Senior Specialist Employee Communications (m/f/d)

At Clarios, we are producing the world’s best batteries, essential for the evolving future of transportation. Our advanced, low-voltage batteries and smart solutions power nearly every type of vehicle and are found in 1 of 3 cars on the road today.

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As Senior Specialist Employees Communications (m/f/d) you will be the strategic and operational driver of internal messaging across our EMEA region. This role is pivotal in fostering a connected, informed, and engaged workforce across 11 manufacturing plants and multiple offices.

You will be responsible for ensuring that employees understand and feel aligned with our company’s mission, vision, values, and strategic priorities.
You will lead the internal communications function with a strong execution mindset, providing clear direction and support to our network of communication champions. Your role will involve crafting and delivering impactful communications that support business transformation, cultural alignment, leadership visibility, and employee engagement.
You will set clear boundaries and frameworks to ensure consistency and quality across all internal channels. With a strong focus on innovation, you will explore and integrate new channels and technologies—including AI—to enhance communication effectiveness and personalization.
This role requires a balance of strategic thinking, creative storytelling, operational excellence, and digital fluency.
 

What you will do

• Build and execute internal communication plans that support business goals, change initiatives, and cultural transformation.
• Ensure clarity and consistency in messaging across all levels of the organization.
• Drive employee engagement through compelling content, campaigns, and feedback mechanisms.
• Lead the communications champions network in EMEA and promote best practice sharing within communication teams (global and cross business unit).
• Support leadership communication, including town halls, video messages, and strategic updates.
• Manage internal channels (e.g., intranet, newsletters, townhalls, collaboration platforms) and continuously improve their effectiveness.and coordinate or manage the actual events.Creates concept for events that boost employee engagement and recognition,
• Measure impact through analytics and employee feedback, using insights to refine strategies.
• Champion innovation, including the use of AI tools to automate, personalize, and scale communications.

What makes you a good fit

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Business Management, or related field required.
• Minimum 8 years’ experience in related positions, preferably in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Strategic thinker with a hands-on approach and a passion for innovation.
• Ability to set boundaries, manage expectations, and influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Adaptable, accountable, excellence integrity and teamwork.
• Strong communication skills, oral and written, in German and English.
• What we offer you

As a technology leader with strong brands (i.e. VARTA® and OPTIMA®), Clarios notably lives on the creativity, capability and satisfaction of its employees. Therefore, we offer people with drive and power many good reasons to join us:

• Exciting professional tasks and challenges in a diverse international environment with strong commitment to integrity, values, social engagement and sustainability.
• Arrange your working hours and breaks flexible via our flexible and trust-based working hours model and combine your professional and private life even better according to our mobile work policy and company kindergarten.
• A competitive remuneration package, including additional payments such as holiday, Christmas as well as company pension program.
• Your well-being is very important to us: Take advantage of our preventive health care offers such as fitness center, physiotherapist, modern office environment, healthy canteen, team and company events or hobby clubs.
• Stay fit whilst at the same time positively contributing to our environment: Lease your company bike.
• Our well-advanced onboarding process and buddy program supports you to quickly grow into the position and team. By using the offering in our Internal Learning Academy, LinkedIn Learning and EMEA Mentoring Program you will be able to further grow professionally and personally.
• Last, but not least we support you in relocating and finding a flat in location surrounding if applicable and depending on individual factors.

You want to learn more about the position and our EMEA region? Check out our regional page and get in touch with our recruiting team.

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About Clarios:

Clarios is the global leader in advanced, low-voltage battery technologies for mobility. Our batteries and smart solutions power nearly every type of vehicle and are found in 1 of 3 cars on the road today. With around 18,000 employees in over 100 countries, we bring deep expertise to our Aftermarket and OEM partners, and reliability, safety and comfort to everyday lives. We answer to the planet with a rigorous sustainability focus – advancing best-in-class sustainability practices and advocating for them across our industry. We work to ensure 100% of our products sold are recyclable, and we recycle 8,000 batteries an hour in our network. You can find more information here (PDF). 

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