Interim Change Manager

Change Management - Interim Position

Project:

* As part of a global project the company is creating a regional shared service centre inLondonto handle many accounting activities for European countries (in partnership with a service provider inIndia).
* This project will relocate accounting activity fromGermanyto theUK(London)
* The German activity is currently on two sites:

o The first site works with SAP and will be outsourced with minimal process changes

o The second site currently works with X and will change to SAP at the same time as outsourcing

* The knowledge transfer phase will be in May-June with a transfer of responsibility (and introduction of SAP) on 1 July 2013. After this point the German staff will support the new colleagues remotely

Task:

* Be a local point of contact for theUKproject manager and knowledge transfer team
* Support the German team manager in the project as necessary
* Identify the impacts of the change:

o Take account of the "soft" impacts as well as practical implications

o Ensure all concerns of the staff outside Finance are gathered and addressed

o Communicate the change to all German staff as necessary

o Take account of the needs of different stakeholders (Project Sponsors, Management Team(s),

* Manage local aspects of the project

o Ensure clear ownership of deliverables and on-time delivery

o Coordinate knowledge transfer phase (planning rooms, timing)

o Status reporting

Profile:

* Fluent English & German required - all project comms in English all local communication in German
* Previous experience of change management / communication required
* Experience of reorganisations desirable
* Able to identify impacts of change and the needs of affected staff