Change Management Lead

Illinois  ‐ Onsite
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Description

Description
  • The Change/Communications Lead role acts as a Change Management expert supporting the end-to-end change management execution for a range of plant based changes, both small and large.
  • The scope of these programs spans impacts to people, processes and related systems.
  • The Change/Communications Lead will be required to work closely with various plant employees, leadership, salaried and hourly to ensure the change management planning process is followed and executed effectively.
  • The role will also take the lead for plant communications.
Primary Responsibilities:
  • Manage execution and quality delivery of change across the programs assigned to this role -incorporating everything from the initial change impact assessment and stakeholder alignment through to delivery of training, communications and other change interventions to help achieve our desired change outcomes
  • Ensure program leadership provide change sponsorship as required
  • Oversee, co-ordinate and provide thought leadership to project team colleagues supporting the change initiative
  • Establish and measure change KPIs for the program
  • Create consistency in key messages between projects, as appropriate, and deliver high-quality direction to end users.
  • Ensure a focus on sustainability of change beyond go-live' to help ensure full delivery of business benefits
  • Manage site communications, including development of a communication strategy & execution model
  • Be an active member of the plant team; sharing learning, expertise and coaching to develop others.
  • Proactively use involvement in programs to build change ability across teams to help drive our overall change capability building strategy; this will be done through modelling appropriate change behaviors and actively engaging program teams in the change management process.
  • Will be developing change management plans and executing change plans around operational changes.
  • Working in plant environment and interfacing with Global and Regional corporate offices.
  • Need ability to help plan and set up what the future of the plant will be within the guidance of HR and Plant management.
SKILLS:

Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • Strong experience in change related delivery roles, including the use of formal change management tools
  • Must have demonstrated experience in alignment with listed responsibilities
  • Experience managing change within a manufacturing or supply chain
  • The ability to embrace and champion change in a dynamic, ambiguous and challenging business environment.
  • Strong communication and relationship building skills with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization and deliver through others
  • Strong facilitation and presentation skills
  • Self driven and results oriented with a positive outlook and a clear focus on high quality and organizational advancement.
  • Experience in the manufacturing or distribution industry, plant level experience.
Start date
n.a
From
Synectics
Published at
23.10.2015
Project ID:
1005913
Contract type
Freelance
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