Learning and Development Partner - Distribution

Tesco; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Learning and Development Partner to shape the future of functional learning. In this pivotal role, you will work closely with senior stakeholders to define strategic directions and ensure alignment with business needs. Your expertise in operations and capability development will drive impactful learning initiatives across the organization. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, you will help create a workplace where every colleague can thrive. This is an exciting opportunity to influence learning strategies and make a significant impact in a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Annual bonus scheme up to 20%

25 days holiday plus personal day

Private medical insurance

Retirement savings plan with matching

Life Assurance - 5 x pay

Flexible working options

Free 24/7 virtual GP service

Colleague discounts with Clubcard

Ongoing learning opportunities

Access to colleague networks

Qualifications

• Experience in operational roles and capability/L&D partnering is essential.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to define functional learning strategies.
• Lead data-driven learning needs analysis to develop capability plans.

Skills

Stakeholder Engagement

Learning and Development Strategy

Data Analysis

Diversity and Inclusion Knowledge

Learning Trends Awareness

Education

Experience in Operations (Retail, Distribution, Manufacturing, Hospitality)

Job description

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Learning and Development Partner - Distribution

Closing Date: 19/01/2025

Job Category: People

Business Unit: GB Head Office

What’s in it for you

We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we give our wonderful colleagues bags of benefits. Including wellbeing services, an award-winning pension scheme and much, much more, our colleague reward package keeps on giving. These include but are not limited to:

• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• Buy holiday salary sacrifice scheme (for salaried roles)
• Private medical insurance
• Retirement savings plan - save between 4% and 7.5% and Tesco will match your contribution
• Life Assurance - 5 x contractual pay
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• The right to request flexible working from your first day with us
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing
• A Colleague Clubcard for you & a family member (after 3 months of service), giving you access to lots of discounts in-store & online
• Great colleague deals and discounts, saving you money on everyday purchases, eating out and utility bills for the home
• Access to our colleague networks providing a space for colleagues to come together from a range of backgrounds.
• Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and award-winning training, to help you achieve the job and career you want

About the role

As a Learning and Delivery Partner, you will collaborate with senior stakeholders to define the strategic direction for functional learning. Your role involves identifying current and future capability needs, contributing to the overarching Group Tesco Capability strategy alongside fellow Capability Partners within the PoE. Additionally, you’ll work closely with the Capability Design team and Tesco Business Services (TBS) to shape, influence, and take ownership of capability development for your specific business area.

Your approach will be visible, responsive, and influential as you build strong relationships across the organisation. Regular travel throughout the UK is expected.

We would love to see applications from people who have both operational and Capability/Learning & Development partnering experience.

The Hiring Manager for this vacancy is Jo Jones

You will be responsible for

• Partnering with senior stakeholders to influence and develop strategic direction for functional learning from a Group perspective.
• Leading robust, data-led learning needs analysis to develop and deliver prioritised market-focused capability plans.
• Working collaboratively with other Capability Partners to ensure a rounded view of market-needs within functional plans.
• Driving value through business-wide learning offerings to ensure a consistent approach across all learning products and platforms.
• Partnering with people business partners, talent partners and POE teams to ensure alignment to the overall colleague experience.
• Championing the core learning offer for colleagues, managers and leaders.
• Owning any safe and legal training specific to your market and collaborating with TBS to create compliant content.
• Ensuring your function(s) follow all governance processes and prioritising work in line with group capability's plans.
• Contributing to establishing a world-class Group PoE within Capability.
• Leading the market capability strategy including Learning Tech experience and governance.
• Championing and role modeling our Win Together behaviours.

You will need

• Background in operations - For example, retail, distribution, manufacturing or hospitality.
• Experience in setting group-wide capability strategies and gaining engagement.
• Senior stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
• Knowledge of latest learning trends and how people learn.
• Proven understanding of diversity and inclusion challenges and opportunities.
• Demonstrable knowledge of learning and development interventions and providers.
• Strong network of learning specialists to draw on external best practice.

About us

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is ‘Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day’. We’re proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. We’re committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and all colleagues are given the same opportunities.

We’re a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you. We work in a blended pattern - combining office and remote working. If you are applying internally, please speak to the Hiring Manager about how this can work for you - Everyone is welcome at Tesco.