Senior Director Learning & Development

Ventura Foods; Brea (CA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 223,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company dedicated to innovation in food solutions for foodservice and retail. This role is pivotal in shaping leadership development strategies that drive performance and change across the organization. You will lead initiatives that enhance learning and development, ensuring alignment with business goals while fostering a culture of continuous improvement. With a focus on collaboration and executive engagement, you'll utilize your expertise to build impactful programs that prepare leaders for success in a dynamic environment. Your contributions will not only influence the organization but also shape the future of leadership in the industry.

Benefits

Medical, Prescription, Dental, & Vision Coverage

Profit Sharing

401(k) Matching

Paid Vacation

Sick Time

Holidays

Employee Appreciation Events

Employee Assistance Programs

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive L&D experience in Corporate Learning & Development.
• Experience building and leading enterprise-wide leadership strategies.

Responsibilities

• Analyze leadership learning needs to sustain a multi-year development roadmap.
• Design innovative, competency-based learning solutions aligned to business strategies.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Program Management

Change Management

Leadership Development

Results Orientation

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Relevant Field

Master's Degree in Related Field

Tools

Learning Platforms

Job description

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Location:

Brea, CA, US, 92821

Position Summary:

This position reports to the Chief Human Resources Officer and is a part of the HR leadership team setting the strategy for the Human Resources organization. As the functional leader of the Learning and Development organization, this position is responsible for building, leading and driving the overall strategies and initiatives across Leadership Development, Coaching, Change Leadership and Instructional Design across the enterprise. We are looking for a leader who:

• Understands the realities of frontline-driven businesses and can design programs that scale effectively.
• Has successfully built leadership academies or L&D strategies, balancing curated vs. created content.
• Knows how to connect the dots between L&D, performance, and business strategy and outcomes.
• Is adept at gaining executive buy-in, reading the room, and fostering relationships to drive meaningful change.
• Brings a track record of innovation, incorporating AI, digital, skills taxonomies, and talent analytics.
• Thrives in a fast-paced, relationship-based performance driven culture.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Learning and Development Strategy: Analyze and diagnose enterprise-wide leadership learning needs to validate, execute, and sustain a multi-year leadership development roadmap. Ensure close alignment with business and HR strategies and stay informed of industry trends and best practices.
• Leadership Development Curriculum Build: Design and develop innovative, competency-based learning solutions aligned to the 70/20/10 model. Build programs and solutions to develop all leaders across levels and functions with consistent behaviors and skills. Create differential developmental offerings and experiences for key talent. Select and leverage external vendor partners as needed.
• Leadership Development Program Execution: Facilitate learning through a variety of modalities. Work with SMEs and external vendor partners as needed. Communicate offerings and manage program participation, including nomination processes. Leverage external partners as needed.
• Competency Framework: Build and maintain a toolkit to support our new leadership competency model, including individual development planning tools and resources.
• Internal Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with internal business and HR teams to develop extraordinary leaders across the enterprise. Engage and influence senior leaders and their teams to build a culture of continuous learning and determine how L&D can help support their needs and initiatives. Collaborate with learning and development team members to ensure consistency in approach and solutions.
• Assessment and Measurement: Assess leadership proficiency and measure the impact of leadership development programs on capabilities, behaviors, and business outcomes, including correlation to performance management and people planning process outcomes.
• Additional responsibilities as assigned.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field with 15+ years progressive L&D experience in Corporate Learning & Development is required.
• Prior people leadership experience is required.
• Direct experience building and leading enterprise-wide leadership and professional development strategies and solutions, as well as influencing cross-functional partners to lead and manage change in a fast-paced, matrixed multi-function organization is required.
• Experience developing programs from scratch and comfort working with "white space" is required.
• Comfortable using a variety of learning platforms and methods to best accomplish learning objectives is required.
• Travel up to 25% in the United States.
• Vendor management experience, including vendor selection and partnership to ensure best in class content, is needed.
• Masters in a related field preferred.
• Food manufacturing or CPG industry experience is highly preferred.
• Experience interacting and presenting to C-Suite and Board Members is highly desired.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Strong interpersonal skills
• Results oriented mindset
• Adaptaible forward-thinking change champion
• Demonsrated ability in program and project management

Why Join Us:

Ventura Foods innovates and manufactures food solutions for foodservice and retail businesses. We make exclusive products for the world's most iconic restaurants and retailers, we provideready-to-goproduct solutions for professional kitchens, and we make consumer brands everyone knows and loves. When you work for Ventura Foods, you get a strong foundation of training, a manager who cares about you and celebrates your success, a safe environment, and challenging work. As part of our team, your future is limited only by how much you’re willing to push yourself to get there. We invest in your growth because you invest in ours.

Ventura Foods offers career growth opportunities as well as competitive compensation and benefits:

• Medical, Prescription, Dental, & Vision – coverage beginning on your 1st day for eligible employees
• Profit Sharing and 401(k) matching (after eligible criteria is met)
• Paid Vacation, Sick Time, and Holidays
• Employee Appreciation Events and Employee Assistance Programs
• Salary Base Range of $138,890.00-$222,251.78*
• Annual bonus (based on the incentive program terms and conditions)

*The “base salary range” provided above is a good faith estimate of what we expect to pay for this position in the specified markets. Ventura Foods reserves the right to pay outside of the given range based on a variety of factors including but not limited to: candidate skills and experience, complexity of the job, budgetary factors, and location/geography. Ventura Foods conducts regular reviews of compensation ranges and therefore reserves the right to alter this range at any given time.

Diversity & Inclusion:
Our commitment to a diverse and inclusive environment in which all employees are treated with respect is evident in our company culture and values. We believe that fostering an environment of inclusion and a focus on diversity across our organization is vital to attracting top talent, driving innovation, and meeting the high expectations of our customers in a rapidly evolving global marketplace.

Ventura Foods is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Nearest Major Market: Orange County
Nearest Secondary Market: Los Angeles