LEAP - Change Management Expert

Pernod Ricard USA; Paris; Hybride; EUR 60 000 - 80 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A global consumer goods firm is seeking a Change Management Expert to spearhead their ERP transformation program. This role involves developing change management strategies, engaging stakeholders, and implementing training programs to ensure a smooth transition. Required qualifications include a Master's degree and 4+ years of relevant experience. The position offers a collaborative workplace, flexible working options, and a comprehensive benefits package, reflecting the company's commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Prestations

Flexible working options (work from home 2 days a week)

Comprehensive mutual insurance

Profit-sharing compensation

Daily training opportunities

Employee events

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in change management.
• Experience in consumer goods.
• Experience managing change for large projects.

Responsabilités

• Develop change management strategy for ERP transformation.
• Engage stakeholders at all organizational levels.
• Implement training and support programs for users.
• Contribute to comprehensive communication plan about the transformation.
• Establish feedback mechanisms to gather employee insights.
• Monitor success metrics of change management efforts.

Connaissances

Change management certification

Stakeholder engagement

Fluent in English

Training program development

Formation

Master's degree in engineering or business

Description du poste

Join Pernod Ricard on its ambitious transformation journey and become a part of our global Transformation Deployment Team. This team is in charge of launching and deploying a new global Program LEAP, aiming to enhance collaboration at a global level to better support our business ambitions.

LEAP is bringing together business leaders and experts to reshape the way we operate by framing, designing, building, and deploying new processes through a global ERP. By building a common business language and harmonized procedures, LEAP will allow Pernod Ricard to be more structured, more transparent and more collaborative worldwide. It will bring scale and enable many initiatives and innovations, fueled by data and technology.

Ready to take a LEAP? Pernod Ricard is looking for a Change Management Expert. The Change Management Expert is part of the Change & Adoption team and reports into the Transformation – Change & Adoption Director. He/she is in charge of managing and implementing change across Pernod Ricard during the Leap ERP transformation program. This role is dedicated to ensuring that the organization, its people, and its processes are fully prepared and positively engaged in transitioning to the new ERP system. The Change Management Expert designs, executes, and oversees a comprehensive change management approach that minimizes resistance, maximizes engagement, and ensures a smooth adoption of the new processes and technologies across the company.

You will be based at The Island, our office in central Paris.

Your key missions:

• Change Strategy Development: implement a detailed change management strategy for the Leap ERP transformation, identifying key stakeholders, assessing change impacts, building change journeys, and planning interventions to support the transition.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Lead efforts to engage stakeholders at all levels of the organization, ensuring clear communication, understanding of the change benefits, and active participation in the transformation process.
• Training and Support Programs: implement training and support programs tailored to different user groups within the organization, focusing on building the necessary skills and knowledge to effectively use the new ERP system.
• Communications Plan: Contribute to create and execute a comprehensive communication plan that keeps all parts of the organization informed about the ERP transformation progress, key milestones, and the impact on various functions and roles.
• Feedback Mechanisms: Establish feedback channels to gather insights and concerns from employees, using this feedback to adjust change management strategies and improve the overall transformation experience.
• Success Metrics and Monitoring: Contribute to the definition of success metrics for the change management efforts, regularly monitoring and reporting on the progress against these metrics to senior management and adjusting strategies as needed.

If you recognize yourself in the description below, don’t wait to apply!

Master's degree engineering or business school.

Certification/Titles/Entitlements/Licenses: change management certification appreciated.

Required 4+ years of experience.

Experience in consumer goods.

Experience across the group, and ideally on managing change for large projects.

Fluent in English.

Wait, there’s more…

We offer you an outstanding and collaborative workplace that embodies our sharing & conviviality culture, the possibility to work from home (2 days a week), a very complete mutual insurance, an attractive compensation including profit-sharing, the possibility to train daily, employee events…

Pernod Ricard is committed to diversity and inclusion: we are a disability-friendly company, one of France's Top 10 companies for gender equality, and we work with associations to promote social inclusion. Our recruitment methods focus on competencies to ensure equal opportunities.

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Target Hire Date: 2026-03-01

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