Zonal Training Manager-West

Aditya Birla Insulators; Mumbai; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Aditya Birla Insulators is seeking a Learning & Development professional to lead regional training architecture and delivery across zones in India. The role focuses on designing training that aligns with business goals, engaging stakeholders, and driving measurable outcomes in sales and productivity.

The position requires capability to implement e-learning, manage calendars and dashboards, and partner with Sales leadership for zone-specific initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Deliver interventions based on training architecture and productivity initiatives.
• Lead flagship/regional training programs and drive business impact with follow-up.
• Ensure use of standardized content and prescribed processes.
• Promote adoption of e-learning, online assessments, and knowledge management.
• Gather feedback from zonal leaders and take corrective actions.
• Address zone-specific learning needs arising from local challenges.

Skills

Training architecture

Stakeholder alignment

L&D delivery

Knowledge management

Job description

Job Context & Major Challenges

Key challenges for the role:

1. Implementing the training architecture and modulating training activities in response to zonal requirements and specifications
2. Building stakeholder alignment to achieve higher levels of engagement and productivity for the respective zone
3. Influence without authority to bring about a learning discipline and create business impact on the field

Key Result Areas

Delivery and Impact metrics of L&D Architecture for the Zone

• Provide inputs and support in designing and development of training architecture basis people insights, market insights, challenges & opportunities specific to assigned zone
• Closely work with zones/regional leads to design, plan and execute region specific training needs
• Identify impact metrics and track the same jointly with the regional/zonal leadership
• Share joint accountability for business metrics along with Sales leadership
• Maintain strong interaction with sales hierarchy for respective zones to ensure implementation of learning initiatives and their follow up activities
• Create awareness and drive usage of various sales tools & aids, leading to a disciplined learning environment and improved productivity
• Leverage support of all functions in ensuring that desired team is supported well

Managing Training Delivery

• Deliver and implement variety of interventions basis architecture, and specific productivity initiatives
• Deliver flagship/regional training programs for critical audiences and drive business impact with followup
• Maintain discipline of using standardized content and ensure that predefined processes are followed
• Drive adoption and usage of elearning programs, online assessment / knowledge management system
• Maintain regular feedback interaction from zonal leaders and take corrective actions
• Cater to zone specific learning needs that may emerge from local challenges and opportunities
• Product and Process Induction for new hires joining the system, in addition to Accelerate/Prarambh
• Implement and review the process of calendars & participation dashboards
• Compile and funnel all training data within timelines to the central team for upload

Training Effectiveness

• Maintain primary effectiveness metric as the predefined vector and amplitude of business impact
• Review feedback of training on quality norms of delivery and content to improvise on the Training modules and ensure zonal flavor
• Facilitate in creating and driving a monitoring system to assess change in participants post training and related impact on performance and business
• Train and mobilize internal Subject Matter Experts to leverage their experience and also to facilitate dispersal of tacit knowledge

Knowledge Management Framework & Online Assessment System

• Drive adoption and usage of KMS and Online Assessment System across the assigned zone, and collate feedback for improvement

Learning Technology and HR / ABCU initiatives

• Work closely with business and branch influencers to propagate usage of new learning tools and crosssell enablers at ABCL/ABG
• Act as the first point of contact for resolving learning tech / systems issues