Wakefern Food Corp. · 1 day ago
Change Management Lead
Edison, NJ
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$145K/yr - $170K/yr
7+ years expWakefern Food Corp. is the largest retailer-owned cooperative in the United States, supporting its co-operative members' retail operations. The Organizational Change Management Lead will manage the people side of Transformation projects, developing and implementing strategies to maximize employee adoption while minimizing resistance, and creating a change management center of excellence within the Business Innovation and Transformation Services team.
RetailFood and BeverageRetail Technology
Hiring Manager
Jordan Bishop
Responsibilities
Partner with the Director, Business Innovation and Transformation Services to build out a Center of Excellence in Change Management including methodology, templates, tools and training
Lead the change management workstream team for various transformational projects - Develop and implement change management strategies and plans that maximize employee adoption and usage while minimizing resistance. Manage OCM Action plans working across the Wakefern Food Corp. organization
Supervise OCM Specialist and manage cross-functional teams to deliver OCM Workstream deliverables across Communication, Engagement and Training
Create change strategies (stakeholder analysis and change impact analysis) as well as sponsor roadmap, communication, training, coaching and resistance management plans and their respective execution
Partner closely with large transformational project teams (such as system implementations) to integrate change management activities into the overall project plans
Assess the change impact by conducting impact analyses, assess change readiness, and identify key stakeholders. Ability to create process maps and documentation and analyze the people change impact
Support the design, development, delivery, and management of communications regarding change initiatives
Conduct change management training (e.g., Leading through change) and coaching to enhance management and employees’ understanding and skills necessary for change
Build presentations and communications with experience working in various mediums (written, presentation, video, etc.)
Ability to work with a wide variety of people including executive leadership, management and front-line employees. Excellent communication, influencing and interpersonal skills
Track and analyze risks and issues related to change initiatives, and development of corresponding risk mitigation plans
Develop and use change metrics and measurements to assess the success of change initiatives
Collaborate with various departments to drive the adoption of new strategies or processes
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in business, HR, organizational development or related field
7-10 years of experience leading Organizational Change Management projects, specifically for large scale enterprise system implementations and building a center of excellence in Organizational Change Management
Proven experience in managing organizational change initiatives at scale and building organizational change competencies throughout an organization
Strong leadership and project management skills
Understanding of business process management
Good business acumen with ability to understand how change management drives business results
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to work effectively with a variety of stakeholders with a strong ability to assess personalities and team dynamics
Strong influencing skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
Preferred
Change management certification (e.g., Prosci) preferred
Experience implementing change management as part of large enterprise systems projects a plus
Training and experience in process improvement a plus
Grocery, Retail, CPG or Wholesale experience a plus
Consulting experience a plus
Company
Wakefern Food Corp.
Wakefern Food Corp. is employing an innovative approach to wholesale business services.
10001+ employees
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