Global Planning Change Management Lead in Beaverton, Oregon - #71963 | VanderHouwen

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Job Id: 71963

Global Planning Change Management Lead
Our client is seeking a Global Planning Change Management Lead to support a high-impact enterprise initiative focused on enhancing global planning capabilities and enabling a new digital demand and assortment planning tool. This role will drive cross-functional adoption, shape future-state planning processes, and lead change management efforts across supply chain, planning, and technology teams. The ideal candidate brings strong enterprise program experience, exceptional communication skills, and a proven ability to operationalize complex planning transformations across global organizations.

This role is a hybrid model in Beaverton, Oregon.

Global Planning Change Management Lead Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end change management strategy for global planning capability and enterprise tool deployment initiatives.
• Drive cross-functional alignment across supply chain, planning, technology, and analytics teams to enable successful adoption.
• Develop and execute communication strategies, stakeholder engagement plans, and executive-ready presentations.
• Design and operationalize future-state planning processes, including workflows, RACI models, and playbooks.
• Oversee training development, user enablement, and adoption strategies to ensure successful capability rollout.
• Partner with global and regional planning teams to manage downstream impact and ensure consistency across geographies.
• Support business case development and track value realization, adoption metrics, and operational impact.
• Facilitate enterprise-level program execution from concept through deployment and sustainment.
• Ensure continuous improvement of planning capabilities post-launch through feedback loops and optimization.

Global Planning Change Management Lead Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in change management within planning, supply chain, or related enterprise transformation environments.
• Proven experience leading enterprise-level tool or system deployments with strong focus on user adoption and operationalization.
• Strong background in cross-functional communication, stakeholder management, and executive-level presentation development.
• Demonstrated ability to design and implement business processes, training programs, and change enablement strategies.
• Solid understanding of supply chain or planning processes within retail, consumer goods, or manufacturing environments preferred.
• Experience working in complex, global, matrixed organizations with multiple business units or regions.
• Strong analytical skills with ability to measure impact, track adoption, and report on value creation.
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Compensation: Up to $66.20/hr. (DOE)

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