DPD UK is a member of Geopost who are a market leader in parcel delivery and e-commerce solutions, providing a broad range of delivery and innovative services for customers worldwide. DPD UK has a turnover of nearly £2 billion and our aim is to be the most sustainable delivery company in the UK. At DPD UK we also aim to deliver the best service, use the best technology and recruit and retain the best people in the industry.
DPD is a Valuable 500 company and a Disability Confident Employer.
To lead and manage the people-side of change, ensuring successful adoption and usage of new processes, systems, and organisational structures across the business. This role is crucial for maximising the return on investment of transformation initiatives by driving employee engagement, minimising resistance, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
Key Tasks/Areas of Responsibility
Transformation & Change Strategy: Develop and execute a robust change management strategy, including detailed communications plans, sponsor roadmaps, training plans, and resistance management plans.
Impact Analysis & Risk Mitigation: Conduct comprehensive change impact analyses to identify potential challenges and risks, and develop mitigation strategies.
Stakeholder Engagement & Management: Identify, analyse, and manage key stakeholders, developing tailored engagement and influencing tactics for each group.
Sponsorship & Execution Coaching: Coach senior leaders, managers, and project teams to help them fulfill their change sponsorship and execution roles effectively.
Change Measurement & Evaluation: Evaluate change readiness and measure the success of change implementation using key performance indicators (KPIs), reporting results, and managing corrective actions.
Training & Documentation Management: Create and manage the creation of training materials and user documentation to ensure effective knowledge transfer and skill development.
Colleague Development & Mindset: Champion and embed initiatives that develop colleagues' critical thinking and change agility, ensuring they are equipped to proactively embrace and execute transformation initiatives correctly.
Transformation Agenda Championing: Act as a champion for the company's transformation agenda, ensuring alignment between change activities and strategic business goals.
Project Integration & Collaboration: Collaborate closely with project management teams to integrate change management activities into the overall project plan.
Resistance Management & Roadblock Removal: Proactively identify and address potential roadblocks and sources of user resistance to maintain momentum and achieve successful change adoption.
Inform their own manager or another manager immediately of any imminent danger or faulty equipment
Inform their own manager or another manager immediately of any defects to plant, equipment, structures, buildings or unsafe practices
Report all accidents and incidents in accordance with company procedures and assist in any investigations
Maintain and store correctly any Personal Protective Equipment provided for use
Inform their own manager or another manager immediately of any imminent danger or faulty equipment
Inform their own manager or another manager immediately of any defects to plant, equipment, structures, buildings or unsafe practices
Remuneration and Benefits
Your package will include an excellent basic salary, company car or cash alternative, attractive bonus scheme, based on individual and company targets and Private Medical Insurance
As well as this we recognise that our people are at the heart of our business, without them we wouldn’t be able to deliver our award-winning service to millions of customers across the country each day. It’s important to us that we demonstrate our recognition of you in providing you with more than just a salary and job stability. To name but a few…
Joining DPD can lead to not just a stable job but also a career. DPD prides itself on recognising and developing talent alongside a desire to promote from within. As a continually growing and evolving organisation, we are proud to offer a great number of development and promotion opportunities.
If you identify with our aims and values and can help us deliver our customers' promises, then this is the job for you! Apply today
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Express parcel delivery, throughout the UK and worldwide.
DPDgroup UK is a subsidiary of DPDgroup, which is wholly owned by La Poste, the second largest postal operation in Europe and is represented in the UK by the following brands:
- DPD
- DPD Local
- DPD Local online
