CHANGE MANAGER

Asahi Europe & International; Woking; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Asahi Europe & International is seeking an experienced Change Manager in the United Kingdom to deliver and embed change across projects. You will work with the project team and business leads to ensure adoption, leadership buy-in and readiness, so benefits are realized.

You will develop stakeholder analyses, conduct impact assessments and build detailed CM plans, KPIs and communications. A fixed-term contract and leadership exposure are offered.

Qualifications

• +3 years in Change Management or transformational change delivery.
• Advanced verbal & written proficiency in English.
• Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Experience leading others to deliver change is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop stakeholder analyses and messaging with coaching support.
• Perform Change Impact Assessment and analyze future ways of working.
• Understand the required behavior and cultural change.
• Partner with country leaders and BPOs on local ways of working.
• Communicate change impact to senior stakeholders clearly.
• Develop CM plan, strategy, and adoption KPIs for embedding change.
• Define key messages and communications for the project.
• Plan training needs and develop learning tools with partners.
• Measure success and report progress to senior leaders.
• Create a sustainability plan and maximize ROI.
• Document lessons learned and handover to BAU.
• Foster CM competency and a network of change champions.
• Drive CM activities with SMEs, superusers, and champions.

Skills

Change Management

Stakeholder management

Project management

English proficiency

Education

University degree

Job description

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.

Job Description

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.

Profile Description

Asahi Europe & International is part of Asahi Group Holdings, a global beer, spirits, soft drinks and food group with leading positions in European and Asia-Pacific markets, listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Japan. As of November 2020, Asahi Europe & International Group runs 19 production facilities in 8 countries across Europe and is the custodian of some of the best beer brands in the world, including Asahi Super Dry, Pilsner Urquell, Peroni Nastro Azzurro, Grolsch and Kozel. Within the Asahi Group, the remit of Asahi Europe and International is also to develop and manage all export markets globally, outside of Asia and Oceania. Covering 80+ markets and with over 10,000 passionate colleagues on board, the business is well positioned to inspire people around the world to drink better.