Niagara Bottling - Diamond Bar, CA
posted about 2 months ago
The Change Management Associate Manager plays a pivotal role in ensuring that organizational projects and initiatives meet their objectives on time and within budget by enhancing employee adoption and usage of Change Management principles. This position emphasizes the human aspect of change, which includes preparing, supporting, and equipping individuals to embrace and utilize changes in business processes, systems, technology, job roles, and organizational structures. The Associate Manager is responsible for advocating and facilitating change while assessing the company's capacity for change and its responsiveness to it. In this role, you will create comprehensive change management strategies that maximize employee adoption and usage. You will design and execute change management plans that encompass people leader, sponsor, communication, training, and resistance management plans. Establishing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders at all levels of the organization is crucial to influence and maximize collaboration and the adoption of change management principles. You will identify change opportunities and develop strategies to drive projects or initiatives alongside key stakeholders, ensuring that sponsors are active and visible throughout the project. Regular meetings and updates with stakeholders will be essential to ensure alignment and address any concerns. You will support and coach people managers and supervisors as they guide their teams through transitions, liaising with the team to develop and deliver training programs and materials that equip managers with the necessary skills to manage change effectively. Anticipating and minimizing resistant behaviors and risks from employees and stakeholders impacted by the changes will be a key focus, as will developing and implementing resistance management plans to address and mitigate resistance. Additionally, you will develop and execute a comprehensive communication plan to keep all stakeholders informed and engaged, track and report on the effectiveness of change management activities, and use key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure progress and adjust strategies as needed to achieve desired outcomes.