Change & Communications Lead

Join the Samworth Brothers Team and become part of our dynamic family!

At Samworth Brothers, we genuinely care about our colleagues and strive to create an engaging environment that values your unique contributions. We are committed to your success and offer a range of exceptional benefits that we believe supports your life and personal aspirations: -

• Enhanced pension scheme
• Private health scheme
• Employee discount scheme
• Experience annual pay reviews
• Profit related pay
• Unlock your potential through training and growth opportunities

The Opportunity

The Change & Communications Lead will be responsible for managing the organisational change initiatives, ensuring that business transformation projects achieve desired results by maximising employee adoption and increasing the overall experience of all stakeholders. This role involves working closely with project teams, stakeholders, and senior leadership to plan, implement, and monitor changes that affect business processes, systems, and technology.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement change management strategies and plans that maximize employee adoption and minimize resistance. Utilise structured tools, frameworks and methodology to lead change management activities.
• Identify, analyse, and prepare risk mitigation tactics for stakeholders including resistance to change by understanding concerns and aligning them with the change goals.
• Design and deliver effective communication plans to convey changes, benefits, and impacts to all relevant parties.
• Conduct portfolio level impact analyses and assess change readiness in functions where high levels of change are expected.
  
• Define the scope of change, identify the impacted stakeholders and create an implementation plan. Work with the Project managers to integrate change management activities into the overall project plans and roadmaps.

The Ideal Candidate

We believe that success is built upon collaboration and diverse perspectives. At Samworth Brothers, we welcome candidates who are passionate about working together to achieve greatness. As a valued member of our team, you will bring the following skills and experience: -

• Previous experience in Change Management, organisational development or a related field
• Proven track record of managing change in large, complex and matrixed organisations
• Change Management certification (e.g., Prosci, ACMP)
• Experienced in delivering large programs and managing change portfolios ensuring a standardised Change approach across multiple programs.
• Strong project management skills preferred and the ability to manage multiple change projects simultaneously.

We also want you to thrive in an engaging and inclusive work culture where you will have the opportunity to take on personal accountability and take pride in your work. We encourage positive communication, and the building of strong collaborative relationships is essential to every role.

Join us at Samworth Brothers, where you'll be more than just a team member you'll be an integral part of our thriving family.Apply today and embark on an exciting journey with us!"Make this your next careers move, with Samworth Brothers"
About Us
We are a fourth-generation family business producing high quality own-label products for many of the UKs best-known retailers along with our own brands including Ginsters, Soreen, Higgidy, Dickinson & Morris, Urban Eat, West Cornwall Pasty Company and Walker & Son. We employ over 10,000 people in well-invested modern food manufacturing sites around the country.At Samworth Brothers we take pride in our family feel within our businesses and work together to make things happen. We can offer you the stability of a wider group as well as the opportunities that that offers if you wish to progress your career with us. We are family and we would like to invite you to be part of that and support our teams in delivering great products to all of our customers.

Samworth Brothers do not engage with unlicensed gangmasters or third parties. Samworth Brothers will NEVER ask you for money in order to provide you with employment. If you are in any doubt, please contact an official Samworth Brothers representative.

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Location: Glenfield, GB

Posted Date: 11/27/2024