Change and Capability Partner- Manufacturing Excellence Program

Change & Capability Partner – Manufacturing Excellence ProgramIN ONE LINEThe execution engine for the people side of MEP — landing the change plan, the communications and the capability rollout with rhythm and finesse, using the standards and pathways set by the People Team Centre of Excellence.ROLE PURPOSEThis role makes the MEP change land. It takes the agreed change and capability strategy and turns it into the practical work — the plan, the calendar, the communications, the training rollout, the pulse checks and the follow-through — across every site, wave and squad in the programme.It is a Change and Capability Partner role which requires very thorough executional approach.  Strategy, standards and organisation design decisions sit with the Director, People Business Partnering and the People Team Centre of Excellence. This role brings the discipline, the materials and the rhythm that turn those decisions into adoption on the floor.WORKING WITH THE PEOPLE TEAMThe People Team is the Centre of Excellence. It sets the global standards for talent and development, owns the capability frameworks and designs the learning pathways. This role deploys them inside MEP — it does not rebuild them. Everything runs through the Director, People Business Partnering and the People Business Partners, and everything learned along the way goes back into the CoE.PEOPLE TEAM — CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE OWNSCHANGE & CAPABILITY PARTNER EXECUTESGlobal standards for talent, development and capability — the frameworks, levels and definitionsApplies those standards inside MEP; never creates a parallel frameworkDesign and ownership of learning pathways and curriculaSchedules, deploys and tracks those pathways across sites, waves and squadsCapability architecture, assessment methodology and proficiency definitionsRuns the assessment logistics, collects the data, reports the results back to the CoEOrganisation design, role architecture and people strategy decisionsProvides impact evidence and implementation support; does not set directionWHAT YOU WILL DO1  Run the change plan and its rhythmTurn the agreed change strategy into a working execution plan across phases, sites, waves and squads.Keep the milestone tracker, communication calendar, engagement plan and training schedule current and connected to the wider MEP delivery plan.Hold the cadence — the routines, check-ins, reviews and follow-ups that keep change moving alongside technical delivery.Track actions, risks and dependencies, and prepare short, honest updates for programme leadership and the Director, People Business Partnering.2  Craft and land the narrativeDraft the MEP change materials: case for change, leader cascade packs, manager toolkits, FAQs, town hall content, intranet updates and progress notes.Execute the communications plan across the right mediums for each audience — floor, line, site and leadership.Work with Communications and the People Business Partners so messaging s...