Project Change Manager- Organisational Transformation

Project Change Manager- Organisational Transformation I Hatfield I Hybrid 2 day in the office 

Ocado Group is an equal opportunities employer and as such makes every effort to ensure that all potential employees are treated fairly and equally, regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, age, or disability or union membership status.

About Us

Our teams are putting the world’s retailers online using the cloud, robotics, AI, and IoT. We provide services to partner clients globally via our innovative advanced robotics technology, known as the Ocado Smart Platform ("OSP"), this drives our highly automated, multi-million pound Customer Fulfilment Centres (CFCs). In our CFCs - together with the proprietary software applications - we operate a world-class online grocery business that automates the single pick of products, ready for your online delivery.

About the Role

The Change Project Manager sits within our continuous improvement function, and takes full ownership and accountability for large scale end-to-end change projects, supporting internal departments and  project delivery teams.

The Lead Change Project Manager will be responsible for leading projects to enhance the capability, efficiency and effectiveness of Technology Operations managing change across organisation, process and tooling. They will have budget, people management and decision-making responsibilities with leadership qualities to drive each stage of their project with various internal teams. The Change Manager wears two hats ensuring change best practices are followed whilst delivering to project deadlines. They  must be adept at championing the change, dealing with challenges and resistance, risk/issues, reporting, as well as being instrumental in driving our company culture and values. 

The Lead Change Project Manager will apply change best practices (E.g. PROSCI Methodology) to the delivery of projects to ensure there is great engagement, the change is successfully deployed and the benefits are realised and sustained. The type of projects you could be accountable for will vary - from leading large scale organisational change, process and software deployments, to rolling out complex MHE upgrades across our international portfolio of CFCs. As Ocado Group continues to change the way the world shops, our change project delivery team will remain flexible to rise to the evolving challenges.

The role is based in our Hatfield head office, but UK/international travel will be required.

About you 

• Extensive Change and Project Management experience
• Knowledge of organisational design principles
• Excellent communication and ability to influence positive outcomes
• Ability to effectively manage resistance 
• A highly analytical and logical approach to work
• Ability to understand and challenge expert opinions
• Ability to show initiative, self-motivation and innovation
• Ability to respond quickly to changing priorities
• Ability to project a professional & enthusiastic image at all times, providing leadership and motivation to the team
• Proactivity to maintain good working relationships
• Ability to plan & prioritise workload, ensuring all given deadlines are met

What we offer you

Our employee benefits are designed for you, we care about people and we’ve ensured we have a wealth of benefits that focus on your well-being. We regularly review our benefits to ensure we are supporting our employees appropriately.

• 30 days ‘working from anywhere in the world’ policy 
• 22 weeks paid primary carer leave
• Wellbeing support through dedicated apps and an Employee Assistance Programme 
• 25 days annual leave, rising to 27 days after 5 years service (plus optional holiday purchase)
• Pension scheme (various options available including employer contribution matching up to 7%)
• Generous Private Medical Insurance (within the first month of joining!)
• Income Protection (can be up to 50% of salary for 3 years) and Life Assurance (3 x annual salary) 
• 22 weeks paid maternity leave and 6 weeks paid paternity leave (once relevant service requirements complete) 
• Train Ticket loan (interest-free)
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Free shuttle bus to and from Hatfield Train Station to the Hatfield offices 
• Free shuttle bus to and from Welwyn Garden City Train Station to the Welwyn Garden City offices
• Opportunity to participate in Sharesave and Buy as You Earn share schemes
• 15% discount on Ocado.com and free delivery for all employees (within the first month of joining!

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