Regional Animal Health Manufacturing Learning Partner - Europe

Job Description

The Animal Health Manufacturing Regional Learning Partner is responsible for serving as a trusted partner to business leaders and stakeholders for an assigned group of Manufacturing and Technical Solution Sites, in order to enable business goals and outcomes by accelerating the development of critical capabilities needed to drive business success through a productive and engaged workforce.

Success in this role depends on a candidate’s ability to translate the goals of the business into learning strategies and solutions, through partnership with Site Learning Partners, Plant Managers, Global Learning Operations, Learning Experience & Design, and external organizations. This individual maintains awareness and understanding of key business priorities/processes and external best practices, partners with site leadership to identify performance needs and gaps, and collaborates with design experts and operational support points on desired performance outcomes.  Success will be measured through a defined set of key performance indicators.  This leader will also build and maintain strong business relationships, build sponsorship, and collaborate as part of an integrated learning network.

Responsibilities:

• Align business leaders on an annual training plan that is inclusive of both global and site learning needs, supports employee learning and development/effectiveness, and drives meaningful results for the organization.

• Develop depth of business understanding to maximize relevance and impact on business outcomes.  This is inclusive of leveraging data driven insights and other inputs to proactively recommend training solutions that will positively impact performance.

• Determine learning strategies and plans based on identified needs and gaps to achieve business strategy. Align business managers around “best fit” learning strategies while collaborating within L&D Site Leads, Plant Managers, Learning Operations, Learner Experience & Design, other Regional L&D Manufacturing Leads, and external partners to leverage existing and/or develop learning solutions to meet unique business requirements.

• Work with L&D Site Lead to prioritize and manage portfolio of work and overall Learner Experience for assigned sites.  Ensure that plans are integrated and congruent with other priorities.

• Create line of sight for clients into short-, mid-, and long-term Learning & Development plans, existing resources, and access to them. Build sponsorship for forthcoming Learning & Development initiatives.

• Provide critical input to the Portfolio, Learning Creation & Design, and Learning Delivery teams responsible for overall planning of learner experiences and solutions. Ensure these deliverables drive business relevance and impact and provide a modern, compelling learning experience.

• Partner with the business to define business and learning outcomes.   Measure and report impact of learning programs against the desired learning outcomes and other defined metrics.  Use data insights to continuously improve solutions and outcomes.

• Ensure execution of a coherent, efficient, and strategically aligned approach to Learning & Development planning and implementation.

• When necessary, facilitate training to assigned sites to ensure timely execution of training programs and/or reduce spend with external training organizations.

Competencies:

• Business Acumen: Ability to engage with business leaders around business strategy, goals, and business outcomes, and make sound business decisions.

• Account Management: Expertise in consulting and partnering with business leaders to identify learning implications of business strategy and priorities.  Skill in using performance consulting frameworks to understand how employee and organizational performance can maximize business impact.  Ability to coach, advise, and influence clients to use learning solutions where they will be most effective.

• Leadership: Ability to partner, collaborate, and impact decisions at all levels within and outside the organization.

• Collaboration: Work with individuals and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner, including the ability to build and maintain critical networks and collaborative relationships. Take full advantage of resident expertise within internal partner organizations to maximize efficiency and effectiveness.

• Oral and Written Communications: Ability to express oneself to provide information to others effectively and in a succinct manner; outstanding verbal, written, and executive level presentation abilities and interpersonal skills; ability to ask thoughtful questions to