Change & Communication Manager

Service description:

The Change & communication Manager contributes in defining, executing, monitoring and supervising changes related to the implementation of the LxP. The service plays a crucial role in ensuring that staff members embrace the change and ensures that change & communication initiatives are designed and implemented on time and within budget. The service consults with management to conceive and draft change plans, that can be implemented fast and with minimum staff members' resistance. T 

Responsibilities :

- Change design and implementation & communications
- Work together with HR, change and communication teams and the business in order to:

- Orchestrate, support, prepare and enable change management strategies and change plans to support the implementation of an LxP

- Perform people impact analysis

- Drive the implementation of the change plan together with the related teams

- Identify and solve main road-blockers of the transformation

- Orchestrate, support, feed and enable the global change communciation plan and provide transparency along the change journey. Work out and implement the communication plan, with support of comms team.

- Coach teams on storytelling and impactful change communications.

Requirements:

 Domain expertise:

• Thorough knowledge of, and experience in, change management principles and methodology and implementation
• Good knowledge of HR topics and experience in leading HR projects
• Profound experience in providing clear communication to different stakeholders by multiple communication channels.

Individual skills:

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, HR, communication/change or a related field/equivalent through experience
• Expert in change management
• Displays strong communication skills with ability to communicate complex messages to diverse stakeholders
• Credibility and leadership qualities to take fast and difficult decisions
• Ability to persuade and lead a team of diverse skillsets in order to achieve common goals
• Ability to drive HR projects

Mindset and behavior:

• Critical thinker who is passionate to challenge status quo to find new solutions and drive out of the box ideas – loves and embraces change
• Believes in a non-hierarchical culture of collaboration, transparency and trust across the team
• Is not afraid to ‘roll up the sleeves’ and seeks to go outside comfort zone to learn – pushes the team to do same (hands-on profile)
• Excellent communication skills, good storyteller and ability to build strong relationships.
• Ability to solve problems and think analytically
• Solution orientation 
• Great organizational, project, and time management skills. Can identify and set priorities
• Adapts quickly to different contexts and situations
• Resistant to stress and emotional stability to deal with VUCA environments 
• Can work in an international environment