Development Training Manager - Stock Yards (Hybrid: Onsite and Remote)

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The Development Training Manager - Stock Yards supports efforts to build and scale a robust Learning and Development platform, which powers Stock Yards Collective ability to unlock our talent potential. This role is critical to the continued success of our growing focus on employee development.

This role is a key architect responsible for the design, implementation, and evaluation of programs that facilitate leadership, professional and functional development, and continuous learning of employees across the organization.

This role oversees planning, designing, building, implementation, and delivery of training and development programs to support Stock Yards Collective.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES  

Manage current programs and develop improvements keeping current with business needs. Partner with leaders to define learning and development needs and key messages across stakeholders. Design appropriate strategies to address the technical knowledge and skill building needs and determine the best delivery channel.

Design training materials and interventions to enable learners to apply what they have learned to establish or improve job performance. Implement processes and standards required to ensure instructional design quality, technology, and overall learning effectiveness from storyboarding through implementation.

Conduct comprehensive needs assessments, determine education, learning and development priorities based on the needs associated with the business impact. Partner with subject matter experts and business leaders to determine and implement highly effective learning solutions.

Apply design principles for single, blended, and or action learning training programs that provide employees with the essential tools for job growth and success. Determine training plan to address performance gaps or opportunities for improved business results, considering cross functional teams to solve performance and learning challenges. Apply a rapid design process starting with the needs analysis to determine appropriate learning requirements, methodologies, and modality. Partner with external consultants as required in project management capacity to develop programs.

Identify ways to connect messages across the business landscape by reinforcing content provided to the learners in the context of the comprehensive list of business needs; leverage necessary roles and other materials where possible to streamline and minimize touch points to the learner.

Incorporate most effective teaching methods and taxonomy – type of exercise, role play, teach back, instruction method, etc. based on learning need. Develop and conduct train the trainer sessions so that others can deliver the content and material effectively and as designed.

Implement processes and standards required to ensure instruction design, quality, technology, and overall learning effectiveness from storyboarding through implementation. Develop measurement and accountability mechanisms that evaluate job readiness or performance, which enables continuous improvement.

Perform as a subject matter expert for learning. Perform role of a facilitator or lead instructor as built into any given program.

SUPERVISION:

• N/A

RELATIONSHIPS

• Internal: Learning team, HR, Stockyards Leaders, CI Leaders, Corporate Operations.

• External: Learning consultants and vendors

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Hybrid: This role is partially remote, and the associate is expected to perform assigned responsibilities from a combined home-based and office-based environment.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• 8-10 years of experience with progressive needs analysis, instructional design, material development, instruction, training implementation, measurement systems of learning project management.

• Well versed in adult learning principles and teaching methods.

• Versed in appropriate organization of training materials (Blooms, Taxonomy).

• Proficient in various prescriptive instruction design methodologies (ADDIE, SAM, AGILE, etc.).

• Implement learning measurement and demonstration mechanisms. Versed in learning evaluation models such as Kirkpatrick and alternatives.

• Demonstrated ability to manage a variety of projects with varying levels of complexity to successful completion with minimal supervision.

• Expertise/experience creating learning with most platforms: instructor led, knowledge of blended learnings, webinar, video job aids, electronic job aids.

• Accomplished trainer and facilitator, a strong speaker, excellent facilitation skills.

• Strong influencing, negotiation, creative problem solving, and people management skills.

• Demonstrated experience designing and developing materials, supported by providing prior work samples.

• Advanced Power Points skills.

• Ability to create and incorporate effective and attractive graphics.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to relate to people across all levels and a variety of working styles.

• Strong coaching, collaboration, networking, and interpersonal skills.

• Patience and willingness to understand different viewpoints, perspectives, and opinions.

• Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic, and rapidly changing environment.

• Ability to identify new areas of opportunity related to training needs.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s Degree required in Instructional Design, Training and Development or Workforce Education.

CERTIFICATIONS/TRAINING

• N/A

LICENSES

• N/A

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s Degree or equivalent experience preferred.

• Project management or process improvement mechanisms are a significant plus.

• Experience with E-Learning software a plus: Camtasia or Captivate, screen capture tools.

This role will also receive an annual incentive plan bonus.

​Benefits for this role may include health insurance, pre-tax spending accounts, retirement benefits, paid time off, short-term and long-term disability, employee stock purchase plan, and life insurance. To review available benefits, please click here: https://www.usfoods.com/careers/benefits.html.

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Compensation depends on relevant experience and/or education, specific skills, function, geographic location, and other factors as applicable by law (for example: state or local minimum wage thresholds).  The expected base rate for this role is between

$75,000 - $125,000

***EOE – Race/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Age/Genetic Information/Protected Veteran/Disability Status***