Sr Learning Consultant

Brand: Post Consumer Brands

Categories: Human Resources

Locations: Lakeville, Minnesota

Position Type: Regular Full-Time

Remote Eligible: No

Req ID: 25518

Job Description

Business Unit Overview

Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company's portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish®, Kibbles 'n Bits® and 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit ~~~ and follow us on LinkedIn for the latest news. Brand Post Consumer Brands recently acquired several iconic pet food brands, venturing into a new market while remaining true to our purpose to provide delicious and accessible food that our consumers love. We're always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio, and right now, we're growing and need passionate, driven individuals with diverse perspectives to help us reach greater heights. That's where you come in. Join a team where your voice is not only heard but valued. Make a real impact on brands enjoyed by millions of people and their pets. At Post Consumer Brands, we take pride in our longstanding legacy of making one of every five breakfast cereals families eat daily. Today, we're just as focused on our future as we expand our grocery business with different shelf-stable foods, including snacks and peanut butter. We are committed to providing accessible and delicious food for families, and we're always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio. As we soar to new heights, we need creative, determined individuals from all walks of life to join our team, where your unique perspective and ideas are acknowledged and valued. Be a part of a company that empowers you to make a difference that's evident on grocery store shelves and families' tables across North America. Location Description Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minn. is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America. Responsibilities OVERVIEW: The Sr Learning Consultant is responsible for delivering on the Learning and Development strategy for all corporate functions. This includes identifying skill gaps and creating a roadmap for designing, building and delivering learning solutions that deliver results. This is a highly cross-functional role requiring exceptional stakeholder coordination and alignment, partnering closely with corporate functional leadership, HR Business Partners, subject matter experts and external learning and development partners. In addition to building a strong culture of learning, primary areas of responsibility include program architecture and learning design, learning program development and delivery, program and project management, learning technology, and content management. Post Consumer Brands is making significant investments in learning and development across the enterprise. The Sr Learning Consultant is a critically important position, with the opportunity to reshape L&D and position Post Consumer Brands for continued growth. This role reports to the Director of Learning and Development and is an important contributing member of the L&D Community of Practice. RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES: Program Architecture and Learning Design Operate as lead consultant for the instructional design process. Manage learning intake process and conduct initial needs analysis with stakeholders and senior leaders. Leverage standard instructional design methodology to develop engaging learning strategies and interactive learning experiences aligned to business goals and key initiatives. Develop solutions using a variety of modalities: instructor-led classrooms, eLearning, webinars, social networking/mentorship tools, gamification, case studies, etc. Lead multiple design projects using both internal and external resources. Stay up-to-date on current trends in the L&D space, and make recommendations as needed. Reinforce standards for content storage, maintenance, and updates. Build a standard design process and establish quality standards that ensure a consistent, high-quality learning experience across all corporate functions. Program and Project Management Reinforce process, tools and standards for learning programs and project management. Build and deliver easily digestible (simple) program/project status metrics and updates. Oversee the preparation and roll out of training programs, coordinating with trainers and managing logistics to ensure smooth delivery. Facilitate regular customer/stakeholder feedback to ensure learning program quality and relevance. Responsible for the management of multiple simultaneous projects and directing the work of internal and external resources. Accountable for projects to be delivered on-time, within scope and budget. Establish and regularly report on baseline metrics for learning engagement, learning outcomes and ROI. Learning Culture and Stakeholder Management Participate in the development of a long-term strategy and roadmap for building a stronger learning culture and operating model. Partner with cross-functional stakeholders and executive leadership to define, enable and reinforce clear behavioral expectations for managers and leaders related to building a stronger learning culture. Actively participate in and contribute to a thriving Learning Community of Practice to share best practices, stay up to date on current trends, and to align on content, technology, delivery, and measurement standards. Champion a continuous improvement mindset and work with our CI teams to continuously add value to the business. Partner with leaders, stakeholders and subject matter experts to identify critical skills gaps, improve learning outcomes, and align training with business goals. Conduct needs analysis, audience analysis, and scope learning impact to deliver innovative, performance-based learning outcomes. Measure learning outcomes using appropriate data and analytics and recommend improvements. Learning Technology Provide effective change leadership for the effective use and full adoption of learning technologies in order to ensure impact and ROI. Contributes to the evaluation and selection of learning technologies for the organization. Reinforce established standards and best practices. Qualifications REQUIREMENTS Education: Bachelor's degree in learning and development, instructional design, human resources, organizational development, industrial psychology, or related field required; Master's degree preferred. Experience: 7+ years of experience in a fully dedicated learning and development or equivalent role Excellent learning design skills using adult learning principles to design, develop, and deliver learning solutions to meet learning objectives Experience with measuring and reporting on training effectiveness and business impact Experience coordinating and gaining alignment among a diverse range of stakeholders Excellent verbal and written communication skills Experience leading the development, delivery and evaluation of training initiatives to support ongoing improvements in knowledge, skills, process and engagement Highly detailed, organized, efficient and deadline driven on all project and administrative tasks Superior project management skills and ability to steward a team through a project Strong skills in Office (Excel, PPT, Word) Other Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Ability to be Agile - Moving quickly and adapting to changes in real-time Ability to be Simple - Simplifying the complex to enable quick, aligned decision making. Excellent writing, storytelling, facilitation and presentation skills Be Bold - Taking the risk to lead, to appropriately challenge, to have an informed point of view Ability to influence at all levels of management Win as One - Leveraging the diversity and skills of the whole team to win on shared objectives. Exceptional stakeholder management and customer delivery skills Act Like an Owner - Keeping the needs of the enterprise in mind with all decisions. Attention to detail and excellent project management skills Do Right by coworkers and customers Bring Joy - Taking work seriously, but not yourself This role may require some travel (approximately 10%) Post Holdings and Post Consumer Brands provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, status as a covered veteran and any other category protected under applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws.

Post Holdings provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, status as a covered veteran and any other category protected under applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws.

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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)