Job ID: 528212
CRH's Americas Materials division is the leading integrated supplier of aggregates, asphalt, ready mixed concrete and paving and construction services in North America. Our operations span North America with over 29,000 employees at close to 1,660 locations in 45 US States and 2 Canadian provinces.
Job Summary The Embedded Change Lead (ECL) is responsible for driving change readiness, stakeholder engagement, and adoption within an assigned valuestream. This role partners with business leaders, training, communications, and project teams to assess impacts, prepare employees for change, and support successful implementation of new processes and systems.
The Embedded Change Lead is responsible for engaging with key stakeholders, leading change activities and helping ensure that adoption is successful and sustainable. The primary focus for this position will be on facilitating smooth transitions during process changes, system implementations, and other transformational projects. ECL will need to have a strong understanding of CRH's landscape and organizational structure.
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Job Responsibilities - Lead change impact assessments and readiness activities for assigned valuestream.
- Develop and manage mitigation plans to address change impacts including interdependencies
- Partner with business leaders and valuestream to identify risks, understand stakeholder impacts, and develop mitigation plans.
- Manage preparation of super users, adoption leaders, and trainers from the change network for valuestream assigned
- Support development and execution of communications, engagement, and change network activities.
- Collaborate with the Training Development Lead to ensure training aligns to business needs and change impacts.
- Support role mapping, business transition, and go-live readiness activities.
- Monitor adoption progress and provide recommendations to improve stakeholder readiness and engagement.
- Partners with Valuestream Team, Change Network Lead, and Communications team to support readiness and engagement activities
- Manage calendar of project timelines, including interdependencies
- Review and authorize all change deliverables and communications.
- Participate in various working sessions and alignment workshops.
- Conduct Change Impact Assessments, stakeholder interviews, workshops and more.
- Other duties as assigned.
Key Responsibilities - Identify and plan all business activities for each value stream related to technical cutover for assigned deployment waves.
- Work with the Data and Solutions Team to confirm technical readiness for business activities, including the SAP solution and integrated applications.
- Help the business execute the cutover checklist and track readiness status as the team approaches go-live.
- Engage directly with the business to provide direction and support for cutover activities.
- Support war room operations, including issue logging, triage, and status reporting during cutover windows.
- Monitor plan through SAP ramp up and start of Crawl, Walk, Run business processes.
- Maintain cutover documentation and provide regular status updates to the Business Readiness & Cutover Lead.
- Coordinate with project managers on testing, data migration, IT system cutover, and legacy business process transition activities.
- Document the cutover plan for assigned applications/workstreams, including dependencies and data readiness requirements.
- Plan the physical and virtual resources required for cutover activities and support legacy system shutdown coordination.
- Performs additional job duties as assigned by management.
Qualifications - To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
- Understanding of CRH landscape and org structure
- Strong communication and organization skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Strong understanding of change management methodologies, principles, and best practices.
- Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, project management, and communication skills.
- Experience conducting change impact assessments and readiness evaluations.
- Ability to influence and collaborate across functions and organizational levels.
Compensation - Base of $95,000 - $165,000 plus bonus
- 401(k) plan
- Short-term and long-term disability benefits
- Life insurance
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Paid time off
Work Environment - Usually, normal office working conditions. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.
- The position may require work outside of normal business hours.
- Must be willing to travel and work away from home when required up to 50-75%
Location - This position can be remote and be located in various states within the US.
- Ad hoc and wave-based travel according to the demands of the deployment schedule, up to 50-75% of time as needed
The statements included in this job description are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements and criteria necessary to successfully perform the job. Other duties may be assigned as required. Requirements for this job are subject to modification by the Company and its designees, and reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
What CRH Offers You - Highly competitive base pay
- Comprehensive medical, dental and disability benefits programs
- Group retirement savings program
- Health and wellness programs
- An inclusive culture that values opportunity for growth, development, and internal promotion
About CRH CRH has a long and proud heritage. We are a collection of hundreds of family businesses, regional companies and large enterprises that together form the CRH family. CRH operates in a decentralized, diversified structure that allows you to work in a small company environment while having the career opportunities of a large international organization.
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CRH Americas Materials Inc. is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer.
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