CHANGE MANAGER

Asahi; Woking; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Asahi Europe and International is seeking an experienced Change Manager to work independently within the project team to deliver and embed change. You will ensure adoption, leadership buy-in, and business readiness to realize project benefits and objectives.

You will partner with leaders to design stakeholder engagement, change impact analysis, training plans, and KPIs, while maintaining clear communications with senior stakeholders. This is a 2-year fixed-term full-time role in the UK.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in a core Change Management role or implementing transformational change.
• University degree required.
• Advanced verbal & written proficiency in English.
• Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Ability to work under pressure with complexity and ambiguity.
• Confident and able to lead others to deliver.
• 2 years fixed-term contract noted.

Responsibilities

• Develop a Stakeholder Analysis and manage stakeholders with key messages and coaching.
• Complete a Change Impact Assessment and analyze impacts on future ways of working.
• Understand the required behavior and cultural change.
• Collaborate with leaders to align local and future ways of working.
• Communicate change impact to senior stakeholders.
• Develop a detailed change management plan, strategy and adoption KPIs; craft key messages and communications.
• Identify training needs and work with partners to develop learning tools for future ways of working and required competencies.
• Measure success with defined metrics and report progress to senior leaders.
• Create a sustainability plan to maximize ROI.
• Document lessons learned and handover to BAU.
• Build change management competency across the business.
• Create and manage a champion network of change agents.
• Drive local change management activities with SMEs and superusers.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Change management

Leadership

Project management

Communication

Education

University degree

Job description

Type of contract: Fixed-Term - Full-Time

Job type: Full time

Position Overview & Purpose:

The experienced Change Manager will work independently to help deliver and embed change. Working with the immediate project team, team members from interconnecting projects, and closely with the business to ensure Change Management deliverables are completed, the change is adopted, leadership buy-in and business readiness – resulting in the project realizing the benefits and meeting its objectives.

What you will deliver (Key Deliverables & Responsibilities):

• Develop a strong understanding of stakeholders by completing a Stakeholder Analysis and supporting team members manage stakeholders (key messages and coaching)
• Understand the change by completing a Change Impact Assessment and deeply analyzing how people will be impacted by future ways of working.
• Understanding of the behavior and cultural change needed.
• Partner with business stakeholders (Leaders as country level and BPOs) to help develop understanding of local ways of working and future ways on working
• Ability to comunicate and articulate the level of change impact with senior stakeholders
• Develop a detailed change management plan, change management strategy and change adoption KPIs to ensure the change is embedded and adopted.Responsible to defining key messages and communication for the Project
• Ability to understand the training requirements that will support the change and develop a plan to support the needsResponsible to work with internal and external partners to develop learning tools to support future ways of working and competencies neededAbility to measure success, define metrics, share with senior leaders in the business and monitor progressAbility to present and communicate to senior leaders about the project
• Develop a sustainability plan to ensure we maximize the ROI
• Document lessons learnt and facilitate the handover to BAU
• Work as a change management team to build and develop change management competency in the business
• Create and manage champion network of change agents
• Drive change management activities at a local level with SMEs, superusers and champions

Experience & Qualification Requirements:

• +3years’ experience in core Change Management role/implementing transformational change
• University degree
• Advanced verbal & written proficiency in English
• Strong project management and organizational skills
• Work well under pressure, with complexity and ambiguity
• Confident and able to lead others to deliver
• Please note that this is 2 years fixed term contract.

We are committed to nurturing a workplace where we celebrate and respect difference, and support everyone to be true to who they are! At Asahi Europe and International we believe you can SHINE AS YOU ARE - no matter your age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, religion, or beliefs. We want to support you to be courageous in your individuality and to know that whoever you are and whatever your circumstances, you can belong with us without having to conform.