Do you want to work for a global company that creates remarkable experiences through people, products, and food? If you want to be part of a rewarding People First culture that values relationships, trust, and taking the long view, then this is the place for you. Henny Penny was named the 2021 Dayton Business of the Year for many good reasons. Read on to learn more!
The Senior Organizational Effectiveness & Change Specialist strengthens organizational performance by building change leadership capability and supporting the people side of change. This role develops and implements change management strategies, training, communications, and readiness activities that drive adoption and improve business outcomes. The position also supports organization effectiveness programs, including engagement surveys, coaching and feedback initiatives, and workforce data analysis.
What We Offer:
An opportunity to work for a company that is 100% employee owned. As an employee-owner, you will be enrolled in our employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) program following one year of service.
Annual company performance bonus in addition to base salary
Flexibility to work from home 2 days per week
Defined career paths so you’ll always know what’s next and what steps can get where you want to go
Professional development opportunities including tuition reimbursement and unlimited free access to LinkedIn Learning courses
A competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, PTO, and paid holidays
Expanded onsite wellness clinic offering preventive care services such as wellness screenings, annual physicals, and related lab work at no cost to employee-owners
Achieve total well-being at our new Wellspring and Owners Hall facility, featuring 24/7 fitness center with a wide variety of cardio and strength training equipment. This facility reflects our continuous evolution in supporting our valued employee owners.
Activities including department outings, holiday parties, and our annual company-wide Thanksgiving Dinner
What You'll Be Doing:
Build change leadership capability by equipping sponsors, people leaders, and Change Champions with practical tools, coaching, guidance, and consistent ways of leading change.
Lead and support the Change Champion Community of Practice to strengthen shared learning, consistency, and engagement across change initiatives.
Design and deliver OCM training that helps leaders and employees understand, support, and adopt change more effectively.
Partner with Communications to create clear, concise, and compelling communication materials to inform employees about upcoming changes, the rationale, and the benefits.
Develop and manage communication channels (e.g., intranet, newsletter, lunch & learn).
Support Project Change Management
Apply a structured change management methodology, approach and tools on business transformation initiatives.
Develop and execute change management plans that include communication, training, stakeholder engagement, and reinforcement plans.
Lead change management activities with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to understand, manage, and reinforce change.
Provide independent project change management support for CI and functional initiatives as needed.
Leads the development, implementation, facilitation, analysis, and reporting of employee engagement practices; partners with HRBPs and other stakeholders to identify manager action plans.
Provides coaching and feedback to senior leaders and other associates across the enterprise
Analyzes data, designs, and tracks business and change impact analyses for assessment of initiatives and programs.
What We're Looking For:
Bachelor’s degree in Organization Change Management, Industrial/Organization Psychology, business management or a related field, or equivalent experience (Master's degree preferred)
Minimum 5-7 years of experience in change management, organization effectiveness/development, organization behavior, or a related field.
Experience in running communities of practice and developing change management and related training is strongly preferred
Proven results in developing and writing communications, and in building communication vehicles and tools (e.g., newsletters, intranet sites) is strongly preferred
Experience applying change management principles, methodologies, & tools to cross functional change initiatives is preferred
Ability to build relationships, conduct focus groups and collaborate effectively across diverse client groups and HR colleagues.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Change Management certification is preferred (e.g., CCMP, Prosci).
About Us
We’re known in our industry for making the best commercial food equipment in the world. Every day, millions of people eat in restaurants operating Henny Penny equipment. We’re a behind-the-scenes engine in the world’s most demanding kitchens, including long-term partners like McDonald’s, Chick-fil-A, KFC, and Wendy’s. We’re 1,000+ employee-owners who thrive by living a People First mission: to support employees in becoming the best version of themselves both personally and professionally.
We recently completed the largest expansion in our history with the addition of 150,000 square feet on our Eaton campus. This expansion drives development of the world’s most reliable, easy-to-use equipment with an innovative new space for global research and development. We have several collaborative spaces for our project teams, a dedicated electrical engineering lab for our hardware and software engineers, a full model shop for rapid prototyping, and a brand-new test lab that has 300 feet of hood space to test new equipment on our product roadmap. On top of that, we have a new state-of-the-art kitchen for our food science group to meet with our customers, understand what they need, and then dial in our equipment to help them make legendary menu items.
Henny Penny is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability or handicap, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and pregnancy-related conditions), marital status, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in organizational change management, industrial/organizational psychology, business management, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- 5–7 years of experience in change management, organizational effectiveness or development, organizational behavior, or a related field
- Ability to build relationships, conduct focus groups, and collaborate across diverse client groups and HR colleagues
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Master’s degree
- Experience running communities of practice and developing change management training
- Experience developing communications and building communication vehicles such as newsletters and intranet sites
- Experience applying change management principles, methodologies, and tools to cross-functional initiatives
- Change Management certification, such as CCMP or Prosci
Henny Penny Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Henny Penny and has not been reviewed or approved by Henny Penny.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a company‑funded ESOP alongside a 401(k) with company match, forming a strong long‑term savings foundation. ESOP eligibility typically begins after one year, adding an additional wealth‑building vehicle beyond the 401(k).
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is complemented by an on‑site primary care clinic with mental‑health counseling and a 24/7 fitness center. Preventive care at no cost to employee‑owners is emphasized, indicating substantive investment in employee health.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — The package includes PTO and paid holidays, with time off increasing with tenure. PTO reportedly starts near three weeks and scales with service, supporting a competitive time‑off offering for manufacturing.
Henny Penny Insights
What We Do
Henny Penny continues a tradition of foodservice equipment innovation that began in Eaton, Ohio, USA with the first commercial pressure fryer in 1957. With over 65 years of innovation, we offer a wide range of high quality foodservice equipment designed for easier operation, greater flexibility and lower operating costs. Our product lines include pressure and open fryers, combi ovens, rotisseries, holding cabinets and display merchandisers— all of which display our unbeatable combination of innovation, reliability and deep understanding of our customers’ needs. Beyond our operationally friendly and innovative product, we continue to set ourselves apart from the field with our focus on the overall customer experience, our key distributor and operator relationships and making sure we are at the leading edge of identifying and solving the problems our customers face in the back of their house. Our customers — including thousands of restaurants, supermarkets and institutional foodservice operators the world over — would say it's all part of what makes Henny Penny the ideal partner for providing solutions now and for the future
