Change Enablement Advisor Requisition ID: 9154 Location: Atlanta, GA, US, 30328 Department: Communications Travel: Up to 25% **If you are a GPI employee, please click the Employee Login before applying. (https://graphicpact2test.valhalla55.stage.jobs2web.com/)** **At Graphic Packaging International, we produce the paper cup that held your coffee this morning, the basket that transported those bottles of craft beer you enjoyed last weekend, and the microwave tray that heated your gourmet meal last night. We’re one of the largest manufacturers of paperboard and paper-based packaging for some of the world’s most recognized brands of food, beverage, foodservice, household, personal care and pet products. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, we are collaborative, diverse, innovative individuals who create inspired packaging while giving back to our communities.** **With over 25,000 employees working in more than 130 locations worldwide, we strive to be environmentally responsible in our industry and in the communities where we operate. We are committed to workplace diversity and offer compensation and benefits programs that are among the industry’s best to reward the talented people who make our company successful.** **If this sounds like something you would like to be a part of, we’d love to hear from you.** **A World of Difference. Made Possible.** **Job** **Purpose:** Change is inevitable and constant. As a part of the Global Communications & Change function, the Change Enablement team at Graphic Packaging plays a key role in ensuring transformations and strategic initiatives have the proper focus on people to drive adoption and deliver maximum results. We do this by leveraging a proven, flexible change enablement methodology and by designing a consistent flow of impactfulcommunications. The Advisor, Change Enablement & Communications will work with project teams and stakeholders to develop employee-centric strategies that focus on improving speed of adoption, ultimate utilization, and proficiency of use of new tools or processes. **This role requires strong capabilities in change management and communications.** There is a heavy focus on communications strategy development and tactical communications execution for the projects and functions that we support directly. This position is an excellent role for someone who is a self-starter looking to play a key role in implementing transformational change and creating communications for a global leader in sustainable consumer packaging. Success in this role will require some change strategy design within a framework, with more focus on execution of the strategy in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. Candidates with comfort and agility in managing through ambiguity will be most successful in this role. Must work within and adhere to the company’s core values of Integrity, Respect, Accountability, Relationships, and Teamwork. **Major** **Duties:** + Lead the foundational activities of change impact and stakeholder analyses with key players to understand the landscape, culture, and people-side risk of the initiatives being implemented and use this to gain buy-in from stakeholder leaders for the scale and scope of the change strategy. + Use the analysis, along with GPI’s Change Enablement framework, to develop the Change Enablement Strategy that is tailored to the impacted audience and situation across three visible pillars: + Leader Alignment andMobilization: + Design and execute a project-specific plan to engage and empower mid-level leaders as key sponsors of the change, driving behaviors and communications from the top down. + Support leaders in managing resistance to change, driving adoption, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. + Design and execute leader communications strategies that enable a change resilientculture. + Training: + Develop a training plan for the impactedaudience. + Coordinate training content development with project subject matter experts and implementation partners. + Evaluate training efficacy and update training plan and content asneeded. + Communications: + Develop communication plans to keep stakeholders informed and inspired throughout the change process. + Create a wide variety of communications for senior leaders (articles, email, posters, newsletters, etc.) with creativity, leader voice, and grammar accuracy + Writing, editing, document designing and publishing key communication materials for key audiences. + Deliver timely and relevant messages using various communication channels and measure the effectiveness and “pull-through” of those communications with qualitative and quantitative analysis. + Ensure project communications work seamlessly within functional communications strategies and frameworks already in place. + Execute the Leader Alignment, Training, and Communications plans with the use of a Change Network, stakeholder leaders, and the project team. + Design and execute specific activities to proactively surface people-side risks, issues, concerns, and dependencies to successful implementation; develop mitigation strategies to address these risks. + Develop and deliver communications and change activities and campaigns targeted to meet identified requirements to support the implementation of change initiatives and programs. + Leverage data and technology to measure the effectiveness of change and comms initiatives, identify areas of improvement, and make data driven decisions in an agile way. + Provide coaching, training, and support to leaders (from c-suite to direct line managers) to help them navigate through challenges and embrace their role as change leader. + Continually update your knowledge of Change Enablement industry practices and build change capability throughout the organization. **Qualifications:** + BA or BS Degree in Change Management, Organizational Development, Organizational Behavior, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Communications, or other degrees with equivalent experience. + 7+ years of experience leading Change Enablement or Communications activities for enterprise-wide technology initiatives, preferably in a consulting, corporate, or manufacturing environment, with a strong track record of results delivering communications and change management programs. + Strong presentation, verbal, and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex ideas in easy-to-understand business terms to all levels of management, including senior leaders. + Strong emotional intelligence with a passion for leading and coaching people throughchange. + Analytical mindset, with a people focus, and an ability to assess complex situations and develop practical solutions. Strong attention to detail. + Demonstrated ability to effectively lead cross-functional change, identify and cultivate key stakeholders, and build relationships to meet high priority business needs on time. + Comfortable in a fast-paced, high-growth, nimble and often ambiguous workenvironment. + Self-motivated, with a strong desire to learn and effectively apply learnings within an evolvingindustry. + Ability to handle multiple priorities and deadlines in an effective, discrete, and sensitivemanner. + Prosci ® certification (or other change practitioner certification)preferred. **Relevant** **Experience:** + Experience within medium-to-large-scale organizational change programs related to implementing new systems, processes, and culture initiatives that have a significant business impact in a globalenvironment. + Experience managing and/or partnering with third-partyvendors. Years of Experience:7Level of Education: 4-yeardegree Travel: Less than 25% travel may berequired. Key Capabilities: Display Resilience and Courage; Communicate Effectively; Commit to Customer Service, Work Collaboratively, Deliver Results, Think and Solve Problems, Project Management, Optimize BusinessOutcomes **\#LI-Hybrid** **Pay Range:** **$95,325.00** - **$158,875.00** **Graphic Packaging is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All candidates will be evaluated on the basis of their qualifications for the job in question. We do not base our employment decision on an employee's or applicant's race, color, religion, age, gender or sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic identity, genetic information, disability, veteran/military status or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law.Click here to view the Poster, EEO is the Law. (http://performancemanager4.successfactors.com/Graphicpkg/SF\_eeo\_is\_the\_law\_federal\_poster.pdf)** **​** **Nearest Major Market:** Atlanta