Want to build a stronger, more sustainable future and cultivate your career? Join Cargill's global team of 160,000 employees who are committed to safe, responsible and sustainable ways to nourish the world. This position is in Cargill’s food ingredients and bio-industrial business, where we anticipate trends around taste, nutrition and safety to innovate and provide solutions to manufacturers, retailers and foodservice companies.
Job Purpose and Impact
The Global Smart Manufacturing Change Management Lead will execute change management and communications to transform the way we work. This includes high impact, high value transformation initiatives and change leadership to diagnose, propose, design and deliver change management solutions. In this role, you will partner effectively with all levels of the organization to challenge current ways of thinking, identify and build relationships with key stakeholders, consult with project teams on roles, responsibilities, milestones and navigate obstacles to ultimately drive results to realize the value capture of the initiative. While executing change management activities, you will ensure that all change management activities across the other business portfolios are coordinated and align to maintain transparency and maximize employee engagement through program wide change plans and will be working closely with the communications leader to ensure proper engagement.
Key Accountabilities
Develop and execute a change management strategy, playing a critical role in creating and communicating an integrated and coordinated view across the Smart Manufacturing programs, initiatives and projects, leading as a partner by fully participating in discussions to ensure optimal deployment and integration of changes to how we work.
Develop and maintain robust change management tools and templates to activate the change strategy and accelerate change management activities for application across our change initiatives. Create and align communication that embed change management principles that meet business needs and requirements.
Develop, revise and operate a best in class change management capability that will account for disruptive change to the operating model and effectively capture and sustain the value creation for the organization.
Understand business and project objectives and define and monitor performance and service quality metrics.
Create an open forum for employees to ask questions and share content or thoughts and respond to feedback from staff and adjust communications content accordingly.
Engage and enable all stakeholders and individuals impacted by the change to deliver key messages and engagement opportunities in ways that resonate within the company culture.
Develop a robust communication plan to engage the broader organization with various types of communication methods to ensure messages are consistent across all mediums and influence stakeholders as needed to ensure change plans are compelling and aligned with our desired tone and create a network of change champions.
Collaboratively work in a global atmosphere across regions and domains to ensure strategy is aligned, communicated and results meet all stakeholder’s needs. Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
An effective and persuasive communicator with the ability to communicate to all levels of the organization and simplify messaging
Practical experience developing effective communications materials in multiple media types (videos, newsletters, etc.)
Confirmed experience leading and delivering multiple, complex, enterprise wide change management programs
Operations/Manufacturing experience
Minimum of six years of related work experience
Ability to speak and write in English
Willingness to work outside standard working hours to accommodate a global role.
Ability to travel up to 20% to meet business needs including internationally
Preferred Qualifications
Master's degree in organizational psychology or organizational development
Minimum of 8 years of experience leading teams and developing people
Experience working globally across cultures
Global change leadership experience
Our Offer
We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.
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