Senior Initiative Change Lead

Why Greencore? Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better. As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn. Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop. What you'll be doing: As the Senior Initiative Change Lead, you will enable the successful delivery and adoption of change through the effective design, delivery, and tracking of business change activities and interventions.In doing so, you will: Design, deliver, and evaluate interventions to build change capability across the organisation as a key enabler for the successful implementation of change Assess, understand, and develop the change capability to support the delivery of specific initiatives by developing a skilled team of change champions across a cross-functional network of colleagues Define and implement the business change approach and plan for specific iniaves, ensuring use of the agreed business change framework and alignment with the initiative project plan Develop high-level and detailed impact assessments and ensure the impacts are effectively communicated to all key stakeholders. Assess the overall impact of change and develop solutions to ensure the changes can be successfully implemented Conduct stakeholder analysis and develop and implement stakeholder engagement plans, ensuring alignment of activities with other initiatives Develop and implement plans to achieve readiness for go live, working with business areas to track local readiness and launch communication plans. Conduct readiness assessments to identify further actions needed Conduct training needs analysis and ensure this is translated into appropriate content and materials. Develop the training approach and work with the training and development lead to ensure consistency and alignment of training content Identify potential risks, areas requiring escalation or obstacles that may derail change and communication plans and put in place mitigating actions or escalate as appropriate Ensure the effectiveness of change and communication is evaluated and plans are adapted based on feedback and insightsWhat we're looking for: Deep understanding of project and change management methodologies (e.g., Agile, waterfall, PROSCI, ADKAR) Setting and aligning business change activities to a project / programme plan Risk management and mitigation strategies Reasonable understanding of technology Excellent communication and facilitation skills Skills in effective stakeholder management and conflict resolution. Expertise in business change planning and execution Analytical mindset with problem-solving capabilities Proficiency in risk management Proficiency in the use of M365 tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Email, Teams) Proven experience in leading business change across large-scale, complex, cross-functional projects or programmes Experience delivering development focused workshops and interventions to support change capability and maturity Experience working alongside business and IT colleagues and demonstrating a reasonable understanding of technologyWhat you'll get in return: Competitive salary and job-related benefits Annual Target Bonus Holidays Competitive matched pension contributions Life insurance up to 4x salary PMI Cover: Individual Company share save scheme Greencore Qualifications Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform Enhanced parental leave and menopause policiesThroughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career