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Change Manager
Ocado Logistics
Welwyn Hatfield, England, United Kingdom["Full time"]
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CHANGE MANAGER
Ocado Logistics | Hatfield (Hybrid)
Permanent, Full-Time
WHY OCADO?
Here at Ocado Logistics, it’s our mission to provide an outstanding customer
experience for our partners, developing ground-breaking technology, opening
multiple sites at an accelerating rate, and engaging in exciting new business
partnerships around the world—changing the way the world shops, for good.
We are the beating heart of our UK business, operating at the intersection of
world-class automation, proprietary robotics, and hyper-scale logistics. Our
national network of cutting-edge fulfilment centres and strategic offices
ensures we optimise the supply chain using proprietary technology to deliver an
exceptional shopping experience. At the same time, we deliver bags of
possibilities for our employees and a platform to build an extraordinary career
where no two days are ever the same.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
As Ocado Logistics embarks on a journey of significant growth and evolution to
support its retailers' expansion plans, we are seeking a strategic Change
Manager to ensure that we maximise the benefits of organisational change and
maintain operational excellence.
Reporting directly into the Head of Programme Management within our Logistics
Programme Management team, you will play a vital role in our future growth and
transformation. This is a highly collaborative, high-visibility role where you
will work dynamically across our project delivery portfolio to assure a
comprehensive understanding of what change is live, planned, in execution, and
landed. Your core focus will be to establish a macro-level view of our
transformation landscape—minimising the negative effects of transition,
balancing change load across operational teams, maximising benefits, and
ensuring long-term operational acceptance, adoption, and sustainability across
our logistics network.
YOU WILL BE:
• Establishing a Change Centre of Excellence: Managing and scaling a central
change framework to build organisational maturity and change capability
across a growing project portfolio.
• Executing Change Load & Capacity Management: Leading portfolio-level change
load assessments and monitoring change saturation to balance transformation
pace with business-as-usual (BAU) operational stability.
• Conducting Granular Impact Assessments: Leading robust change impact
assessments across people, processes, technology, and governance structures
to identify operational friction points and structural risks before
deployment.
• Driving Detailed Stakeholder Analysis: Mapping and segmenting complex
stakeholder groups to understand change readiness, address specific
operational needs, and minimise organisational friction.
• Designing Comprehensive Communication Plans: Developing and executing
multi-channel change communication architectures that translate strategic
goals into clear, actionable, and aligned messaging for every tier of the
business.
• Influencing & Navigating Senior Stakeholders: Constructively challenging
portfolio leads, directors, and senior operational stakeholders on change
approach, timing, and capacity, using data-driven insights to secure
executive alignment.
• Ensuring Long-Term Adoption & Sustainability: Leading operational readiness
assessments and defining clear success metrics to track, measure, and report
change adoption and performance to project teams and executive management.
• Providing Change Coaching & Upskilling: Offering expert change coaching and
training to employees, people managers, and senior leaders to empower them to
lead through disruption effectively.
ABOUT YOU:
• Proven Senior-Level Influencing: A demonstrated track record of building
trust, asserting influence, and aligning senior leaders and executive
stakeholders behind complex transformation agendas.
• Executive Resistance & Conflict Management: Confident and poised when
challenging senior operational and business leads on approach, project
timelines, and business impact—using data and forward-thinking analysis to
resolve friction and build win-win mitigation strategies.
• Expertise in Change Tools & Methodologies: Hands-on experience designing and
executing core change deliverables, including granular change impact
assessments, stakeholder analysis matrices, change load evaluations, and
multi-tier communication plans.
• Portfolio & Matrix Leadership: Extensive track record managing and delivering
structured change frameworks across complex matrix structures, multi-site
operational environments, and varied project portfolios.
• Analytical & Data-Driven Capabilities: Comfortable using data, readiness
indicators, and sentiment metrics to uncover risks, face challenges head-on,
and question expert opinions to protect operational performance.
• Self-Motivated & Agile: Highly organised with exceptional time management to
adapt to rapidly changing events, manage overlapping timelines, and keep
project deliverables strictly on track.
• Curious & Continuous Learner: Committed to continuous improvement, looking
for opportunities to optimise project processes, utilise quality assurance
principles, and deliver greater strategic value.
Qualifications: APMG, Prosci, or an equivalent change management accreditation
is highly desired.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT TO RECEIVE IN RETURN
At Ocado, we believe in a workplace where everyone feels valued and supported,
so you'll find a safe and collaborative atmosphere that is as fresh as our
produce, as well as an award-winning recognition programme and benefits package
that includes a healthy work-life balance and extensive healthcare coverage.
• Flexible Work: Enjoy 30 days of 'work from anywhere' policy for a balanced
life.
• Wellbeing Support: Access dedicated apps and an Employee Assistance Programme
for holistic well-being.
• Generous Leave: Begin with 25 days, growing to 27 after 5 years, with an
option to buy more.
• Pension Plan: Secure your future with our pension scheme, featuring up to 7%
employer contribution matching.
• Private Medical Cover: Rest easy with comprehensive private medical
insurance.
• Family-Friendly: We support your family with maternity, adoption, shared
parental leave, and paternity leave.
• Financial Aid: Get interest-free train tickets and join our Cycle to Work
Scheme.
• Shuttle Services: Convenient free shuttle buses connect you to work.
• Share Schemes: Join exciting share plans to participate in our success.
• Shopping Perks: Enjoy a 15% discount on Ocado.com and savings at popular
retailers and restaurants.
• Financial Protection: We offer Income Protection and Life Insurance for
financial security.
Ocado Group is an equal opportunities employer and as such makes every effort to
ensure that all potential employees are treated fairly and equally, regardless
of their sex, gender or gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital status,
civil partnership, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin,
religion or belief, age, or disability or union membership status. We are proud
to be a Disability Confident employer, prioritising inclusivity and equal
opportunities for all individuals, ensuring a supportive and accessible
workplace for people with disabilities.