Internal Communications Manager (EMEA)

Oatly was founded back in the 1990s and born from research done at Lund University in Sweden. The company’s patented enzyme technology copies nature’s own process and turns fibre-rich oats into nutritional food that is designed for humans.

THE OATLY WAY

Oatly is a sustainability company built on the idea of change. Bottom line, we want to make it easy for people to eat and drink what’s good for them without recklessly taxing the planet’s resources. It's why we come to work every day. With our head office in Malmö and production sites in Sweden, the Netherlands and the US, our products are available in almost 20 countries across Europe, North America and Asia.

We welcome people from all backgrounds who see sustainability, health and transparency as important values.

That’s where you come in:

As the Internal Communications Manager for our EMEA region, you will contribute to our mission of connecting our largest and always-evolving region through brilliant content and initiatives that align, educate, inspire and underpin the commercial and strategic agenda of the region. In this role, you will partner with the leadership team of EMEA to bring our messages to life across a highly distributed workforce based on remote, in offices, at research hubs and in our growing network of factories around Europe. Challenge accepted? Read on.

As Internal Communications Manager (EMEA) you will:

- Develop and implement the strategy for internal communications for the EMEA region, aligned closely with our global internal comms team
- Create and maintain impactful content that delivers the right messages to the right audiences in a way that aligns, educates and inspires
- Maintain a communications plan and ensure that the scheduled communications are reaching the target audience
- Develop the internal communications infrastructure, including the tools and channels used to reach the EMEA audience in the best way
- Measure impact and gather feedback to understand what is or isn’t meeting communication objectives and pivot based on learnings
- Collaborate with leaders and partners in key areas of the business to facilitate the seamless flow of relevant information
- Develop communications ambassadors throughout the organization by coaching, supporting and building up our comms culture.


This role will report to the VP of EMEA PR & Communication, which is currently in recruitment. The role has a dotted line to the VP of Global Internal & Culture Communications. The role will work closely with both the President and VP of People & Culture for EMEA.

You’ll do well in this role if:

- You are a visual storyteller-You can tell a compelling visual story using many different kinds of communication channels
- You’ve got a righty-lefty brain- you are both a gifted creator and also a problem-solving logical thinker
- You are great at building minimal-viable structures to add just enough framework to align with strategy, while allowing the space for creativity


What we look for:

- An experienced and inspiring comms professional that welcomes ambiguity as an opportunity to move forward and is comfortable with change. There’s lots of it here!
- Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism, Marketing, Business, or related field
- 5+ years working in an internal communications role
- A visual storyteller and full-stack content creator-copywriting, speech writing, presentation design, basic graphic design, photography and videography all a plus
- Proven track record in creating compelling, creative business communications
- Experience in developing communications for both the online workplace, as well as in-person environments, such as offices and factories
- Knowledge of enterprise B2B software solutions, digital tools and content creation across various media, for internal communication
- Fluency in English required and Swedish (or Danish, Norwegian) a plus




As part of the application process, you will be required to submit a short pitch presentation explaining to us why you’re the perfect match for this role (more details to follow).