Community Engagement Lead - Bologna, Italia - Zespri

Zespri

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Bologna, Italia

2 settimane fa

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Piero Bianchi

Reclutatore di talenti per beBee

Descrizione

About Zespri:

Zespri is the world's largest marketer of kiwifruit with over 800 people in New Zealand and throughout Asia, Europe and the Americas.

We help people, communities and the environment thrive through the goodness of kiwifruit.

We sit at the heart of an interconnected industry working with 2,800 growers in New Zealand and 1,500 growers in Italy, France, Greece, South Korea and Japan.

We supply the world's healthiest little superfruits to people in more than 50 countries. We are fruit on a mission.

Our values are at the heart of everything we do. We commit to guardianship; putting people, the community, and the environment first. We are results-driven, challenging ourselves to grow and deliver better value. We cultivate personal connections, listening and acting with empathy and humility - and treating each other better for it.

We are growing quickly, driven by our success in engaging more and more consumers and by offering the world's best kiwifruit 12 months of the year.

We have bold ambitions and aim to grow sales from approximately $3 billion in 2018 to $4.5 billion by 2025.

To achieve our goals, we're empowering our people to achieve their goals, designing our work for wellbeing, through flexible work practices and self-leadership.

We have bold ambitions for the future and we want all of our people to live and perform at their best.

About The Role:

Zespri Global Supply (ZGS) is responsible for supplying kiwifruit to Zespri in the New Zealand off-season. ZGS has operations in Italy, France, Greece, Japan and Korea. The supply volumes and numbers of growers is increasingly rapidly as new orchards come into production.

ZGS needs to establish a community engagement strategy to build and maintain a positive corporate reputation among growers, suppliers, customers, local and central government and our communities.

Initially focused on the EU as our biggest growing regions, the role will lead the establishment and implementation of a community engagement strategy for ZGS and provide communication support to ZGS and Zespri International Europe (ZIE).

There will be a focus on ensuring that Zespri has a strong role in social responsibility throughout our northern hemisphere supply chain.

The role will ensure there are strong connections are in place with industry, external stakeholders and our communities to monitor the effectiveness of Zespri's social responsibility strategy through consistent and effective communication and relationships.

In addition, the role will be involved in the development and implementation of a communication strategy for ZGS and will provide communication support to in-market teams dealing with ZGS supply issues.

Working closely with the core Zespri communication team based in New Zealand, the role will support market teams to respond to requests from media and/or customers in the same time zone.

Accountabilities:

Community Engagement

Establish and implement a community engagement programme for ZGS Europe with a specific focus on social responsibility
Identify and engage with key stakeholders including unions, local and national agencies, worker welfare agencies
Support community engagement initiatives as required for ZGS Asia
Prepare resources to outline Zespri's commitment to worker welfare and support the community engagement programme
Monitor media activity and initiatives in Europe on Social Responsibility
Consider establishing or joining an industry/retail initiative(s) that collectively focusses on improving worker welfare

Communication

Contribute to the development of the ZGS communication strategy and lead some aspects of the implementation
Manage the regular communication portfolio for ZGS Europe and Asia (including Kiwiflier, NZ Kiwifruit Journal, Annual Report)
Provide communication support and translation to ZGS Europe teams including for Chairman's Updates, Roadshows
Following guidance from the Zespri communication team, provide timely communications support to ZIE for management of enquiries including media and customers within Europe

Qualifications & Experience:

We are looking for an energetic individual who holds a communications or journalism qualification although relevant experience and proven ability will be a key determinant

You will also have:

Strong relationshipbuilding and writing skills and a good mind for strategy, process and organisation
A positive, supportive team player with initiative and plenty of enthusiasm and a willingness to tackle a wide variety of tasks
Proven Project and Time Management skills
Ability to manage and manipulate data
Written and verbal fluency in Italian and English at a conversational, business and technical level. French also preferred.
An understanding of the kiwifruit industry or wider horticulture sector is beneficial but not a requirement

What's In It For You: