Talent Development Manager
Global Power Components
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Job summary
Global Power Components is seeking a Talent Development Manager to design and lead scalable talent development programs, including the Workforce Academy, succession planning, and onboarding. This onsite role partners with HR, Operations, Safety, and senior leadership to boost retention, capability, and leadership strength across the organization.
You will develop learning frameworks, measure program effectiveness, and drive workforce readiness for growth.
Qualifications
- 7+ years of progressive experience in talent development, learning and development, workforce development, or related field.
- Experience building talent development programs from the ground up.
- Experience with succession planning, career pathing, talent management, or leadership development.
- Strong analytical, reporting, and problem-solving skills.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute talent development strategy aligned with growth objectives.
- Provide strategic oversight of Workforce Academy and related programs.
- Design succession planning processes and career pathing frameworks.
- Lead leadership development programs for supervisors and managers.
- Establish enterprise learning strategies and evaluation of program effectiveness.
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Title: Talent Development Manager
Company: Global Power Components – www.globalpowercomponents.com
Location: Milwaukee, WI (onsite 5-days/week)
Hire Type: Direct Hire
Position Summary:
The Talent Development Manager is responsible for building and leading Global Power Components’ talent development strategy, programs, and infrastructure to support the organization’s continued growth and workforce expansion. This role will oversee workforce development, leadership development, succession planning, career pathing, onboarding strategy, training effectiveness, and workforce capability initiatives across the organization. The Talent Development Manager will lead the Workforce Academy function and partner closely with HR, Operations, Safety, and executive leadership to develop scalable talent processes that improve retention, workforce readiness, internal development, leadership effectiveness, and organizational capability. This is a highly visible role that will help establish the systems, programs, and processes needed to support GPC’s continued growth.
- Develop and execute GPC’s talent development strategy in alignment with organizational growth objectives
- Build scalable workforce development programs that support business expansion, workforce readiness, and long-term capability building
- Establish and maintain a roadmap for learning, development, onboarding, and talent management initiatives
- Partner with senior leaders to identify workforce capability gaps and organizational development opportunities
- Provide strategic oversight of the Workforce Academy and related workforce development programs
- Establish academy goals, performance measures, and success metrics
- Evaluate program effectiveness, throughput, quality, retention outcomes, and workforce readiness results
- Support expansion of academy programs as hiring and business needs evolve
- Design and implement succession planning processes across the organization
- Partner with leaders to identify critical roles, successors, and development needs
- Develop talent review processes and workforce planning tools
- Establish career pathing and development frameworks for key employee populations
- Support internal mobility and employee growth initiatives
- Design and implement leadership development programs for supervisors, managers, and emerging leaders
- Create development resources, learning programs, and leadership tools that improve organizational effectiveness
- Partner with business leaders to strengthen leadership capability and bench strength
- Support coaching and development initiatives across the organization
- Establish enterprise learning strategies and training frameworks
- Identify learning needs across departments and workforce populations
- Evaluate and implement development solutions that improve employee and leadership effectiveness
- Support development of competency models, skills frameworks, and learning pathways
- Ensure learning initiatives align with operational and strategic priorities
- Develop talent development metrics, dashboards, and reporting
- Track key indicators including onboarding effectiveness, retention, training completion, workforce readiness, leadership development participation, and succession coverage
- Evaluate return on investment and effectiveness of development initiatives
- Provide insights and recommendations to executive leadership regarding talent trends and workforce capability
- Serve as the primary business owner for talent development-related functionality within Workday
- Support implementation and administration of talent, performance, learning, development, and succession planning processes
- Partner with HRIS and HR leadership to ensure data integrity and reporting effectiveness
- Leverage technology to improve employee development experiences and organizational insights
- Partner with HR, Operations, Safety, Quality, and executive leadership to ensure development programs support organizational objectives
- Collaborate with department leaders to identify workforce needs and development opportunities
- Support strategic workforce planning initiatives and organizational growth efforts
- Contribute to broader HR initiatives and organizational effectiveness projects
- 7+ years of progressive experience in talent development, learning and development, workforce development, organizational development, training leadership, manufacturing operations, or a related field
- Experience building talent development programs and processes from the ground up
- Experience with succession planning, career pathing, talent management, or leadership development initiatives
- Strong analytical, reporting, and problem-solving skills
- Experience creating executive-level presentations, metrics, and recommendations
- Strong project management and change management capabilities
- Ability to influence and partner effectively with leaders at all organizational levels
- Experience in manufacturing, skilled trades, industrial, or high-growth environments preferred
- Experience with Workday Talent, Learning, Performance, or related HR technology platforms preferred
- Bilingual Spanish preferred
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Business, Education, Industrial Psychology, or a related field preferred; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
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