Talent Development Specialist

AgroLiquid; St. Johns (MI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

AgroLiquid in Michigan seeks a Talent Development Specialist to strengthen the employee experience through development programs, career pathing, outsourced training coordination, and succession planning. You will partner with managers to design programs that support individual growth and company growth.

As part of the HR team, you will manage LMS resources, track training, monitor budgets, and measure outcomes to drive value and continuous improvement across the organization.

Qualifications

• Associates degree or equivalent experience preferred.
• 4+ years related experience required.
• Strong organizational, planning, and project management skills.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, facilitation, and influencing skills required.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate and coordinate organizational development programs.
• Implement competency-based management strategies and processes to measure outcomes and align teams to goals.
• Conduct skill assessments to identify current and future needs.
• Collaborate with managers to identify training needs and drive execution and improvements.
• Identify and create employee career pathing plans and development plans.
• Coordinate enrollment and tracking for tuition and other training programs.
• Manage LMS resources, courses, and learning paths.

Skills

Communication

Facilitation

Interpersonal skills

Influencing skills

Project management

Collaboration

Education

Associates degree or equivalent experience

Tools

LMS

Job description

AgroLiquid is looking for a motivated and people-focused Talent Development Specialist to help strengthen our employee experience through meaningful development programs, career pathing, facilitating and tracking outsourced training, and succession planning. This role is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys building programs/processes, partnering with managers, and helping employees grow in ways that support both individual success and company growth. As part of our HR team, you will play a key role in creating development opportunities that engage employees, build strong teams, and support the continued success of AgroLiquid.

Key Responsibilities:

Facilitate and Coordinate organizational development programs.

• Implement competency-based management strategies and processes that measure outcomes, identify areas for improvement, and align teams to organizational goals.
• Conduct skill assessment activities to evaluate and identify current and emerging skills, competencies, and behaviors required for current and future talent needs.
• Work with managers to identify training & development needs, facilitate the execution, and follow up to achieve workforce performance enhancements and improvements.

Leverage management strategies and processes to measure competencies, identify areas for improvement, and align teams to organizational goals.

• Work with leaders to identify and create employee career pathing plans.
• Create and facilitate employee training and development plans needed to achieve performance and growth for success.
• Coordinate with managers to monitor employee career path plan execution.
• Create, implement & maintain proactive processes for continuity strategy
• Coordinate timeline planning for succession /successor opportunities.

Application and tracking of all Training & Development

• Coordinate applications for Tuition program, and ensure tracking use, reimbursements & completions.
• Coordinate all aspects of Specialty Focus program, process and use
• Coordinate enrollment and follow up for employee general training needs.
• Plan, organize, coordinate end compliance of legally required training company-wide.
• Conduct follow up to ensure value driven training processes and use.

Training and Development Resources

• Manage and maintain use of LMS platform, cultivate courses, and build learning paths.
• Research, identify and regularly evaluate training resources for best effectivity and value.
• Work with managers from all teams on training topics, plans, needs and collaborative use.

Effective management and use of budget

• Research, locate, apply for, and manage training grant opportunities.
• Assist with HR annual budget tracking for Development activities.
• Provide recordkeeping, tracking, reporting for training records.

What We Offer:

We provide a complete compensation package to our employees that supports them from hire to retire.

It includes:

• Base Salary reflective to skills and experience
• Bonus opportunities
• 401K retirement plan with employer contribution
• Paid time off and holidays
• Tuition Program to support continued learning
• Incentive Trip to recognize and reward excellence

What we’re looking for:

• Associates degree in related discipline or equivalent experience preferred
• 4+ years related experience
• Strong organizational, planning, project management, and problem resolution skills
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, facilitation, and influencing skills required
• Self-starter and ability to work collaboratively
• Excellent conceptual and analytical thinking abilities
• Computer and technology proficient

Our company culture

is guided by our five core values: Authentic, Passionately Engaged, Servant Leader, Committed to Greatness and Humbly Confident. This creates an environment of empowerment, autonomy and collaboration. If these values align with your intrinsic needs, AgroLiquid is the place for you!