What You Need To Know

Open your future to incredible career potential. Work for an industry-leader who invests in their people. Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits is North America's preeminent wine and spirits distributor, as well as a family-owned, privately held company with a 50+ year legacy of success. We were named by Newsweek as a Most Loved Workplace and are included on the Forbes lists for Largest Private Companies and Best Employers for Diversity.

As a full-time employee, you can choose from a full menu of our Top Shelf Benefits, including comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage, dental and vision plans, tax-saving Flexible Spending Accounts, disability coverage, life insurance plans, and a 401(k) plan. We also offer tuition reimbursement, a wellness program, parental leave, vacation accrual, paid sick leave, and more.

At Southern Glazer's, you'll enjoy an environment where continuous learning and growth are supported and experience a culture where you are respected, and your voice is heard. If you're looking to fill your glass with opportunity, come join our FAMILY.

Team Overview

The Transformation & Change Management Office (TCMO) is a new department driving organizational efficiencies and standardizing business processes. As leaders of enterprise-wide transformations like NorthStar, the TCMO is responsible for end-to-end project delivery and program adoption.

As part of the TCMO, the Change Management Office (CMO) supports change initiatives by providing a range of services, including but not limited to stakeholder communication planning, measuring readiness, adoption, engagement, and supporting the rollout and training of new products and processes.

Role Overview

The Change Management Strategy Manager will serve as a key architect in driving SGWS' transformational initiatives, designing and executing strategic approaches that ensure smooth adoption of change across all levels of the organization. This dynamic role involves partnering with cross-functional teams to create cohesive, targeted change management plans and messaging that align with broader business objectives. As a strategic leader, the OCM Strategy Manager will work closely with the Organizational Change Management (OCM) team, ensuring seamless collaboration and consistent communication to empower leadership engagement and foster user adoption.

With a focus on delivering compelling, purpose-driven content, this role will ensure all communications reflect the initiative's objectives, progress, and potential risks. This includes developing engaging collateral to guide stakeholders through change, while effectively mitigating challenges and promoting smooth transitions across the enterprise.

Primary Responsibilities

• Create and implement strategies to support SGWS cross functional initiatives and projects as it pertains to change management and messaging.
• Collaborate with OCM team to ensure alignment & effective communication while developing supportive collateral for Leadership Engagement and end user adoption.
• All content will be in sync with change initiative purpose and progress with risk mitigation content, as needed.
• Manage script & ghost writing
• Accountable for written stakeholder communications
• Owns text content on OCM website
• Track & provide written content for all communication channels (Newsletters, etc)
• Administer and track email campaigns
• Manage meeting/ notes, invites, agenda, purpose, follow-up with stakeholders
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Five (5) or more years of successful communications experience with proven track record of success with different target audiences (executives to end users)
• Bachelor's degree or higher education from an accredited university is preferred. High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent is required
• Strong organizational and written communication skills
• High degree of comfort with MS PowerPoint.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated strong interpersonal as well as the ability to self-direct
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams
• Preferred experience within beverage industry and/or direct change management experience

Physical Demands

• Physical demands with activity or condition for a considerable amount of time include sitting and typing/keyboarding using a computer (e.g., keyboard, mouse, and monitor) or adding machine
• Physical demands with activity or condition may include occasional to rare amount of time include walking, bending, reaching, standing, and stooping
• May require occasional lifting/lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 20lbs

EEO Statement

Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, an Affirmative Action/EEO employer, prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. SGWS complies with all federal, state and local laws concerning consideration of a qualified applicant's arrest and/or criminal conviction records. Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides competitive compensation based on estimated performance level consistent with the past relevant experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education of employees. Unless otherwise expressly stated, any pay ranges posted here are estimates from outside of Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits and do not reflect Southern Glazer's pay bands or ranges.