Change Management Lead

DESCRIPTION:

- The Change/Communications Lead role acts as a Change Management expert supporting the end-to-end change management execution for a range of plant based changes, both small and large.
- The scope of these programs spans impacts to people, processes and related systems.
- The Change/Communications Lead will be required to work closely with various plant employees, leadership, salaried and hourly to ensure the change management planning process is followed and executed effectively.
- The role will also take the lead for plant communications.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Manage execution and quality delivery of change across the programs assigned to this role -incorporating everything from the initial change impact assessment and stakeholder alignment through to delivery of training, communications and other change interventions to help achieve our desired change outcomes
- Ensure program leadership provide change sponsorship as required
- Oversee, co-ordinate and provide thought-leadership to project team colleagues supporting the change initiative
- Establish and measure change KPIs for the program
- Create consistency in key messages between projects, as appropriate, and deliver high-quality direction to end users.
- Ensure a focus on sustainability of change beyond go-live' to help ensure full delivery of business benefits
- Manage site communications, including development of a communication strategysharing learning, expertise and coaching to develop others.
- Proactively use involvement in programs to build change ability across teams to help drive our overall change capability building strategy; this will be done through modelling appropriate change behaviors and actively engaging program teams in the change management process.
- Will be developing change management plans and executing change plans around operational changes.
- Working in plant environment and interfacing with Global and Regional corporate offices.

SKILLS:

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

- Bachelor's Degree
- Strong experience in change related delivery roles, including the use of formal change management tools
- Experience managing change within a manufacturing or supply chain
- The ability to embrace and champion change in a dynamic, ambiguous and challenging business environment.
- Strong communication and relationship building skills with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization and deliver through others
- Strong facilitation and presentation skills
- Self driven and results oriented with a positive outlook and a clear focus on high quality and organizational advancement.
- Need ability to help plan and set up what the future of the plant will be within the guidance of HR and Plant management.