Organisational Change Management (OCM) Lead

Changify

We are a fast-growing strategy and change management consulting firm working with sector-leading companies and public organisations. We are a team of courageous, forward-thinking consultants who focus on meeting change needs without the jargon or ego of the big firms. We are looking for someone who is motivated, able to work independently and collaboratively, and who has significant change management experience.

Global SAP S/4 HANA implementation

We are seeking an experienced Organizational Change Management (OCM) Lead for an S/4 HANA transformation. The OCM Lead will provide support to the operations of a global life sciences client to harmonise and standardise processes, systems and data across a global business units. This role focuses on end users at a manufacturing site, and head office, with collaboration and support by an enterprise change team. This is a global role that will focus predominantly on EU operations but require out of hours calls and some travel.

Location

This role will provide on-site support to two manufacturing locations: Marburg, Germany; Bern, Switzerland. Candidates are welcome to apply for either location. Regular travel to both sites is a prerequisite.

Key responsibilities: 

Stakeholder Management: 

• Analyze and consult with stakeholders on their engagement needs and create a plan to provide leadership support.

Business Unit OCM Strategy: 

• Review the enterprise OCM strategy, methodology, tools and templates and collaborate with the enterprise change team and local stakeholders to create a change plan for the first deployment site.
• Ensure OCM activities are aligned with deployment timeline.

Local Change Impact Assessments

• Review global change impacts with local stakeholders, validate them and co-create a change plan with business unit stakeholders.

Change Planning and Execution: 

• Create a plan to address and manage changes in business processes, systems, technology, job roles, and organizational structures.
• Utilise enterprise change support (comms, process demos, training) to complement local change efforts.

Change Coaching: 

• Provide expert guidance and mentorship to global and local project members on change management principles and practices.

Readiness Assessments and Playbacks: 

• Work with the global team to identify users, and conduct readiness assessments and playback sessions for local audiences. 

Risk Assessment: 

• Conduct risk assessments related to change initiatives, identify potential obstacles and develop mitigation strategies.

This is an attractive day rate contracting opportunity.