Position Summary:

The Organizational Development (OD) Manager will be responsible for building a strong learning and development culture across three locations where the team of owners are committed to one another and to meeting each customer’s need.  This leader will collaborate with others as the subject matter expert in creating an organizational structure and implementing a sustainable process that constantly builds the necessary skills to support the evolving business needs and develops  servant leaders needed to perpetuate our future. 

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop the infrastructure and process to support the following:
1. Leadership development and succession planning  with a goal of organic promotion.
2. Effective skills training across all business functions
3. Apprentice and internship programs in key functional areas
4. Flex Labor
• Organize and lead a companywide Talent Management process.
• Offers expertise in strategy development and execution, planning and facilitation of development initiatives in a flat organization.
• Collaboratively work with the Corporate and Manufacturing teams to assess developmental needs to drive training initiatives and identifies and arranges suitable training solutions for all employees.
• Actively search, creatively designs and implements effective methods to educate, enhance and recognize performance.
• Consults and advises management on performance, organizational and leadership matters.
• Conducts ongoing needs assessments to determine measures required to enhance employee job performance and overall company performance.
• Directs the needs assessment for training and staff development to enhance the effectiveness of employee performance in achieving the goals and objectives of the company.
• Proposes training and development programs and objectives based on long and short-term business priorities.
• Assist in the design and development of HR training programs for management and employees.
• Conducts follow-up studies of all completed training to evaluate and measure results.
• Develops and monitors spending against the company training budget.
• Exemplifies the desired culture and philosophies of the organization.
• Works effectively as a team member with other members of management and the HR staff.
• Evaluation of training courses, materials, objectives and accomplishments.

Competencies

1. The ability to help others see their potential and accept their gaps not as limits but as aspects to guide your process
2. The ability to help others see the current version of themselves and the future version of themselves as their responsibility
3. The ability to support the functional area leaders in creating a learning culture within their daily function and expectations
4. The ability to objectively articulate, within the Talent Review process, succession plan merit as it pertains to ready now ready next potential
5. Business Acumen.
6. Communication.
7. Consultation.
8. Critical Evaluation.
9. Ethical Practice.
10. Global & Cultural Awareness.
11. HR Expertise.
12. Change Agent
13. Leadership
14. Relationship Management.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Leadership Development or Organizational Training and Development.
• 8-10 plus years of organizational development and training experience.
• 5 years experience leading organizational change at a management  level  
• Both corporate and manufacturing human resources experience a plus