Job Title: Transition Manager 4 Location: Beaverton OR Duration: 3+ Months Contract Job Summary: Overview: Procurement is delivering a portfolio of technology and process changes that affect how employees across the business buy goods and services, engage external workers, and follow Procurement processes. We are hiring a Transition Manager to lead the people side of that change, including readiness, training, adoption, and communications.
Core Responsibilities:- Build and execute transition and readiness plans, including stakeholder analysis, impact assessments, and adoption measures
- Identify affected user groups, define what changes for each, and prepare them ahead of go-live
- Develop training content, job aids, and enablement materials in a consistent, reusable format
- Build executive-ready presentations and status materials for Procurement leadership
- Write clear, audience-appropriate communications for employee, stakeholder, and leadership audiences
- Track readiness, escalate risks early, and keep project leads informed of adoption gaps
- Build an annual training model that keeps Procurement teams current on tools and process changes.
- Develop all supporting training materials in a consistent structure, identify where the content will be housed, and stand up the training cadence, and coach team owners through delivery
- Take on transition management for new Procurement projects as they arise
- Produce and publish the monthly Procurement newsletter.
- Drive content development for internal Procurement website
Required Skills & Experience:- Minimum 8 years of transition management, change management, or organizational readiness experience on enterprise programs
- Proven record preparing large user populations for system or process change, including global or multi-region rollouts
- Strong communication skills. Writing, editing, and audience-specific messaging are required
- Excellent PowerPoint skills and a design background. We expect polished, visually clear materials for executive audiences
- Experience building training content and enablement programs from scratch
- Ability to work independently, set structure where none exists, and move quickly with limited direction
- Comfortable partnering with senior stakeholders, suppliers, and cross-functional project teams
- Experience with global rollouts across multiple regions and time zones is preferred
Qualifications :- Bachelor s degree or equivalent professional experience
- Change management certification such as Prosci or ADKAR is recommended
Must have skills:- Proven record preparing large user populations for system or process change, including global or multi-region rollouts
- Strong communication skills. Writing, editing, and audience-specific messaging are required
- Excellent PowerPoint skills and a design background. We expect polished, visually clear materials for executive audiences
- Experience building training content and enablement programs from scratch
Nice to have skills:- Experience with SAP programs - Do not need the technical knowledge but familiarity would be good