Change Lead

Greencore; Leeds; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Holidays

Matched pension contributions

Life insurance 4x salary

Company share save scheme

Greencore Qualifications

Employee discount platform

Wellbeing Centre access

Enhanced parental leave and menopause

Job summary

Greencore is seeking a proactive MBE Initiative Change Lead to enable successful delivery of transformation changes through design and execution of business change activities aligned to the Making Business Easier initiative. You will define the change framework, assess impacts, engage stakeholders, and plan readiness for go-live across multiple sites.

The role requires strong change management experience, stakeholder communication, and training design skills to support a fast-moving,

Qualifications

• Experience in business change management planning and implementation of large projects.
• Experience conducting business change impact assessments.
• Ability to analyse problems at an operational level and develop solutions.
• Experience developing business change management plans aligned to the project lifecycle.
• Strong planning and organisational skills with the ability to meet deadlines.
• Clear and concise verbal and written communication.
• Experience conducting training needs analysis.
• Experience facilitating group workshops and meetings on business change topics.
• Experience in training design and development for blended learning.
• Excellent attention to detail and quality.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement the business change approach and plan.
• Develop high-level and detailed impact assessments and communicate to stakeholders.
• Conduct stakeholder analysis and engagement plans.
• Develop readiness plans and conduct readiness assessments for go-live.
• Create launch communication plans and local communications.
• Create collateral to support stakeholder engagement and launch messaging.
• Conduct training needs analysis and develop content and materials.
• Identify risks and mitigation actions for change and communication plans.
• Evaluate effectiveness of change and communication and adapt plans based on feedback.

Skills

Change management

Impact assessments

Training design

Group workshops

Planning & organisation

Communication

Training needs analysis

Blended learning design

Attention to detail

Microsoft 365

Tools

Microsoft 365

Job description

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we’re one of the UK’s leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we’re proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.

Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

What you'll be doing:

As the MBE Initiative Change Lead, you will enable the successful delivery of changes within transformation initiatives through the effective design and delivery of business change activities aligned to the Making Business Easier (MBE) initiative project plans. In doing so, you will:

• Define and implement the business change approach and plan, ensuring use of the agreed business change framework and alignment with the initiative project plan
• Develop high-level and detailed impact assessments and ensure the impacts are effectively communicated to all key stakeholders, as well as assess the overall impact of change and develop solutions to ensure the changes can be successfully implemented
• Conduct stakeholder analysis and develop and implement stakeholder engagement plans
• Develop and implement plans to achieve readiness for go live, working with business areas to track local readiness plans, as well as conduct readiness assessments to identify further actions needed
• Develop and implement the initiative specific launch communication plan and work with business areas to develop local communication plans, ensuring willingness and readiness for launch
• Create collateral to support delivery of the stakeholder engagement and launch communication plan and work with the Communication and Engagement Lead to ensure alignment of message and branding
• Conduct training needs analysis and ensure this is translated into appropriate content and materials, as well as develop the training approach and work with the training and development lead to ensure consistency and alignment of training content
• Identify potential risks, areas requiring escalation or obstacles that may derail change and communication plans, and put in place mitigating actions or elevate as appropriate
• Ensure the effectiveness of change and communication is evaluated and plans are adapted based on feedback and insights

What we’re looking for:

• Experience in business change management planning and implementation of large projects
• Experience conducting business change impact assessments
• Ability to analyse problems at an operational level, identify root causes, and develop a range of solutions
• Experience developing business change management plans aligned to the project lifecycle
• Good planning and organisational skills with the ability to meet deadlines and targets
• Clear and concise verbal and written communication
• Experience conducting training needs analysis
• Experience facilitating group workshops and meetings on a variety of business change management topics
• Experience in training design and development aligned to blended learning solutions
• Excellent attention to detail and passion for quality
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft 365 tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Email, Teams)

What you’ll get in return:

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Competitive matched pension contributions
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
• Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.