Greif is a global leader in performance packaging located in 40 countries. The company delivers trusted, innovative, and tailored solutions that support some of the world's most in demand and fastest-growing industries.
With a commitment to legendary customer service, operational excellence, and global sustainability, Greif packages life's essentials - and creates lasting value for its colleagues, customers, and other stakeholders.
Learn more about the company's Customized Polymer, Sustainable Fiber, Durable Metal, and Integrated Solutions at www.greif.com and follow Greif on Instagram and LinkedIn.
OUR VISION:
To Be the Advantage That Helps Our Customers Win.
OUR PURPOSE:
Creating packaging solutions for life’s essentials.
Job Requisition #:
035935 Senior Transition Manager – Global Process Improvement (Open)Job Description:
We are looking for a Senior Transition Manager who leads complex global and cross-functional transitions from planning through implementation, go-live, stabilization and successful operational handover. The role ensures people, processes, technology, data and controls are operationally ready, while minimizing business disruption. Working with Global Process Owners, cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders, the Transition Manager drives coordinated execution, accountability and sustainable operational outcomes.
1. Transition Planning & Execution
- Lead end-to-end transitions across global functions, countries and business units.
- Define transition scope, deliverables, milestones, resources, governance and success criteria.
- Manage integrated transition plans, risks, dependencies, issues and key decisions.
- Develop deployment strategies, readiness criteria, cutover plans and go/no-go requirements.
- Coordinate go-live, hypercare, stabilization and handover with minimal business disruption.
2. Operational Readiness & Handover
- Assess readiness across people, processes, technology, data and controls.
- Coordinate SOPs, process documentation, training, knowledge transfer and support arrangements.
- Lead readiness reviews, transition acceptance and go/no-go decision preparation.
- Resolve implementation and post-go-live issues, ensuring operational stability.
- Confirm operational ownership, performance measures and handover criteria before closure.
3. Process Standardization & Improvement
- Partner with Global Process Owners to align transitioned processes with global standards and operating models.
- Identify opportunities to simplify processes and reduce unnecessary complexity or local variation.
- Support process improvement, automation and AI-enabled solutions where they improve transition outcomes.
- Embed appropriate process controls, documentation and governance into operations.
4. Stakeholder & Change Management
- Coordinate global, regional and local stakeholders throughout the transition lifecycle.
- Facilitate workshops, governance meetings, decision forums and readiness reviews.
- Identify change impacts, adoption risks and organizational dependencies and drive mitigation.
- Provide concise progress, risk, issue and decision reporting to senior management.
- Drive alignment and accountability without relying on direct reporting authority.
5. Performance & Continuous Improvement
- Define transition KPIs, success criteria and stabilization measures.
- Monitor post-go-live performance and drive resolution of outstanding issues.
- Conduct post-transition reviews, capture lessons learned and support benefits realization.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Business, Finance, Operations, IT, Supply Chain or a related field.
- Proven experience managing complex transitions, migrations or transformation initiatives in an international organization.
- Experience within Global Business Services, Shared Services, Global Process Ownership, Transformation and Center of Excellence environment.
- Strong project and transition management skills covering planning, governance, risk and execution.
- Hands-on experience with operational readiness, cutover, go-live, hypercare, stabilization and handover.
- Experience coordinating cross-functional teams and stakeholders across countries and cultures.
- Understanding of end-to-end business processes, operational controls and change management.
- Experience in GBS, Shared Services or Transformation environments preferred.
- PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, Lean Six Sigma or Prosci/ADKAR certification preferred.
- ERP implementation or migration experience (SAP, ERP LN or similar) and familiarity with automation or AI preferred.
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint; experience with project tools, dashboards and operational KPIs.
- Strong communication, stakeholder influence, problem-solving and executive reporting skills.
- Fluent professional English; additional languages are an advantage.
Your Profile:
A hands-on Transition Manager who brings structure to complexity, anticipates risks and takes ownership from transition planning to successful operational handover. Success is measured by smooth transitions, minimal business disruption, clear operational accountability and stable, sustainable business-as-usual operations.
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We offer a competitive salary, excellent benefits and opportunity for growth. Greif is an equal opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of sex, race, religion, age, national origin, color, disability, veteran status or any other any other legally protected characteristic.
For more information read Greif’s Equal Opportunity Policy.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Business, Finance, Operations, IT, Supply Chain, or a related field
- Experience managing complex transitions, migrations, or transformation initiatives in an international organization
- Experience within Global Business Services, Shared Services, Global Process Ownership, Transformation, or Center of Excellence environments
- Strong project and transition management skills covering planning, governance, risk, and execution
- Hands-on experience with operational readiness, cutover, go-live, hypercare, stabilization, and handover
- Experience coordinating cross-functional teams and stakeholders across countries and cultures
- Understanding of end-to-end business processes, operational controls, and change management
- Experience in GBS, Shared Services, or Transformation environments
- PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, Lean Six Sigma, or Prosci/ADKAR certification
- ERP implementation or migration experience with SAP, ERP LN, or similar systems
- Familiarity with automation or AI
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills
- Experience with project tools, dashboards, and operational KPIs
- Strong communication, stakeholder influence, problem-solving, and executive reporting skills
- Fluent professional English
- Additional languages
Greif, Inc. Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is characterized as solid and competitive for manufacturing roles, with multiple statements describing it as fair, decent, or great for the work. Pay levels are also framed as aligned with local standards or exceeding expectations in certain technical roles.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as a meaningful part of total rewards through 401(k) matching with a defined vesting timeline, alongside profit sharing or gain sharing in some contexts. These elements are repeatedly paired with positive statements about the overall package.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare offerings are described as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, vision, and supplemental protections such as life and disability coverage. Additional options like HSAs and supplemental plans are presented as expanding choice and coverage breadth.
Greif, Inc. Insights
What We Do
Greif (NYSE: GEF, GEF.B), is a global leader in industrial packaging products and services and is pursuing its vision: be the best performing customer service company in the world. The Company produces steel, plastic and fibre drums, intermediate bulk containers, reconditioned containers, containerboard, uncoated recycled paperboard, coated recycled paperboard, tubes and cores and a diverse mix of specialty products. The Company also manufactures packaging accessories and provides filling, packaging and other services for a wide range of industries. Greif also manages timber properties in the southeastern United States. The Company is strategically positioned in more than 35 countries to serve global as well as regional customers. Additional information is on the Company's website at www.greif.com.
