What are the responsibilities and job description for the Learning and Development Coordinator position at Johnsonville?
Continuous, lifelong learning is at the heart of our culture and the way we do business: “We Learn for Life” is one of Johnsonville’s six guiding principles. As part of our organizational development and learning team, you’ll help Johnsonville Members reach their full potential by providing them with a variety of learning and growth opportunities. These may range from formal classroom education to on-the-job training, individual learning to cross-functional team development, technical skill advancement, cultural reinforcement, personal career development and learning how to coach fellow Members. Your job is to nurture The Johnsonville Way.
Johnsonville, LLC
Learning & Development Coordinator
Watertown, WI
Position Overview:
As a creative, passionate, and experienced learning and development professional who will support others in developing their God-given talents. In this role, you will lead the training, onboarding and development programs at the Watertown Facility. You will also build, motivate and guide a team of learning and development specialists who will develop and at times deliver technical training content to our manufacturing members.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as the primary liaison between global learning and facility leadership teams, ensuring strategic alignment and implementation of enterprise-wide learning initiatives at the plant level.
- Collaborate with OD&L, operations leaders, and members to develop technical training strategies and programs.
- Lead the deployment of the organizational learning and development strategy within your facility, ensuring alignment with overall goals and facility-level performance metrics.
- Provide guidance on the assessment of training and development needs, design of training and development delivery methods, and measurement of training effectiveness.
- Coach and mentor a team of learning and development specialists who will take ownership for executing a high-quality orientation, onboarding, and skills training for members of the facility.
- Stay current on training industry trends, technology, and methods; challenge the status quo by identifying opportunities to improve.
- Be a Johnsonville Way ambassador with the ability to develop Members, providing them with the right resources and programs at the right time.
- Partner with facility leaders to identify and prioritize skills/behavior gaps impacting plant performance and coordinate training solutions to address these needs.
- Support successful people changes through the application of change management.
- Communicate data driven insights to the leadership team on status, changes and effectiveness of learning and development strategies.
Education:
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Bachelor’s degree in Organizational Development, Adult Learning, Education, Instructional Design or a related field is required.
- Willing to consider members who are actively pursuing bachelor’s degree
Experience:
- Minimum of 3 years of progressive experience in training and development, adult education, and/or human resources related field required
- Minimum of 2 years of direct or indirect people management experience required
- Experience using technology to enhance learning and learning experiences is preferred
- Manufacturing experience is preferred
Skills and Competencies:
- Proven ability to drive continuous improvement and innovation
- Proven ability to influence without authority
- Experience utilizing data to create meaningful insights
- Strong learning agility and commitment to personal growth
- Outstanding communication, teamwork and interpersonal skills
- Experience in facilitation and leading conversations
- Excellent relationship building skills
- Passion for developing others’ God-given talents
- Strong project management skills
Other Requirements:
- Ability to work off-shifts as needed
- Written and verbal Spanish skills are preferred
Date: February 6, 2025
Location: Watertown, WI
Coach: Plant Director
Member Status: Full Time, Salaried
Shift/Hours: 1st Shift, 7am-4pm with flexibility to work off shifts as needed
Travel: 5% or less of your time
Reason for Posting: Replacement
Benefits: Members have potential for a monthly bonus, 401k with a company match and profit sharing. Members also have access to terrific benefits including affordable medical, dental and vision coverage; flexible spending accounts; disability and life insurance; and fertility and adoption assistance. Johnsonville also offers competitive paid time off, including paid parental time off and tuition reimbursement!
About our Company
Since 1945, our family-owned band of sausage-makers has invented better ways to make, eat and prepare crave-able sausage. Today, we are 3,000 Members strong. We sell our famous sausage in all 50 United States and more than 40 countries. We have a culture built on the idea that if we make developing your talents our top priority, great business results will follow naturally. We call it The Johnsonville Way. It has been our secret sauce for decades, and we hope you get to experience it for yourself!
How to Apply:
External candidate: Apply online only at: careers.johnsonville.com
Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.
We value the diversity of our workforce and we embrace the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment. M/F/Vet/Disability
Johnsonville values the service Veterans and their family members have given to our country. We support the hiring of returning service members and military spouses.
