Senior Manager, Corporate Communications for China and North Asia

If you desire to be part of something special, to be part of a winning team, to be part of a fun team – winning is fun. We are looking forward to a Senior Manager, Corporate Communications for China and North Asia in Eaton Corporate, based in Shanghai, China. This role will lead the development and execution of strategies for overall corporate communications in Asia Pacific, and external communications in China, ensuring alignment with overall global communications strategy and messaging and working to build and protect Eaton’s image and reputation especially in the areas of sustainability, energy efficiency and digitalization. In Eaton, making our work exciting, engaging, meaningful; ensuring safety, health, wellness; and being a model of inclusion & diversity are already embedded in who we are - it’s in our values, part of our vision, and our clearly defined aspirational goals. This exciting role offers opportunity to: Support Eaton business operations’ marketing strategies by leading major press conferences and managing trade press relationship for business related promotional events. Provide business operations with a central point of leadership and expertise for media crisis prevention and resolution. Support leadership team as needed to prepare – and ensure consistency in – executive messages to both external and internal stakeholders. Lead and develop the corporate communication plan and messages to achieve key strategic goals and deploy day-to-day tactical process in the above defined areas of responsibilities. Select and manage the performance of external service providers in corporate communication to achieve key goals in the defined areas. Lead Corp APAC/China Communications team and develop internal and external communications strategies, supporting Eaton China and North Asia growth and outgrowth plans, and ensure measurement and continuous improvement and identification, support of top talent. Effectively manage sensitive and crisis issues involving APAC, its business and facilities, serving as the lead contact in APAC for the Eaton Emergency Hotline and for all-company issues Develop a close relationship with key public media stakeholders such as major national media agencies and specialized trade media organizations, especially in China. Engage them with our global branding messages and increase coverage of Eaton in the areas of sustainability, energy efficiency and digitalization. Spot national economic and political trends and top priorities among the media agencies on an evolving basis for mutual leverage. This will be measured by seeing an increase in the level of overall media awareness level of Eaton branding by third party survey conducted on an annual basis Design and implement annual media relations plans to maintain and enhance number of media interviews and press coverage of Eaton and ensure the goals of executive speaking opportunities and media briefings are achieved. Drive integrity of corporate brand signature and identity, by ensuring all Asia operations adhere to the company’s identity guidelines and standards. Provide APAC-wide media training program to business and corporate executives and training of press emergency plan for all business operations and newly integrated entities in particular. Develop newsletters to support the communications objectives of Eaton leaders through engaging, enlightening copy, graphics and design. Serving as executive editor and publisher, establish annual editorial plan/content objectives. Proactively seek and develop AP content for Eaton World that is of interest and value to readers. Assign and oversee writing, photography, graphics and other services done by contributors. Develop detailed strategic communications plans for company initiatives with critical internal communications needs, e.g. quarterly corporate LT meeting, quarterly town hall meetings, round table and skip level meetings, posters and electronic displays in hall ways, etc. Work in harmony with corporate WHQ communication team and local HR function. Collaborate with and assist major businesses’ marketing functions to transform marketing strategy into effective promotional and publicity programs and materials, trade show displays and customer events, e.g. engagement of impactful journalists and publications, identify reputable ad agency, leverage one Eaton best practices and gate keeping to ensure consistent Eaton messages across different business groups. Provide executive communication counsel and assistance with developing speeches, memos, presentations etc. for leaders, and plan for company management meetings. Manage Corporate social media strategy in China and North Asia. Qualifications Outstanding writing and editing skills in terms of technical quality, communications effectiveness and overall efficiency. Extremely acute business acumen – easily and quickly understands the business needs that must be factored into communications plans and messages. Strategic mindset – continually focused on the strategic impact of communications tactics. Fundamental understanding of virtually all business specialties including finance, economics, HR and IT. Extremely capable in managing myriad details, capable of managing multiple projects. Digitally savvy. Bachelor’s degree in communication or relevant major with 10 years above working experience with multinational companies in China and 3 plus years of managerial experience. Fluency in English and Mandarin Chinese both in writing and spoken forms. Yes! Because you are the one we are looking for, we hope to hear from you now! What you will get from us Eaton’s mission is to improve the quality of life and the environment through the use of power management technologies and services. We provide sustainable solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power – more safely, more efficiently and more reliably. Making what matters work at Eaton takes the passion of every employee around the world. We create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become reality, each day. It’s where bold, bright professionals like you can reach your full potential—and where you can help us reach ours. Eaton’s 2020 revenues were $17.9 billion, and we sell products to customers in more than 175 countries. We have approximately 85,000 employees. We make work exciting, engaging and meaningful for our employees through our dedication to tackling some of the toughest power management challenges on the planet and by never losing sight of what matters. Our culture is built on a strong commitment to practicing our core values and supporting our employees with the tools they need to succeed. We pledge to always foster a diverse and inclusive environment, including inclusion resource groups that bring together employees who share a common purpose, interest or background. In the past year, our company has received top employment recognition by the Human Rights Campaign and almost fifty percent of our Board of Directors represented diverse groups. When we embrace the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds that make each of us unique, we — as individuals and as a company — are stronger. We have demonstrated our passion for sustainability with the recent announcement of cutting carbon emissions from the company’s operations by at least 50 percent by 2030. We are ethical, passionate, accountable, efficient, transparent and committed to learning. We are confident we can deliver on our promise to improve the quality of life and the environment because of the attributes that our employees embody. We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law. Job: Communications Region: Asia Pacific Organization: Corporate Sector Job Level: Manager Schedule: Full-time Is remote work (i.e. working from home or another Eaton facility) allowed for this position?: No Does this position offer relocation?: No Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time