Senior Communications Specialist (Bilingual) (336233) Requisition ID 336233-Posted 10/20/2026 At Grainger, We Keep the World Working®by serving more than4.6 million customersworldwide with maintenance, repair andoperating(MRO) products and value-added solutions delivered through innovative technology and deep customerexpertise. Known for its commitment to service and purpose-driven culture, the Company reported2025 revenue of$17.9 billion. The base salary for this role ranges between $ 80,080 - $ 110,110 with eligibility for an incentive target of 10% which is contingent upon achieving both individual and company performance objectives.

The pay range above is not a guarantee of compensation but reflects the potential total compensation for this role at the time of this posting based on the assigned job grade. This job posting is for an existing vacancy.

The Senior Communications

Specialist (Bilingual) is responsible for developing and delivering high-quality communications in English and French across Grainger Canada. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Communications, this role provides advisory and executional support for internal and external communications, with a particular focus on translation quality and French-language compliance. Working closely with communications partners, leaders, business stakeholders, and translation vendors, the senior specialist manages bilingual communications and translation requests, ensuring messaging is accurate, culturally appropriate, aligned with brand and language standards, and compliant with applicable French-language requirements.

The role supports enterprise, people, and change communications that help team members understand key business updates, decisions, and actions. Develop, write, edit, and translate high-impact communications in English and French, including enterprise announcements, business communications, change materials, FAQs, leader messages, and other team member facing materials. Serve as a subject-matter expert and trusted advisor to leaders, communications partners, and stakeholders on bilingual communications, translation practices, localization, language risk, messaging, channels, timing, and content readiness.





Adapt and localize communications to ensure they are clear, relevant, culturally appropriate, and aligned with Grainger Canada’s voice and communication standards. Coordinate and execute communications across enterprise channels, including SharePoint and Firstup, ensuring content is accurate, timely, accessible and appropriately targeted. Lead the translation and linguistic review of corporate, sensitive, compliance-driven, and people-impact communications, including urgent and time-sensitive requests, ensuring accuracy, consistency, appropriate tone, and alignment with established standards.

Advise communications partners, leaders and stakeholders on translation approaches, language risk, bilingual content requirements and content readiness for distribution. Apply translation memory, terminology standards, established language guidelines, and quality-assurance practices to ensure consistency, accuracy, and efficiency across bilingual communications. Support compliance with applicable French-language requirements, including the Charter of the French Language, by identifying, assessing, and escalating potential language, legal, reputational, accessibility or compliance risks before distribution.

Develop and maintain scalable self-service translation resources, tools, templates, and guidance that enable business partners to effectively manage lower-risk bilingual communications. Review communications for consistency with Grainger Canada’s communications standards, brand voice, accessibility expectations, and employee experience objective Qs. Manage multiple communications priorities and deadlines, balancing urgent business needs with appropriate review, quality, and compliance requirements.

Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Translation, Public Relations,



Journalism, English, or a related field. ~3–5+ years of experience in communications, translation, or a related field within a large, matrixed organization. ~ Demonstrated experience developing, writing, editing, and translating high-visibility, sensitive, or employee-impact communications in both English and French. ~ Experience using enterprise communications platforms, content management systems, and translation or language-management tools. ~ Exceptional written and verbal communication skills in both French and English, with demonstrated ability to tailor messaging for different audiences, channels, and levels of the organization. ~ Strong attention to detail, discretion, and sound judgment, particularly when handling confidential, sensitive, high-risk, or time-sensitive information. ~ Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple concurrent communications priorities from planning through execution in a rapid-paced environment while maintaining quality and accuracy. ~ Strong collaboration and relationship ‑ building skills with the ability to build trust across functions and levels of the organization. ~ Continuous improvement mindset with a focus on efficiency, quality, and scalability. ~ A professional translation designation, such as ATIO or OTTIAQ, is an asset. Medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage Paid time off (PTO) and up to 12 company holidays per year (dependent on home province) Life insurance coverage, including spousal and dependent life insurance.

Employee Family Assistance

Program to help team members with physical, emotional, mental, financial and other concerns Registered Retirement Savings Plan & Defined Contribution Pension Plan to help you save for your financial future We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't perfectly match this job post as you may still be the right candidate for this role or others. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, or disability.

📌 Senior Communications Specialist (Bilingual) (Vaughan)
🏢 Grainger Canada
📍 Vaughan