CHANGE MANAGER

Asahi Group; Enschede; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

Asahi Europe and International is seeking an experienced Change Manager in Enschede, Netherlands. The role involves independent delivery of change management for a SAP S/4HANA ERP implementation, ensuring leadership buy-in, business readiness, and ROI realization.

You will work with country leaders, project teams, and external partners to embed change and drive benefits. The position is hybrid (3 days in office, 2 days remote) for a 2-year fixed-term contract, requiring 3+ years in change

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in core Change Management or transformational change projects.
• University degree required.
• Advanced verbal and written proficiency in English and Dutch.

Responsibilities

• Develop stakeholder analyses and messaging for key audiences.
• Create Change Impact Assessments and analyze effects on people and processes.
• Draft change management plans and KPIs to drive adoption and benefits realization.
• Collaborate with country leaders and partners to align local working practices.

Skills

Change Management

Education

University degree

Job description

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.This is a project impacting all markets, almost all functions by implementing a new ERP system SAP S/4hana.

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 analysing 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 needs
• Responsible to work with internal and external partners to develop learning tools to support future ways of working and competencies needed
• Ability to measure success, define metrics, share with senior leaders in the business and monitor progress
• Ability 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 and Dutch
• Strong project management and organizational skills
• Work well under pressure, with complexity and ambiguity
• Confident and able to lead others to deliver

Job location and work arrangements:

Location: Enschede, Netherlands

Work arrangements: Hybrid – 3 days in the office, 2 working from home

*Please note this is a 2-year 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.