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 MBE Initiative Change Lead, you will enable the successful delivery of changes within transformation initiatives through the effective design and delivery of business change activities aligned to the Making Business Easier (MBE) initiative project plans. In doing so, you will:

Define and implement the business change approach and plan, 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, as well as 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
Develop and implement plans to achieve readiness for go live, working with business areas to track local readiness plans, as well as conduct readiness assessments to identify further actions needed
Develop and implement the initiative specific launch communication plan and work with business areas to develop local communication plans, ensuring willingness and readiness for launch
Create collateral to support delivery of the stakeholder engagement and launch communication plan and work with the Communication and Engagement Lead to ensure alignment of message and branding
Conduct training needs analysis and ensure this is translated into appropriate content and materials, as well as 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 insights
What we're looking for:

Experience in business change management planning and implementation of large projects
Experience conducting business change impact assessments
Ability to analyse problems at an operational level, identify root causes, and develop a range of solutions
Experience developing business change management plans aligned to the project lifecycle
Good planning and organisational skills with the ability to meet deadlines and targets
Clear and concise verbal and written communication
Experience conducting training needs analysis
Experience facilitating group workshops and meetings on a variety of business change management topics
Experience in training design and development aligned to blended learning solutions
Excellent attention to detail and passion for quality
Proficient in the use of Microsoft 365 tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Email, Teams)
What you'll get in return:

Competitive salary and job-related benefits
Holidays
Competitive matched pension contributions
Life insurance up to 4x salary
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.

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