Senior Organizational Effectiveness & Change Specialist

Henny Penny Corporation; Eaton, Northern (OH, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP

Annual bonus

Hybrid work 2 days/wk

Tuition reimbursement

LinkedIn Learning access

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Henny Penny Corporation, Eaton, OH, is seeking a Senior Organizational Effectiveness & Change Specialist to strengthen change leadership and support people-focused change. You will drive adoption through training, communications, and readiness activities while enhancing engagement and workforce analytics.

The role collaborates with HRBPs and leaders to implement structured change management, measurement, and coaching programs in a People First culture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Organization Change Management or related field (MBA/MA preferred).
• 5–7 years of change management or organization development experience.
• Experience running communities of practice and developing change management and training.
• Proven ability to develop communications and build communication vehicles.

Responsibilities

• Build change leadership capability with sponsors and change champions.
• Lead Change Champion Community of Practice for consistency and engagement.
• Design and deliver OCM training for leaders and employees.
• Collaborate with Communications to craft clear change messages.

Skills

Change leadership

Organizational effectiveness

Training design

Change communications

Coaching

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Organization Change Management

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

CCMP

Prosci

Job description

Do you want to work for a global company that creates remarkable experiences through people, products, and food? If you want to be part of a rewarding People First culture that values relationships, trust, and taking the long view, then this is the place for you. Henny Penny was named the 2021 Dayton Business of the Year for many good reasons. Read on to learn more!

The Senior Organizational Effectiveness & Change Specialist strengthens organizational performance by building change leadership capability and supporting the people side of change. This role develops and implements change management strategies, training, communications, and readiness activities that drive adoption and improve business outcomes. The position also supports organization effectiveness programs, including engagement surveys, coaching and feedback initiatives, and workforce data analysis.

What We Offer:

• An opportunity to work for a company that is 100% employee owned.
• As an employee-owner, you will be enrolled in our employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) program following one year of service.
• Annual company performance bonus in addition to base salary
• Flexibility to work from home 2 days per week
• Defined career paths so you’ll always know what’s next and what steps can get where you want to go
• Professional development opportunities including tuition reimbursement and unlimited free access to LinkedIn Learning courses
• A competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, PTO, and paid holidays
• Expanded onsite wellness clinic offering preventive care services such as wellness screenings, annual physicals, and related lab work at no cost to employee-owners
• Achieve total well-being at our new Wellspring and Owners Hall facility, featuring 24/7 fitness center with a wide variety of cardio and strength training equipment. This facility reflects our continuous evolution in supporting our valued employee owners.
• Activities including department outings, holiday parties, and our annual company-wide Thanksgiving Dinner

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Build change leadership capability by equipping sponsors, people leaders, and Change Champions with practical tools, coaching, guidance, and consistent ways of leading change.
• Lead and support the Change Champion Community of Practice to strengthen shared learning, consistency, and engagement across change initiatives.
• Design and deliver OCM training that helps leaders and employees understand, support, and adopt change more effectively.
• Partner with Communications to create clear, concise, and compelling communication materials to inform employees about upcoming changes, the rationale, and the benefits.
• Develop and manage communication channels (e.g., intranet, newsletter, lunch & learn).
• Support Project Change Management
• Apply a structured change management methodology, approach and tools on business transformation initiatives.
• Develop and execute change management plans that include communication, training, stakeholder engagement, and reinforcement plans.
• Lead change management activities with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to understand, manage, and reinforce change.
• Provide independent project change management support for CI and functional initiatives as needed.
• Leads the development, implementation, facilitation, analysis, and reporting of employee engagement practices; partners with HRBPs and other stakeholders to identify manager action plans.
• Provides coaching and feedback to senior leaders and other associates across the enterprise
• Analyzes data, designs, and tracks business and change impact analyses for assessment of initiatives and programs.

What We’re Looking For:

• Bachelor’s degree in Organization Change Management, Industrial/Organization Psychology, business management or a related field, or equivalent experience (Master's degree preferred)
• Minimum 5-7 years of experience in change management, organization effectiveness/development, organization behavior, or a related field.
• Experience in running communities of practice and developing change management and related training is strongly preferred.
• Proven results in developing and writing communications, and in building communication vehicles and tools (e.g., newsletters, intranet sites) is strongly preferred.
• Experience applying change management principles, methodologies, & tools to cross functional change initiatives is preferred.
• Ability to build relationships, conduct focus groups and collaborate effectively across diverse client groups and HR colleagues.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Change Management certification is preferred (e.g., CCMP, Prosci).

About Us

We’re known in our industry for making the best commercial food equipment in the world. Every day, millions of people eat in restaurants operating Henny Penny equipment. We’re a behind-the-scenes engine in the world’s most demanding kitchens, including long-term partners like McDonald’s, Chick-fil-A, KFC, and Wendy’s. We’re 1,000+ employee’owners who thrive by living a People First mission: to support employees in becoming the best version of themselves both personally and professionally. We recently completed the largest expansion in our history with the addition of 150,000 square feet on our Eaton campus. This expansion drives development of the world’s most reliable, easy-to-use equipment with an innovative new space for global research and development. We have several collaborative spaces for our project teams, a dedicated electrical engineering lab for our hardware and software engineers, a full model shop for rapid prototyping, and a brand-new test lab that has 300 feet of hood space to test new equipment on our product roadmap. On top of that, we have a new state-of-the-art kitchen for our food science group to meet with our customers, understand what they need, and then dial in our equipment to help them make legendary menu items. Henny Penny is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability or handicap, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and pregnancy-related conditions), marital status, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

We’re Employee Owners making lives remarkably better. We design, build and service the world’s most reliable and easy-to-use equipment. Every day 100 million people eat in restaurants powered by Henny Penny equipment. We’re a behind the scenes engine in the world’s most demanding kitchens. Our customers are long-term partners including McDonald’s, Chick-fil-A, KFC, Wendy’s, Arby’s, Sonic, Cracker Barrel, Chili’s, Jack in the Box, Burger King and many more. We’re recognized as a Best Place to Work in the Dayton region and our approach to winning puts People First at the core of our strategy. At HP, People First means giving all employee owners the opportunity to be the best version of themselves through developing in their career, having the best manager, and focusing on their overall well-being. If you thought companies like this don’t exist…we’re proof they do!