The Director, Leadership Development will play a critical role in implementing and delivering the leadership development strategy as well as leadership programs and initiatives that are aligned with strategic business goals and talent plans of the organization.
The position will report directly to the Senior Director, Global Learning, and will work with partners across HR and the wider business to ensure clear connections between the business strategy, people strategy and innovative leadership development interventions that will create a step change in the organization’s leadership capability, ensuring it is fit for now and the future.
Based on the needs of the business, this role will be responsible for development and execution of the leadership development strategy through leadership learning solutions for all leaders across the KION group, from aspirational leaders through to executive development, across a mixed modality portfolio that supports both formal learning pathways and continuous learning opportunities. Overseeing a team of learning specialists, the Director, Leadership Development will ensure that all learning activities delivers defined outcomes for the organization.
We are looking for an individual with a proven track record in building and deploying a leadership development strategy and eco-system in a global organization, who understands the business requirements and can leverage strong relationships to deploy high quality solutions.
What we offer:
- Career Development•
- Competitive Compensation and Benefits
- Pay Transparency
- Global Opportunities
Learn More Here: https://www.dematic.com/en-us/about/careers/what-we-offer/
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The base pay range for this role is estimated to be $138,000.00-$202,400.00 at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as work location, education, experience, knowledge, and skills.
Tasks and Qualifications:
What You Will do in This Role:
- Understand business drivers and outcomes and identify leadership development needs to inform our strategy of leadership development and drive a KION wide solutions framework for leadership development across all Operating Units.
- Design and deploy a Leadership Portfolio and course curriculum aligned to KION values and leadership principles, ensuring all leadership development interventions and programs are addressing business needs and co-created in partnership with the divisions.
- Measure engagement and usage of solutions to understand correlation with business impact.
- Build measurement and analysis of outcomes into solutions to clearly demonstrate impact and return on investment.
- Align Leadership Development strategy with the KION People Development and Talent agenda and DEI strategy.
- Partner with the wider HR Teams, Functional Academies and OU Teams to deploy and execute learning solutions ensuring smooth operations and a high-quality learning experience.
- Act as an expert and thought leader on leadership for the organization, keeping up to date with the latest leadership thinking from inside and outside the industry.
- Own a portfolio of Team Enablement & Capability Tools to support intact team enablement. Work with external vendors to ensure quality of delivery.
What We are Looking For:
Essential
- Bachelor’s Degree in a related field
- 5+ years’ experience in Leadership Development
- Experience working in a global matrix environment.
- Experienced in aligning leadership learning strategies and programs to organizational strategy and creating measurable business impact.
- Proven track record of planning and executing learning initiatives for leaders on a global scale.
- Demonstrated ability to build constructive, collaborative business relationships across organizational functions and levels.
- A passion for delivering best in class leadership learning experiences for internal customers.
- Experience with leading teams to deliver the leadership and learning agendas.
- Experience with multiple learning modalities, such as instructor-led, self-paced and more
- Managing budgets to deliver learning and development programs.
- Vendor Management
Desirable
- Postgraduate Qualification in a related field or equivalent certifications
- 10+ years’ experience in Leadership Development and/or Learning and Development
- Experience in building Leadership Development Strategies and Eco-Systems from the ground up
- Success in creating award-winning or best-in-class learning initiatives.
- Experience in Team Dynamics, Culture and Capability using internal and external tools
What We Do
Looking to make your move? Then you’ve come to the right place! We are the KION Group, and the world of intralogistics is our home. Our solutions ensure the smooth flow of materials and information in production plants, warehouses, and distribution centers in over 100 countries.
We have around 41,000 employees who make a real difference, helping us to become who we are today: the biggest manufacturer of forklift trucks and warehouse handling equipment in Europe, and one of the world’s leading warehouse automation providers.
Successful? We are, but it’s all down to the motivated, highly trained, and multi-talented people that work for us. Would you like to be part of an international, diverse team? We can offer you interesting jobs and exciting career opportunities in an innovative, rapidly-growing, and forward-looking industry.
With us, you benefit from numerous development opportunities in a globally active group, including the possibility of working at one of our locations abroad on a temporary basis.
No matter which of our sites you work at, the KION values—integrity, collaboration, courage, and excellence—shape our individual action and our collaboration with colleagues, managers, customers, suppliers, and applicants both nationally and internationally.
Who makes up the KION Group? With our international brands Linde Material Handling, STILL, and Baoli, as well as regional brands Fenwick and OM, we stand for exceptional technology and service expertise for forklift trucks and warehouse handling equipment around the world. Dematic expands the portfolio with its automated material handling solutions for intralogistics processes in warehouses, production, and sales
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