Common KSA Hiring for Manager at الرياض Full Time

Job Category:
Communications

Concept:
Territory

Band:
–

Location:
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Travel Required:
Yes

Reporting To:
Head Communications, Group

Position Type:
Full Time

LANDMARK GROUP – INTRODUCTION

The Landmark Group began its journey in 1973 with one store in Bahrain and has grown into one of the largest retail and hospitality conglomerates in the Middle East, Africa and India. Currently the Group operates over 2,200 outlets, encompassing over 30 million square feet across 21 countries.

Landmark Arabia is the Largest Non-Food retailer in the KSA region –

750+ stores & 13,000 employees across the region.

Our portfolio includes some of the most loved brands in the region specially developed for local customers.

Strong loyal customer base of 10 Million Shukran members | Ranked #7 in the GPTW scores for 2021

JOB DESCRIPTION:
JOB PURPOSE:
We are looking for an experienced, creative and enthusiastic Communications Professional who will lead Internal & External Communications for the Group in Saudi Arabia. Incumbent will be supported by the global communications team and agencies and report to our Head of Corporate Communications (Dubai) and work closely with the HR Head of Saudi Arabia (Riyadh).

Responsible to lead and manage Group’s efforts to build the employer branding, reputation and develop the business’s key messages for different audiences and stakeholders.

Manage Internal & External Engagements as a key person in driving the Group’s communication agenda.

• Outreach internally within the organization to our employees
• Externally through PR, social media, key stakeholders and business partners
• Ensure consistency of strategy, messaging and brand identity compliance across all the organization by providing a

solid framework for all our colleagues and members

Innovation/Creativity: Introduce innovative approaches that will evolve business communications and employer branding to the next level

Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate on ground with energetic teams across HR, People Engagement, L&D and Communications departments

Strategy: Responsible for developing, managing and implementing our global communications strategy – customized and relevant to the Saudi audience

Budget: Manage the communications budget for the Group in the Kingdom to design and implement impactful messaging

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS:
Lead, coordinate and manage Group’s efforts to raise the profile and continue to build the reputation of Landmark Arabia as the parent company of much-loved local brands like Centrepoint, Home Centre, Max, Splash, Shoemart, Lifestyle and the like.

Focus on developing and streamlining the Group’s Employer Branding in the Kingdom, through content building on LinkedIn and other relevant social media.

Drive PR & Social Media communications with the support of the Group’s media agency partners.

Identify and cultivate high-quality relationships with media, government entities, universities, public and private sector partners.

Strategize and manage Landmark Arabia’s overall online and offline editorial, branding and media content – from planning to curating and editing – across all our communications channels (PR, website, newsletter, LinkedIn and social media etc.)

Support and drive communications for the Group’s CSR and Sustainability initiatives in Saudi Arabia.

Responsible for planning, managing and overseeing all external communication produced by the team; which includes – executive summaries of publications, reports, news, articles, engaging written, visual and multimedia packages like videos, animations etc.

INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS:
Drive and manage integrated communications, projects and events to engage internal stakeholders and build stronger awareness of Group’s objectives, values and goals.

Develop and implement branding and messaging for the region-wide employee communications.

Listen, broadcast and amplify the Group and Leadership’s inner voice to the larger employee population across offices, stores and warehouses.

Incumbent will own the rights to the internal communications platform and drive the communication and messaging on it both creatively and proactively.

Responsible for Identifying and/or creating and coordinating opportunities for cross collaboration within teams – managing and leading information flows between teams.

Identifying, preparing and supporting the Group’s leadership in their role as spokespersons (Country Head, Regional Heads, Business Heads etc.) and managing their communications to employees and stakeholders.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

JOB EXPERIENCE

8-12+ years of experience with a min. of 4yrs exp. in the communications role with a reputed PR/Media agency/Corporate preferably in Fashion / Retail industry

Arabic & English (Read & Write)

REQUIRED LEADERSHIP SKILLS

Can shape a common vision on stores for future

Attitude – “Get Things Done”

Clear Thinking | Simple Execution | Focused Approach

Navigating and managing expectations of concept & territory leaders

Receptive to feedback and accepting of others viewpoints

Creates and sustains a customer centric organization

Cultural Fit – Sense of purpose, Humility & Store focused approach

LANDMARK GROUP – CORE VALUES

Customer comes FIRST

Listen to each other

Collaborate across teams

Welcome ideas from everyone

Stay on top of market trends

Act like an owner

Enable your team to act

Coach and support for success

Play to your strengths

Challenge the norm

Adapt to the changing customer

Think for today AND tomorrow

Accept change positively

Keep it simple to stay agile

Try new things

Make the customer Landmark

Keep your promise

Go the extra mile

Work with passion

Celebrate success

Be fair and ethical

Be truthful even when it hurts

Be humble

Be yourself with everyone

Avoid blame

Qualifications

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Primary Location: SA-SA-Riyadh

Job: Corporate Communications & CSR

Organization: Common KSA

Schedule label /الجدول الزمني: Regular

Shift: Standard

Job Type: Full-time

Day Job

Job Posting/نشر تسمية الوظيفة: Mar 29, 2022, 6:19:04 AM