delivering our value proposition.

• Ability to work in multicultural and/or multi-disciplinary teams, networking within and outside Nouryon

Good to know: 

• This is a permanent on position full-time basis

• Please apply via our online recruitment system. We will not accept applications via e-mail. Once it's with us we will review to see if we have a match between your skills and the role! For more information about our hiring process, visit: nouryon.com/careers/how-we-hire/  

We look forward to receiving your application! 

We kindly ask our internal candidates to apply with your Nouryon email via Success Factors.