TreeHouse FoodsDirector, Corporate Communications
Apr. 2015 - Mar. 2018Oak Brook, IllinoisLed the international, enterprise-wide communications strategy, planning and execution for: Executive communications, customer communications, industry communications, employee engagement, traditional and social media, merger, acquisition and divestiture activity, and crisis communications. • Launched and integrated critical employee engagement tools for a highly fragmented workforce, including intranet, internet content management system and a crisis management tool for food quality issues, plant events and other employee-centric opportunities. • Established a company-wide digital communications strategy. • Developed and scaled communications practices and protocols to all levels of the company’s 14,000 employees. • Guided the creation of communications-related policies that govern the workforce. • Directed the content and flow of critical face-to-face communications opportunities for the company including an executive annual leadership meeting, supplier summit, and high-profile investor conferences. • Stewarded and championed the TreeHouse Foods Vision, Mission and Values to ensure that the company’s foundation was included throughout all employee, customer, shareholder and supplier messages.