MSC Hiring for Learning Business Partner/Remote Job at Davidson, NC Full Time

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Requisition ID :11949

Employment Type :Full Time

Job Category :Learning and Development

Work Location :Davidson, NC (CSC) – Remote

State or Province :North Carolina (US-NC)

Potential Work Location :United States : North Carolina : Davidson

JOB TITLE: Learning Business Partner

BRIEF POSITION SUMMARY:

The Learning Business Partner is responsible for the execution of a systematic process of discovering, analyzing, and providing learning solutions that support business unit goals and strategic objectives. Provides insight to and influences the overall business unit learning strategy. Builds and cultivates strong relationship within business units. This role is the single point of continuity between the business and L&OD, ensuring alignment with business goals.

DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for scoping requests for their learning portfolios and championing initiatives from design to execution through understanding and communicating results.
• Is capable of building training plans in partnership with the business by leveraging assets from L&OD and elsewhere.
• Establishes and manages vendor relationships.
• Manages program marketing and communications, as well as definition, collection and roll-up of program metrics.
• Measures and evaluates the effectiveness and ensures achievement of objectives and alignment with business priorities.
• Supports change management for large learning initiatives; offers expert performance consulting services.
• Provides recommendations for actions to improve organizational performance. Advocates on behalf of the business, partners with Human Resources Business Partners (HRBP), and updates business partners regarding services.
• Identifies and defines success measures for training interventions to evaluate the performance and business impact of learning solutions.
• Gathers and analyzes data for the purpose of suggesting actions that drive continuous improvement.
• Builds and cultivates relationships with business leaders, HRBPs, and key stakeholders. Identify and define success measures for interventions.
• Proposes effective learning interventions to enhance associates’ performance and business results in line with business unit strategies and goals.
• Provides a single point of contact for the business.
• Assumes responsibility for ensuring approved needs are fulfilled and desired impact is measured.
• Facilitates training programs to all levels ensuring transference of skills and knowledge by utilizing adult learning principles and effective facilitation skills. Anticipates business unit needs and recommend effective solutions to achieve business unit goals and strategic objectives. Provides recommendations for actions to improve organizational performance.
• Researches, monitors and evaluates training programs to keep content current with instructional effectiveness and value; revises programs as needed. Develops measures, benchmarks, or scorecards to monitor the effectiveness of learning and development efforts.
• Consults with business leaders on existing or anticipated learning and performance gaps. Offers insight into role specific training plans.
• Identifies and recommends other interventions as needed to enhance associate performance. Gathers and analyzes data, reports findings and communicate suggested actions on a continuous basis. Solicits management feedback performance improvement strategies
• Regularly updates Business Units on learning opportunities and services available through L&D. Promotes relevant learning offerings and support adoption and impact.
• Demonstrates business knowledge, exhibit skills for agility, act as an adaptable, flexible resource.
• Communicates Business Unit’s needs into a governance process.
• Supports change management agenda for the business.
• Proactively seeks out the latest L&D research and best practices to inform current and future L&D solutions.
• Collaborates with program managers to conduct research for learning programs and support content updates as needed, including documents such as course materials, communications, handouts, etc. and assist with the course content updates as appropriate.
• Assists with creating budgets for all costs associated with training, and write detailed reports to justify expenditures for reporting to senior leadership
• Fosters the MSC Culture in the department and throughout the company to ensure unity of purpose and fulfillment of MSC’s vision.
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned

EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field required. Advanced degree preferred in organizational development, Psychology, HRM or Instructional Systems Development.
• Minimum of seven years’ experience in Human Performance Improvement, Performance Consulting and Learning where success is defined in terms of business outcomes. Experience in organizational development, organizational readiness, performance improvement. Experience influencing within complex organizations.
• Minimum three years’ experience in training delivery and curriculum development/design. Strong understanding of adult learning principles.
• Experience in curriculum development and learning user experience design.
• Four years’ experience in learning analytics.
• Strong experience in implementing learning for distribution over distance learning technology such as eLearning, video, Webex, etc.

SKILLS:

• Excellent facilitation and presentation skills.
• Outstanding project management, prioritization and organization skills.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills; effective communicator.
• Excellent collaboration and consultative skills.
• Exhibits an “ownership” mentality, taking full accountability for projects.
• Keen business and financial acumen including problem solving, critical thinking and collaboration across multiple functions and departments
• Skilled in creating a strategic framework that integrates the “big picture” with tactical execution
• Adept at handling multiple competing priorities in a rapidly changing environment.
• Strong teamwork and partnering skills in support of the mission, vision and values of MSC.
• Ability to analyze qualitative and quantitative data required.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS: Certifications in these areas are preferred

• Learning Analytics
• Certified professional in talent development
• Certified professional in training management
• Certified Training Practitioner
• Project Management Professional
• Certified Change Management Practitioner

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Benefits may include: paid time away including holidays and parental leave, medical and dental plans, retirement savings plans with company-match, disability and life insurance, tuition reimbursement program, recognition and service award programs, wellness and workplace flexibility programs, stock purchase plan, and product discounts (Benefits may vary by location).

Compensation starting at $69650 – $99500 / year and up dependent on candidate location and experience

Why MSC? People. Collaboration. Insight. That’s how you build something that works. Built on a foundation of trust, MSC works side by side with our customers to help them drive business results. With more than one million product offerings and 75+ years of experience across industries, MSC strives to help our customers achieve greater productivity, profitability, and growth through inventory management and other innovative supply chain solutions. We care about our associates and have programs in place to help our 6,500+ team members achieve their potential.

When you join our team, you will receive rewards and recognition for your contributions, training and professional development opportunities, Associate Inclusion Circles: Women, Pride, Black, Veterans, HOLA and DisABLEd as well as a variety of benefits to support you and your family’s health, well-being, and financial future. If you are inspired to learn, take risks, and succeed as a team, you can build a better career at MSC.

Equal Opportunity Statement: At MSC, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all qualified applicants and our associates without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or any category protected by applicable law. By applying to this job you agree to the Application and Acknowledgment Declaration terms. Click HERE to review