Change Manager at Unilever Nigeria Plc

Unilever Nigeria Plc - Our brands are trusted everywhere and, by listening to the people who buy them, we have grown into one of the worlds most successful consumer goods companies.On any given day, two billion people use Unilever products to look good, feel good and get more out of life.
With more than 400 brands focused on health and well being, no company touches so many peoples lives in so many different ways.

Our portfolio ranges from nutritionally balanced foods to indulgent ice creams, affordable soaps, luxurious shampoos and everyday household care products. We produce world-leading brands including Lipton, Knorr, Dove, Axe, Hellmann's and Omo, alongside trusted local names such as Blue Band, Pureit and Suave.

We are recruiting for the position of

Job Position: Change Manager

Location: Nigeria-Lagos State-Lagos-Oregun - Head Office
Job ID: 130006Y0
Full/Part Time: Full time

Description

• Operates in an evolving macro-economic environment both local and international
• Highly dynamic FMCG industry
• Fluid risk environment requiring continuous appraisal of controls
• Constant dynamics in the country's economic, regulatory and legal environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop a change management strategy based on a situational awareness of the details of the change and the groups being impacted by the change.
• Identify potential people-side risks and anticipated points of resistance, and develop specific plans to mitigate or address the concerns.
• Conduct readiness assessments, evaluate results and present findings in a logical and easy-to-understand manner.
• Develop a set of actionable and targeted change management plans including communication plan, sponsor road map, coaching plan, training plan and resistance management plan.
• Support the execution of plans by employee-facing managers and business leaders.
• Create and manage measurement systems to track adoption, utilization and proficiency of individual changes.
• Be an active and visible coach to executives, leaders who are change sponsors Identify resistance and performance gaps, and work to develop and implement corrective actions
• Create and enable reinforcement mechanisms and celebrations of success.
• Work with project teams to integrate change management activities into the overall project plan.
• Work with the Communications and HR teams in the formulation of particular plans and activities to support project and change effort implementation.

Key Competencies

• Solid understanding and experience of change processes, principles and methodologies
• Familiarity with project management approaches, tools and phases of project life cyclesent
• Business risk management
• Self management & development
• Stakeholder relations management
• Strong analytical & strategic thinking
• Problem solving and root cause identification skills
• Strong decision making skills
• Good team player and ability to work with and through others.

Qualifications and Skills

• University graduate
• Experience with large-scale organizational change effort
• Previous change management experience is an advantage
• Able to work effectively at all levels in an organization.

Application Closing Date
5th April, 2013

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online