Sr Mgr Learning & Development at Medline Industries, Inc. in Northfield, Illinois

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Job Summary

The Sr Mgr, Learning & Development manages a portfolio of programs and leads the L&D support for a cluster of business functions. This individual ensures L&D initiatives are in alignment with business goals, built and operationalized through internal and/or external resources, and seamlessly deployed in time and quality. The Sr Mgr oversees partnerships with both Business and HR leaders to scale leader, team and professional development, and business enablement work. The focus of this role will continuously shift to support emerging business priorities and help solve problems where no solution currently exists.

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MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Engage and consult with business leaders and HRVPs to gain understanding of business unit objectives, key initiatives, talent strategies, and organizational challenges.

Partner with Business leaders and provide coaching and education in how team and leadership development can impact their business/organizational needs and the subsequent needs of their teams to learn, thrive and grow.

Partner with business stakeholders and HRBP to understand the learning needs of key audiences.

Ensure L&D team conduct needs analyses to assess the state of the business, identify key performance and skills/knowledge gaps, and recommend performance solutions, both training and non-training, to drive organizational results.

Oversee the diagnosis, design, and delivery of high-impact team and leader interventions, leveraging existing methodologies, tools, vendors and resources and in close partnership w/ respective HR business partners.

Ensure L&D team creates and delivers learning experiences to develop leader and team capabilities with the purpose of support high performing and healthy organizations.

Build relationships with leadership, vendors, and stakeholders within Medline to collaborate on training priorities, training quality, train-the-trainer certification, and delivery of training programs.

Raise the bar on best practices and serve as a thought leader by staying up-to-date on the latest research and current trends that promote healthy high-performing organizations and effective leaders and teams.

Management responsibilities:

--Typically oversees professional employees/teams OR manages non-professional employees through Supervisors in manufacturing, distribution or office environments.

--Day-to-day operations of a group of employees.

--May have limited budgetary responsibility and usually contributes to budgetary impact.

--Interpret and execute policies for departments/projects; develop, recommend and implement new policies or modifications to existing policies.

--Provide general guidelines and parameters for staff functioning.

--Hiring staff, recommending pay increases, performing performance reviews, training and development of staff, estimating personnel needs, assigning work, meeting completion dates, interpreting and ensuring consistent application of organizational policies.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in the fields of organizational psychology, effectiveness and leadership development.

Certification / Licensure

DISC, Insights Discovery.

Work Experience

At least 5 years of corporate business experience to include at least 4 years of experience in a L&D organization.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

Strong analytical skills; ability to make decisions using data to drive recommendations for performance solutions. Ability to refine insights and data into concise, relevant presentations for an executive audience.

Knowledge of training methodology in each phase of the training lifecycle, i.e., assessment, design, development, implementation, and evaluation.

Knowledge of consulting on learning practices including needs analysis, skill and performance assessments, organizational interventions, facilitation, and the design and delivery of content for various audiences.

Interpersonal skills; ability to build alliances with leadership and key partners to gain commitment and implement performance solutions.

Demonstrated mastery of diagnosis, coaching, consultation, design, facilitation and measurement with senior leaders, leadership teams and organizational assessment.

Experience supporting organizations through scale and change.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills are necessary to interact effectively with all levels within the organization.

Demonstrated experience with Instructional Design principles and development applications, e.g., e-learning software, image and media editing software, etc.

Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.

PREFERRED JOB REQUIREMENTS

Graduate level work in the fields of organizational psychology, effectiveness and leadership development.

Prior experience as a learning & development business partner or L&D program manager.

Benefits - Medline is committed to offering competitive benefits and a variety of choices to best meet the needs of you and your family. For employees scheduled to work at least 30 hours per week, this includes health and well-being, financial fitness, career development, paid time off and more. Employees scheduled to work less than 30 hours per week can participate in the 401(k) plan, access the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Employee Resource Groups (ERG) and Medline Service Corps. For a more comprehensive list of our benefits, please click here.

Every day, we’re focused on building a more diverse and inclusive company, one that recognizes, values and respects the differences we all bring to the workplace. From doing what’s right to delivering business results, together, we’re better. Explore our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion page here.

Medline Industries, LP is an equal opportunity employer. Medline evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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