Learning and Development Specialist

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.

Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Manufacturing

Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.

About The Role

The Learning and Development Specialist will work with subject matter experts (SME) to assess and capture the technical knowledge and skills needed for job performance. Using instructional design, adult learning, and curriculum development principals, this position will design and deploy a robust training program that ensures workforce readiness for advanced manufacturing operations. The work will require collaboration with site leaders and associates, as well as learning, development, and training specialists. The technical training program will be a critical element of new employee onboarding as well as ongoing career development.

Schedule –

Monday – Friday (Flexibility to support off shifts)

Salary Range $68,000 - $85,000

Your responsibilities

• Deliver and sustain training initiatives and programs that drive retention, employee engagement and business performance. Use a variety of mediums: hands on training, classroom, on the job, e-learning, and virtual.
• Support talent pipeline and leadership development programs with a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Coordinate and track annual training plans for plant employees to include safety, quality, compliance and continuous improvement.
• Develop and report on key measurements related to training, onboarding, retention and development.
• Coach and train others across the operation that are involved in hands-on training, orientation and onboarding.
• Provide and lead Certified Trainers through day-to-day scheduling to maximize benefit to WSC
• Coordinate needed training sessions (individual and teams) with department supervisors
• Develop training content and materials while ensuring employee training and learning is met with skills assessments.
• Designs and integrates competency verification/validation processes
• Review new employee performance to ensure expectations are consistently matched
• Review and update the training matrix to ensure it stays up to date
• Work with supervisors to provide training support on issues that arise
• Review SOP, JA, WI, etc as they are updated and adjust training needs as required along with continually auditing employee practices to ensure compliance.
• Participate internal and/or external continuing education programs annually
• Lead Train the Trainer program
  
  

Professional Qualifications, Skills, And Requirements

• Skilled verbal and written communication skills
• Knowledge and experience with lean, safety, quality manufacturing concepts, processes, and workforce training methods.
• Associates degree (or equivalent education and/or experience) in manufacturing, training, lean, continuous improvement, industrial safety, HR, or instructional design.
• Minimum 3 years food manufacturing experience preferred.
• Strong interpersonal skills - specifically verbal communications.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Strong skills with Microsoft Experience (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Ability to work all 3 shifts
• Ability to lift 50+ lbs
  
  

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.

We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

US pay transparency

The base salary range for this role will vary based on experience in job and industry, training and education, skills relevant to the position, and other factors permitted by law. In addition to the base salary, the position is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, which is subject to change each year.

Reckitt offers eligible employees competitive benefits including medical, prescription, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; paid time off for vacation, sick, and Company recognized holidays; a 401(K) plan; generous paid parental leave; adoption and fertility support; tuition reimbursement; product discounts; and much more!

If reasonable accommodation is needed to complete your application, please contact NAtalentacquisition@reckitt.com. Reckitt is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.