Manager Change Management and Communications EMEA Hub (m/f/x)

ZEISS Group; Jena; Vor Ort; EUR 60.000 - 85.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Join ZEISS as a Change Manager to play a pivotal role in harmonizing and standardizing core business processes across international teams. You're tasked with implementing effective change management strategies, engaging stakeholders, and contributing to a concise communication strategy that promotes change readiness. Ideal candidates will bring extensive experience in managing complex change programs and possess strong analytical and organizational skills.

Qualifikationen

• Several years of experience handling complex change and transformation programs.
• Proven track record in applying and implementing change initiatives.
• Very strong German and English language skills.

Aufgaben

• Implement tailor-made change management and communications for the program.
• Support handling critical change implications across program levels.
• Contribute to a consistent change communication strategy.

Kenntnisse

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Change management knowledge

Interpersonal skills

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Communications, Social Sciences, Psychology, Business Administration

Jobbeschreibung

Your role

This function offers you the chance to work on one of ZEISS' key group programs that drives harmonization and standardization of core business processes and structures, defining the way how ZEISS will work for years to come.

As part of the program's EMEA Hub team you take responsibility to:

• implement a tailor-made change management and change communications approach for this cross-company, cross-functional and global program within the EMEA Hub region

• support in handling critical change implications and needs on the various program levels

• identify and serve the change and communication needs for ZEISS internal stakeholders and communication audiences (e.g. global and local leaders and employees worldwide across the ZEISS group, employee representatives etc.)

• contribute to a consistent and adaptable change communication strategy incl. target group-oriented messaging and change stories which concretely and understandably communicate the programs objectives, provide orientation, and strengthen 'change readiness'

• interact and engage with key stakeholders across all hierarchy levels

• support team members involved in the program to live up to their role as role models and change ambassadors

• extend and apply the program’s 'change toolbox', based on state-of-art methods and best practices

• interact closely and align with other corporate functions, like corporate communication and HR and similar functions on Business Group level

• support the Senior Manager C&C in steering and orchestrating any necessary external consulting support within your area of responsibility

Your profile

• a Bachelor’s or preferably Master’s degree in Communications, Social Sciences, Psychology, Business Administration or related fields of study with a focus on organization theory, organizational development and organizational communications

• a comprehensive knowledge of current change management and change theories as well as the standard methods and tools for diagnostics, concept development, intervention design and intervention measurement for transformative changes

• several years of demonstrated experience of handling complex change and transformation programs within larger international companies or other organizations

• a proven and demonstrable track record in applying, steering, and implementing change initiatives, supported by change-specific tools and methods

• analytical and organizational skills paired with drive and a ‘can-do’-attitude as well as personal resilience

• very strong German and English language skills, also in writing

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:

Andre Grunzel, Valerie le Maire