Principal, Change Management

Company Description

With headquarters in London, UK, and operations located throughout the world, Anglo American is truly global. We employ more than 30,000 colleagues worldwide and run mining operations across LATAM, Europe, Southern Africa and North America. Within Anglo American, Group Technical represents and drives this future of mining, as industry and world leading technical experts and innovators. Our colleagues work in partnership with Business Units and other Group functions, to re-imagine mining.

Group Supply Chain deliver world-class global commercial agreements and establish value-delivering strategic partnerships, drive health of discipline to ensure operational and commercial excellence and ensure through effective governance, policies and standards our supply chain ecosystem operates efficiently, effectively and ethically.

Job Description

The Role

We are seeking a Principal, Change Management on an 18 month Fixed Term Contract to provide leadership and support to the respective supply chain leaders to define and deploy a clear and effective change plan, ensuring effective deployment of change related activities (including training, communications and access to key materials) which support the implementation.

This role will be based in our London Head Office. Anglo American currently operate a hybrid working agreement with 3 days a week required in the office. International travel will be required.

Key role requirements:

• Define an overarching change management and communications strategy for supply chain transformation.
• Manage the change management and communication activities as a programme of work.
• Partner with respective programme leaders to ensure effective stakeholder identification and understanding.
• Oversee Change Impact Assessment work, to ensure change is understood and the change management plan addresses risks and needs identified.
• Equip the programme team and SC leadership with the tools and techniques required to ensure a highly effective change management plan.
• Work closely with the project PMO to ensure change activities are fully aligned with the project plan.
• Support the preparation and deployment of training materials ensuring their effectiveness for users and end-users.
• Responsible for the development and deployment of a programme to assess the effectiveness of the supply chain transformation.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor degree level or equivalent, alternatively relevant tertiary qualification and proven track record of extensive practical experience in a role and context of similar complexity

Desirable:

• Post Graduate qualification.

Technical skills / knowledge requirements:

• Strong technical knowledge across the Supply Chain value chain, ability to integrate and understand what drives excellence.
• A proven systemic, knowledge-based problem-solving approach.
• Project Management & Change Management expertise.
• Proven experience across:
  • Strategy Definition and Execution.
  • Project Management and Planning.
  • Process Improvement.
  • Performance Management & Reporting.
  • Stakeholder Engagement and Communication.
  • Supply Chain Systems and Processes.
  • Thought Leadership and Continuous Improvement.

Additional Information

Who We Are
We aim to lead the industry by pursuing ever safer and more responsible ways of working, demonstrating integrity and showing care and respect for people and the planet. That means we are constantly seeking new opportunities to mine and process our products sustainably, using less water, less energy and more precise extraction technologies. As the custodians of coal and other precious natural resources – diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum and other precious metals, iron ore and nickel – our extraordinary teams work safely and collaboratively, with the utmost consideration for local communities, our customers and the world at large.

What We Offer
When you join Anglo American, you can expect to enjoy a competitive salary and benefits package. But more than this, you’ll find yourself in an environment where the opportunities for learning and growth are second to none. From technical training to leadership programmes, we bring out the best in our people. There are plenty of opportunities to move onwards and upwards too. We’re a large, successful multinational company – and we’re still growing all the time.

How We Are Committed To Your Safety
Nothing is more important to us than ensuring you return home safely after a day’s work. To make that happen, we have the most rigorous safety standards in the industry. Not only that, we’re also continually investing in new technologies that are helping to make mining safer.

Inclusion and Diversity
We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are. We provide equality of opportunity to enable everyone to fulfil their potential.

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