Lead of External Communications (m/w/d)

KWS is one of the world's leading plant breeding companies. Almost 5,000 employees in more than 70 countries generated sales of around 1.68 billion in the 2023/2024 financial year. Euro. For almost 170 years, KWS has been run independently and independently as a family-oriented company. The focus is on plant breeding and production as well as the sale of sugar beet, corn, cereals, vegetables, rapeseed and sunflower seed. KWS uses state-of-the-art plant breeding methods to increase the yields of farmers and to further improve the resistance of plants to diseases, pests and abiotic stress. In order to achieve this goal, the company invested more than 300 million in the past financial year. Euro in research and development.

Are you burning for storytelling? Do you like to immerse yourself in complex topics and projects? Then come to KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA and become part of our dedicated Corporate Communications team as Lead (m/w/d) External Communications! In this role, you are in the first row when it comes to developing captivating stories, controlling effective content, leading a team and managing relationships with media, partners and internal stakeholders. This is an unlimited full-time job at our headquarters in Einbeck.

Your tasks: Development and implementation of our communication strategy Leadership and development of the team for effective cooperation and excellent results Creating effective content Responsibility for press and media work Support of the Board of Management in performances and interviews Crisis communication and corporate positioning Monitoring and reporting of communication KPIs Exchange with media partners, industry associations and other stakeholders Coordination of communication measures with other business sectors

Including university studies in the field of communication, journalism or comparable Multiannual relevant professional experience in editorial work and press work Advantageous leadership experience in smaller teams Experience in life sciences (e.g. agriculture) of advantage Safe handling of MS Office German and English knowledge in word and writing

An exceptionally interesting and varied activity in an international environment with the opportunity to introduce and implement innovative ideas Working in an international, highly motivated and dynamic team Flexible working hours with the possibility of hybrid working As a family-run company, we stand for our values such as proximity, reliability, vision and independence – a culture that is also lived, e.g. through an open and friendly working atmosphere According to our motto ''Make yourself grow!'' we promote individual professional and personal development We create the right framework for you: asset-effective services, Christmas and holiday money, childcare support, job wheel JOBV1_EN