Manager I, Community Relations Job in Woonsocket, Rhode Island US
Position Summary:
POSITION SUMMARY
CVS Caremark is a Fortune 20 company with 200,000 employees and over $90B in revenue. It is the only fully integrated pharmacy health care company in the United States. Our offerings across the entire spectrum of pharmacy care allow us to provide greater convenience and choice for patients, improve health outcomes, and lower overall health care costs for plan sponsors and participants.
Manager I, Community Relations is responsible for execution of all corporate giving, volunteer, and in-kind programs across the company’s Northeast operations. The role will oversee communication activities across the Northeast to ensure complete understanding of Company’s giving programs.
Job Description:
The Manager I, Community Relations is responsible for but not limited to:
• Operations and ensure optimal engagement, social impact and enhanced corporate reputation.
• Design and implement creative communication and field management engagement techniques that drive optimal participation in local philanthropic activities
• Identify, develop and foster relationships with key local and regional nonprofit organizations which fall within the company’s areas of giving focus. Cultivate relationships that drive impact through support of organizations’ social missions. Develop partnerships that are meaningful and drive awareness of our CSR in markets we care about.
• Provides consultation and technical support to leadership in the establishment of community relations goals, objectives, and strategies and develops/ communicates plans to meet established goals.
• Leverage tracking strategies to monitor and evaluate impact of programs in market; develop reports on program effectiveness in market and makes recommendations for program enhancement and improvement
• Manage a budget within community relations cost center, in conjunction with the Senior Director and SVP. Ensures expenditures are within established parameters, emphasizing cost efficiencies.
• Develop innovative programs and strategies through collaboration with business units in field.
• Must perform administrative duties such as data input, product orders. Position requires performing other duties and special assignments not specifically stated.
Requirements:
Qualifications for the Manager I, Community Relations Position:
• Bachelor Degree
• 5 to 8 Years experience
• Demonstrated expertise with community relations methodologies and strategic management and related planning, execution and measurement of effectiveness.
• Effective stakeholder and relationship management experience. Able to interact and build trusted relationships with all levels of employees, including senior management.
• Strong business acumen and bottom line orientation. Results oriented with excellent organizational skills while working in an environment that requires a high degree of multi-tasking.
• Proven ability and knowledge to drive for results, analyze data and report progress in sometimes ambiguous, and fluid environments.
• Resourceful, decisive and proactive. Relentless attention to detail, organization and follow-up skills are critical. Focus, persistence and creativity.
• Competency in problem-solving, and conflict management. Logical and analytical thinking skills; ability to apply these to developing practical, yet creative problem-solving approaches.
• Ability to communicate effectively and high impact and influence skills. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with capability to utilize these in developing effective interpersonal relationships.
• Ability to work with team members and field operators in “virtual” settings.
• Preferred knowledge Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word skills. Working knowledge of PeopleSoft, and Gifts (Microedge).
