Business and Transformation Manager
Salary - Up to £75k (Depending on experience and suitability for the role)
Location - Reading / Basingstoke Area
Closing date - 01st August
As part of our People Promise, AWE (one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK) has a range of benefits to suit you. These include:
- Time to recharge your batteries with 270 hours of annual leave (plus every other Friday off work)
- Consideration for flexible working arrangements so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle.
- Opportunities for Professional Career Development that include funding for the annual membership of a relevant professional body, access to mentors and training.
- Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
- A generous defined contribution Group Personal Pension (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your own contribution).
- Life Assurance.
- Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
- Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring for your family.
- A host of voluntary & core benefits to suit your health and wellbeing - more information available on our careers site.
AWE is looking to recruit a Business and Transformation Manager?to lead the shaping, scheduling and delivery of transformation activities and programmes.
You will play a vital role, looking at how we operate and deliver services today, using innovation and collaboration to establish better ways of working and improve how we deliver services on site.
Key Accountabilities:
- Lead existing and the identification and introduction of new initiatives and ensure integration with corporate wide activities against measurable outcomes.
- Develop and lead the change, communication, and engagement approach for managing these activities in the function, ensuring alignment to corporate strategies and business objectives.
- Identification, analysis, and interpretation of relevant data to support improvement opportunities and inform the decision-making process.
- Ensure business improvement plans are implemented and monitored, and the benefits captured and reported.
- Instil a culture of seeking and implementing continuous and process improvement at a team and functional level whilst holding to account relevant Leaders to deliver.
- Management of internal and external stakeholder relationships regarding change activities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Leadership of cross functional team
- Quantifying the holistic business impact of the planned changes in terms of people, process, technology, information, and systems
- Identify gaps and inconsistencies in meeting the stated outcomes.
- Working with the Functional Senior Leadership Team to de-conflict activity and ensure that priority projects are being given sufficient attention and support.
- Leading improvement activities across the function to achieve value adding performance.
- Work with stakeholders to deliver change, communication, and engagement plans; lead regular reviews and ensure subsequent actions are implemented.
- Engaging and inspiring colleagues, promoting a diverse & inclusive environment that encourages them to seek opportunities for continuous improvement and personal development.
- Adopting a 'See It, Solve It' mindset by identifying obstacles to success and taking ownership to find solutions to those problems.
- Maintaining and promoting high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security, and quality and be a great team player.
To be considered for this role you will be able to demonstrate some of the following:
- Qualifications equivalent to Chartered Membership of a professional body or equivalent demonstrable experience
- Strong influencing skills at a senior level
- Ability to develop and introduce new ways of working, delivering appropriate solutions in a cost effective and cost-efficient way.
- Creative and innovative large scale complex problem solving
- An understanding of Facilities Management would be ideal.
- Experience in Programme Management would be beneficial but is not essential.
- Ability to identify and enable change to be enacted.
All candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role and be willing and able to work in designated areas.
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