Senior Business Change Manager

Glencore, headquartered in Baar, Switzerland is one of the world's leading integrated producers and marketers of commodities that industries around the world need. Glencore has worldwide activities in the production, sourcing, processing, refining, transporting, storage, financing and supply of metals and minerals, energy products, and agricultural products. We strive to be a reliable and competitive partner in the markets in which we serve and to support our customers and suppliers at each stage of their expansion and development.   

 

Glencore Ltd, a US-based branch of Glencore AG, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Glencore International AG, where it employees approximately 300 people.  

Senior Business Change Manager

Change Management Department (Energy),

New York, NY, USA

As a Glencore Business Change Manager, you will ensure the successful design, rollout, and implementation of activities across people, process and system change. You will drive the implementation of projects, new business and smaller, ad hoc requests aimed at continually improving the Global Energy Group, ensuring any changes to the business are delivered smoothly and with a positive impact. 

Duties and responsibilities:

• Act as a liaison between internal departments, being able to clearly articulate priorities, ensuring views and priorities are well articulated.
• Support business Leadership, where required.
• Actively build strong relationships across the business, which spans multiple geographies, to gather and represent views.
• Facilitate strong levels of engagement with colleagues across the business and encourage their participation in embracing and embedding change, through coordinating communications, training, user testing and changes to business processes and procedures.
• Work on projects covering people, process and system change, including strong collaboration with the IT department
• Proactively probe for continuous improvement opportunities in processes and work with colleagues to make necessary changes.
• Actively scan the market and industry for potential solutions and enhanced ways of working to meet Glencore's evolving business needs, seeking guidance from the Head of Business Change Management as appropriate
• Act independently with entrepreneurial spirit, being largely self-sufficient, however seeking review and input when necessary or upon the identification and escalation of any major issues or blockers.
• Any ad hoc duties that may be required from time to time

The ideal candidate:

• 7+ years of experience across either or both;
  • Working within a commercial/risk environment within a physical commodity trader and/ or within consultancy / business change within this industry.
  • Project Management or Business Change Management
• Experience / understanding of physical oil, gas and power across MOTs and geographies (desired)
• Experience in systems implementation (functional lens)
• Flexible and adaptable; able to work in complex, interdependent scenarios and situations.
• Good communicator, clearly articulating key outputs and next steps.
• Experience of documenting processes and controls
• Ability to create high quality deliverables and outputs with sharp attention to detail.

• Good influencer with the added confidence to challenge as appropriate
• Ability to pick up new concepts quickly
• Pro-active in approach (e.g., spots issues and challenges and actively works to address these)  
• Conversational Spanish (desired)

What We Offer:

• The expected base salary ranges from $150K -$190K. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including relevant skills, training, experience, education, and, where applicable, certifications and licenses obtained. Market and organizational factors are also considered. In addition to salary and a generous employee benefits package, successful candidates are eligible to receive a discretionary bonus.