About us

We're a truly international company, fourth largest in our industry and operating across 119 markets. An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 26,000 employees. As we embrace a new era of growth, we are transforming. Our ways of working and culture are driven by a challenger mindset, constantly questioning the status quo where people can bring their best selves to work. Our agility and collaboration are driving our ambitions, innovation and success all supported by our award-winning development programmes that creates exciting and rewarding career opportunities for all.

As we move forward, our consumers will be at the heart of what we do, evolving to needs and expectations and committing to a more meaningful contribution to harm reduction by building a successful NGP business. Integral to our long-term success is our sustainability strategy, behaving responsibly and supporting our ambitions, all underpinned by high governance.

Encouraging inclusion at local levels and supporting a developing and robust diversity agenda globally, we’re fully committed to creating and maintaining an environment that celebrates and respects difference.

The Role

As a member of the UKI Cluster People & Culture team, the role holder will be a key change agent and will support the P&C director in deploying the transformation agenda in the cluster, with a specific focus to the P&C transformation journey, while supporting the rest of the business with their own transition.

They will also be responsible for driving and implementing P&C projects and initiatives, in line with the cluster strategic priorities.

Key responsibilities of the role:

• Key contributor to implement the P&C transformation, acting as a change manager
• Support the on-going business transformation
• Manage specific P&C projects

**Please note this is a 12 month fixed term opportunity and you will be required to be on-site in Bristol 2 days per week*

Principal Accountabilities

• Change manager to enable P&C transformation journey
• Understand the scope of the transformation and create a Cluster transformation plan including communication and change plan
• Support the development and implementation of change management strategies to deliver business objectives, focusing on the people side of change.
• Drive change and adoption work to enable successful transition for all employees to new P&C op model, including optimised technology, processes and organisational design.
• Manage communication within P&C to ensure all relevant information is shared in a timely manner
• Support design and delivery of any training to P&C or to the wider business.
• Participate skills and capabilities framework design and roll out
• Coordinate communication and change initiatives with Group P&C to leverage synergies where relevant and ensure alignment across the organisation
• Drive test and learn initiatives when required at a transition stage
• Coach and guide leaders and managers to adapt to changes and ensure any rationale for change is understood and consistently communicated across the cluster.
• Participate to all meetings and workshops related to the transformation and build good working relationship with Global Transformation team.
• Support Business transformation
• Monitor and coordinate the transition plan with the different workstreams in each Function (currently Finance and Supply Chain)
• Manage communication plan to Cluster stakeholders are informed of the major steps and impact of the transformation
• Support the business with Change Impact assessments, Training need analysis and Organisational design
• Drive and implement P&C projects and initiatives (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; EVP; Job catalogue; Office redesign)
• Develop and structure the project plan for cluster initiatives
• Participate and influence Group projects as a representative for the cluster
• Lead the execution of the project within plan, resources, and budget
• Facilitate or attend project meetings, webinars and workshops, and share information and updates with the P&C team, as well as other cluster relevant stakeholders.
• Monitor project activities and escalate when needed
• Provide on-demand support to P&C Director UKI (i.e.: Develop high-quality slides and reports)

Education, Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Essential:

• 5 years’ experience in a HR Business Partner/Adviser role in multinational FMCG sector
• Proven experience managing end-to-end change management programs, ideally gained within another similar large matrix organisation
• Commercial thinking combined with organisational awareness
• A passion for project management and an understanding of the complexities that come with this and how to effectively manage the people impacts

Desirable:

• Knowledge of change management principles and methods would be beneficial
• Experience working on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives would be a plus

Key Capabilities

• Ability to work and adapt messages with all levels of the business, being proactive and motivated to inspire others around you
• Solution oriented and relationship-building skills, including a demonstrated high level of stakeholder service commitment
• Ability to work collaboratively in a diverse team environment and with different levels of seniority in the organization
• Ability to work at pace and highly organised, with good orientation to details
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively
• Ability to understand the business and P&C agenda
• Coordinate cross functional colleagues
• Ability to analyse and present data (Excel, Power point, MS teams)
• Ability to present concepts and communicate with clarity to stakeholders

What we offer

Imperial Brands offer a competitive package of salary, bonus scheme, pension and 25 days holiday (with an additional 4 days on top to cover the Christmas period and bank holidays) and hybrid work.

Next steps

Interested applicants should apply with their CV highlighting their suitability for the role.