Location: Moodiesburn - UK
Team: It
Position type: Full time / Fixed Term Contract
Package: NA
Employment requirements: Due to local restrictions, applications will only be considered from candidates who already hold a permanent right to work in the location stated above.

At SARIA Food & Pharma, our activities are characterized by connected value chains, decades of shared market expertise and a unifying spirit of innovation to continuously develop our people and our products.

Van Hessen, Devro and Bioiberica use animal raw materials to create their wide range of products, which are ubiquitous and universal, but anything but ordinary. With a complementary portfolio of casings for the sausage industry that includes natural and collagen-based casings, Devro and Van Hessen are leading product experts in their industry. The global life science company Bioiberica produces active ingredients for humans, animals and plants, from starting material it receives from Van Hessen.

We create the added layer of value with our products and services, improve the well-being of all by taking life science further and combine our attention to detail with the extraordinary, because it all matters.

The opportunity

As the IT Project / Change Manager, you will be responsible for driving forward the change management processes to meet the needs of the business.

Responsibilities

• Rationalizing our IT change portfolio to eliminate non-value add changes
• Ensuring alignment, change resource allocation and joint decision making with applicable teams within the IT function for best outcomes
• Establishing and leading IT Change Approval Boards
• Ensuring effective and timely reporting of change performance to senior stakeholders
• Facilitating resolution of conflict and misunderstanding within the execution of the change portfolio
• Ensuring change resources are adequately defined and allocation is rationalised to demand
• Owning, implementing and improving change management process across IT
• Monitoring, validating and feeding back on proper use of change management process within the IT organization
• Manage the execution of the full project management lifecycle (including all stage gate processes, risk and change controls/escalation, steerco reporting) for assigned IT projects
• Ensuring positive stakeholder experience and Business Unit alignment with IT function
• Ensuring successful delivery of assigned IT projects, aligned with agreed governance and performance targets
• Ensuring alignment between internal stakeholders, subcontractors and the IT function for best project outcomes

About you

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in project/change management is essential for this role
• Experience of working within an ITIL environment with demonstrable experience in change management
• Possess a recognised professional qualification relating to project management, e.g. PRINCE2 or PMP is desirable
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills are essential
• Stakeholder management experience is essential
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team is essential
• Excellent planning, organising and re-prioritising skills is essential
• Proficiency in Excel is essential for this role

What’s next?

If this sounds like a role that you would be interested in, we would love to hear from you. To apply, please e-mail a copy of your CV, along with a cover letter explaining the key attributes you could bring to the role. We would also recommend you speak with your manager to discuss your interest prior to submitting your application.

Email address for applications: Claire.Nolan@saria-foodpharma.com
Closing Date: 25/6/2025

Please note, closing dates are subject to change and, at times of high volume of applications, this may be brought forward.

Important to us:

We believe it takes diversity of thought, culture, background, and perspective to create a truly innovative company. If you require any adjustments to be able to pursue an application with us, please let our Recruitment team know.

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