Corporate Affairs & Communications Manager (m/f/d)

Job ID: 102290 / Location: Trier / Start: asap / Contract type: permanent

To strengthen our team in the area of Corporate Affairs & Communications (CA&C) at the Trier plant, we are looking for a Corporate Affairs & Communications Manager (m/w/d) in permanent employment.

Who are we?

JTI is a leading international tobacco company with locations in more than 130 countries and world-famous brands such as Winston, Camel and American Spirit. With our brands Nordic Spirit, Logic and Ploom, we also focus on growth through innovations in the field of reduced risk products. In Germany, we are the largest employer in our industry with over 2,000 employees.

As a multiple award-winning top employer, we offer an open and inclusive working environment with exciting tasks in a challenging environment. Flexible working concepts, diverse development opportunities and international career paths are part of our everyday life. Visit us at www.jti.com to find out more about JTI and what it's like to work for us.

Your tasks:

• Drive internal communications across the Trier site: design and manage effective communication flows, editorial plans, and content for various internal channels to foster transparency, engagement, and alignment with business priorities.
• Develop, plan, and independently lead the Corporate Affairs & Communications (CA&C) strategy for the Trier site, ensuring alignment with management guidelines and CA&C Germany vision.
• Represent JTI Trier externally: build and maintain relationships with media, local and national authorities, political representatives, and community stakeholders to strengthen JTI’s corporate image and credibility as a key investor and employer in the region.
• Lead and execute community investment and corporate sustainability programs for the Trier site in close cooperation with the Market Community Investment Manager, ensuring strong alignment with JTI’s global ESG agenda.
• Act as a contact for media and political visits to the Trier site, ensuring professional coordination and impactful positioning of JTI’s role in the community.
• Monitor regulatory, political, and social developments relevant to the site and proactively provide advice to management on potential opportunities or risks.
• Manage crisis communication and issues management, including preparation of scenarios, stakeholder coordination, and clear communication in sensitive situations.

Your profile:

• Relevant educational background: University degree in communications, economics, political, environmental, or social sciences 3+ years of relevant professional experience in corporate communications, public affairs, journalism, PR, or agency work.
• Practical experience: Solid experience in communication tools and practices including internal communication design, copywriting, concept development, project management, and stakeholder engagement.
• Valuable knowledge: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, confident presence, and strong ability to build trust with diverse stakeholders + fluency in German and English.
• Special strengths: Proven track record of independently managing internal and external communication projects and stakeholder relations.
• Suitable personality: Proactive, independent, and hands-on with a strong sense of ownership.Strategic thinker with a results-driven and service-oriented mindset, comfortable working in agile environments and Confident in handling both traditional and digital communication channels, including social media.

Your benefits:

• Your team: You will work in an open and international working environment with approx. 60 nations at the Trier site.
• Your remuneration: Above-average pay including 13th and 14th monthly salary and bonus as well as annual reviews. Individual company pension scheme and capital-forming benefits.
• Your meals: Our subsidized company canteen and numerous snack and coffee vending machines ensure your physical well-being.
• Your appreciation: You will receive regular feedback from us and, as your personal safety is important to us, we also protect you in your private life with our JTI accident insurance.
• Your work-life balance: You should enjoy your work! That's why we offer you 30 days of vacation.
• Your mobility offer: With our BusinessBike program, we offer you the opportunity to lease the bike of your choice at attractive conditions as part of a permanent position. This is an uncomplicated and flexible way to promote your health.
• Your development: We focus on your personal development. We support you with a wide range of internal training courses as well as external training and development opportunities that are tailored specifically to you.

Have we aroused your interest?

Apply directly with your complete application documents (CV, cover letter & references) stating your earliest possible starting date (Job ID 102290).

Diversity & Inclusion

We want everyone at JTI to be themselves and develop their full potential, because each and every one of us makes a valuable contribution to the success of the company and the location in Germany. We live and promote diversity, equality and inclusion accordingly. We have local employee groups and networks, such as the PRIDE Chapter Germany or the togetHER network for female employees, in which committed colleagues are involved, and we support a wide range of projects in our local area. For this and many other activities in the area of diversity & inclusion, we have already been awarded the Global Equality Standard by Ernst & Young.

Sustainability & Commitment

We have particularly close ties to the Trier region and the greater Cologne area through our two locations and want to make a significant contribution to a high quality of life, e.g., through annual clean-up campaigns on the Rhine and Moselle and as a long-standing partner of the Cologne Green Foundation, we are committed to the preservation and expansion of the city's green spaces. Renewable energies are also part of our sustainability goals, which is why we are investing in the expansion of the Bescheid Süd wind farm, located 20 kilometers east of our Trier site, in order to secure green electricity for the region and for our production at the Trier plant. We are constantly reducing the amount of plastic used in the packaging of our classic tobacco products, thus saving tons of plastic waste. Find out more about us at: https://www.jti.com/de/europe/germany/top-arbeitgeber