POSITION SUMMARY
For Food and Beverage Industry & Consumer industry
The Learning and Development Manager is a skilled, highly motivated individual with a history of high performance and creativity to lead the area of Learning & Development (L&D), including talent development, employee engagement, and succession planning. This individual will partner with Human Resources (HR) colleagues, internal leaders and external trainers to drive innovative and high-impact talent and organization development programs and initiatives aligned with the company’s strategic goals and vision. He/she is responsible for designing, developing, and implementing/facilitating comprehensive solutions, training, and action plans to improve both organization and individual staff performance. He/she will also establish relationships with key members of the organization to enhance the credibility and reach of the Learning & Development function.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
· Prioritize the learning and development programs that promote the company’s corporate culture and positively impact performance and organizational strategic goals.
· Develop, implement an effective Hi-Po Talent Development Program and work closely with leaders by providing guidance and solutions in formal succession planning and career development.
· Administer Talent Management System (TMS) and Talent Review process to ensure thorough completion; partner with leaders to assess talents and to provide advices regarding development plans, especially for Hi-Po, and to follow thru the development plans and proactively provide trainings and assistance to talents and leaders.
· Conduct gap analysis to identified development needs in each function; proactively consult and work collaboratively with function heads, L&D team in Headquarters, and external trainers to design, develop, implement, and execute on leading edge learning and development programs and curriculum solutions.
· Design, develop, manage, and facilitate innovative and effective in-person learning solutions around leadership, mentoring, coaching, communication, collaboration, employee engagement, onboarding, corporate culture, diversity & inclusion, performance coaching, etc.
· Develop effective training materials utilizing a variety of media best fit for the targeted audience and deliver the effective learning results. Assess/evaluate training effectiveness and continuously make improvements in training materials/programs.
· Train and coach managers, supervisors and others involved in employee development efforts.
· Administer Learning Management System (LMS) and assign trainings to audience per the development programs or needs.
· Work with HR Coordinator to timely maintain accurate training records in the system and run monthly/ad hoc reports; ensure training data and records are fed to HRIS timely and accurately and resolve any issues by working with vendors.
· Be responsible for all training related audits (e.g. internal audits, ISO, OSHA, GMP, SMETA, etc.) and provide training records as requested timely.
· Administer training and development programs and monitor training expenses against the L&D budget.
· Use appropriate metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of organization development projects and report conclusions and make recommendations to leaders and stakeholders.
· Drive an engaging work environment by proactively providing effective and creative employee engagement solutions to leaders. Work with Headquarters to organize annual Employee Engagement Survey to achieve 100% employee participation. Interpret and prepare survey results; organize, and host result sharing sessions; facilitate effective action plan workshops and follow through all action plans with respective personnel.
· Work with HRA members in organizing employee and volunteer activities to promote corporate culture and drive engagement.
· Other duties as assigned.
COMPETENCIES
· Problem Solving
· Drive for Results
· Managing & Measuring Work
· Building Effective Teams
· Motivating Others
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities.
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each major responsibility satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the major responsibilities.
A. EDUCATION, SKILLS and EXPERIENCE
· A Bachelor’s degree in Organization Development, Human Resources or related discipline from an accredited 4-year university.
· A minimum of 10 years of relevant learning and development professional experience in food CPG industry with proven successful experience in Talent Development Program, Succession Planning, and Employee Engagement.
· Demonstrate understanding of the latest leadership training and development theories and trends; thought leadership and experience in leading innovative solutions in the field of learning, development, business solutions, and talent management.
· Practical experience consulting with different function heads to identify needs and develop innovative solutions.
· Demonstrate analytical decision-making, project management, group facilitation, innovative problem solving, prioritization, and internal consulting.
· Must be proficient in Microsoft Office including PowerPoint, Word, Excel and Outlook; LMS or training platforms including running ad hoc reports/queries.
· Must be familiar with the use of online training solutions and ability to assess online and in-person training effectiveness and make continuous improvements if necessary.
· Excellent Must have a strong sense of ownership and high integrity; able to handle confidential information.
· Must have strong logical, analytical and problem-solving skills.
· Must be organized and able to prioritize tasks and handle multitasking in a fast work pace.
· Must be a self-starter, fast learner and able to work independently with minimal supervision.
· Must be a collaborative, responsive and proactive team player.
· Must have a can-do and positive work attitude.
· Attentive to details is a must.
· Certified Professional in Learning and Performance (CPLP) Credential is highly preferred.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $120,000.00 - $140,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person