Change Manager

JR United Kingdom; Kegworth; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in beverage production is seeking an Organisational Change Manager for a 12-18 month contract. The role involves developing change management strategies for the SAP S/4 HANA implementation, ensuring employee adoption and proficiency. The candidate will work closely with senior management and lead a team focused on successful change integration. This hybrid position offers flexibility and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

17.5% annual bonus

Healthcare up to family

X4 life assurance

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Access to employee benefits platform

Employee referral scheme

GroceryAid support service

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in organisational change management related to SAP or similar ERP solutions.
• Proven track record of leading change initiatives related to technology implementations.

Responsibilities

• Develop programme strategies to drive adoption and utilization of tools.
• Supervise the Organisational Change Management and Training team.
• Analyse and implement strategies to overcome resistance to change.

Skills

Organisational Change Management

Communication

Project Planning

Problem Solving

Job description

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Organisational Change Manager (12-18 months FTC or Interim) – SAP S/4 HANA Business Transformation Programme

Refresco UK - Head Office - Kegworth, Leicestershire (just off Junction 24 of the M1)

Hybrid - 2 days per week from home, with occasional travel to our other UK sites.

Refresco, the world’s leading independent soft drinks producer, seeks an expert Organisational Change Manager working as an integral part of the Refresco UK SAP Implementation Programme Team, to develop and implement change management strategies that maximise employee adoption and usage of a single ERP application landscape (SAP S/4HANA) and standard business processes.

You will play a critical role in the successful delivery of a transformational programme which will allow Refresco UK to move to a ‘one business’ approach to our core systems, processes, data and reporting.

Yet more proof, if needed, that Refresco is always changing, always innovating, always growing. We have doubled in size in the past five years, and we expect similar growth in the next five years, providing career opportunity for all colleagues.

At Refresco we believe our Values will continue to help us achieve our strategic goals. Find out more about the Refresco Values here: https://www.refresco.co.uk/uk/about/our-values

About the Role

You will report to the Programme Manager, working closely with the entire SAP S/4 HANA Programme team plus your key stakeholders amongst the wider Refresco UK senior management team.

As an experienced Organisational Change Manager, you will have a good idea of the key duties and responsibilities involved in this role, but just to be transparent ...

• Develop programme strategies and plans to drive fast adoption, and high ultimate utilisation of tools and ways of working and ensure employee proficiency with the outcome of those changes.
• Deliver outcomes aligned with project plans, tools, and methods.
• Work closely with all relevant departments, to ensure that changes impacting the way people work follow the relevant standard methodology.
• Supervisory responsibility of the Organisational Change Management and Training team.
• Act as a coach for senior leaders and executives to help them fulfil their critical roles as change management sponsors.
• Support and coach people managers and supervisors as they help their teams through their transitions.
• Support project managers and project teams to integrate change management activities with their project plans.
• Develop change communication plan in consultation with management and relevant stakeholders and provide input and support design and delivery of training programmes.
• Lead/facilitate meetings to ensure an understanding of changes being delivered by SAP Aspire+ Programme and jointly develop and deliver a change adoption plan in partnership with the business leadership and management team.
• Provide direct support and coaching to front-line managers and supervisors as they help their direct reports through transitions.
• Analyse, devise, and implement strategies to overcome resistance to change and raising and managing relevant risks and issues as and when they arise.
• Analyse the cost and budgetary impact of change management and come up with recommendations for relevant Aspire+ PMO governance board consideration.

About You

You will need to have in depth, extensive and demonstrable experience in organisational change management programme design and implementation related to SAP or similar large scale, multi-site ERP solutions.

You will need extensive, and practical experience of building trust, engaging, and inspiring desire to implement change amongst the senior stakeholder population and you will have a proven track record of successfully leading organisational change initiatives related to technology implementations preferably SAP or other ERP platforms.

You will need to utilise your experience and knowledge of change management methodologies, strategies, and principles to successfully deliver in this role. Of course, you will be only too familiar with the core competences needed in such a role – inspirational communication, a great listener, outstanding organisational, project planning and time management abilities and fabulous analytical and problem solving skills.

• 17.5% annual bonus
• Healthcare up to family
• X4 life assurance
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Hybrid – 2 days from home
• Access to “cheers” our employee benefits platform
• Employee referral scheme - earn a bonus for referring your friends or family
• GroceryAid – a support service offering financial, legal, wellbeing and practical support, advice and counselling

About Refresco

Refresco is the global independent beverage solutions provider for Global, National and Emerging brands, and retailers with production in Europe, North America, and Australia. Refresco offers an extensive range of product and packaging combinations from juices to carbonated soft drinks and mineral waters in carton, PET, Aseptic PET, cans, and glass. Refresco continuously searches for new and alternative ways to improve the quality of its products and packaging combinations in line with consumer and customer demand, environmental responsibilities, and market demand.

Refresco is headquartered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and has more than 13,500 employees. www.refresco.com.