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James Hardie Corporation

Sr. Manager Sales Learning and Development

James Hardie Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290

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Sr. Manager Sales Learning and Development Chicago, IL, US, 60601

Hybrid

James Hardie Building Products Inc. is the North American leader in fiber cement home siding and exterior design solutions. Hardie products offer long lasting beauty and endless design possibilities with trusted protection and low maintenance. The company pioneered modern fiber cement building products and continues to invest in innovation to transform the industry. James Hardie is a high-performance organization, with an unwavering commitment to Zero Harm. The company proudly employs a diverse workforce of over 3,000 employees across operations in North America.

Summary Location: Chicago, IL

The Senior Sales Development Manager is responsible for the development and implementation of organizational development strategies/initiatives and training specializing in sales enablement, efficiency, and effectiveness. The incumbent also participates in a variety of organizational development of learning strategies to assist with overall sales development such as Onboarding, New Hire Orientation, Certification, Existing Rep Development, Sales Manager Development and overall Sales Organization Engagement, Enablement and Effectiveness. Chicago is the preferred location for this role.

What You’ll Do:

Ensures the development and implementation of organizational development strategies specializing within sales, prioritizing efforts and resources toward increased sales effectiveness and ensuring total alignment within the overall scope of the employee career cycle by: Partnering with business leaders in the Commercial Organization to determine the most imperative business initiatives and organizational issues and areas that can benefit from improved organizational systems and/or training programs

Assesses each phase of the sales team career cycle, including, on-boarding, technical/leadership training, ongoing development, performance evaluation, and career progression to ensure that a comprehensive and holistic view of the career cycle is properly maintained and recommend improvements or changes as necessary

Planning, designing, updating, and executing training and development programs, using instructional design techniques and appropriate training mediums, such as classroom training, role-play, on-the-job training, online training, meetings, conferences, and workshops

Partnering with internal subject matter experts, vendors and instructional designers to design a comprehensive training programs, supported by solid learning experiences in order to support leadership and organizational development strategies for sales and customer needs

Provide direction and support to the Sales Operations Team including Field Training Team

Drive SalesForce.com adoption and Sales Enablement Platform implementation and optimization

Track budgets and negotiate contracts that pertain to training and development strategy for the organization

What You’ll Bring:

Demonstrated knowledge of established organizational development and training practices, including needs assessment, instructional design, employee engagement, leadership training, and performance management

Demonstrated skill in the design and application of performance metrics development measurement and evaluation tools

Proficiency with a variety of multimedia training platforms and methods

Demonstrated skill with classroom facilitation to make clear and persuasive presentations and facilitate large group meetings

Skilled ability to provide business needs analysis and strategic planning with senior leaders

Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent assignments while meeting deadlines and demanding quality execution

Demonstrated ability to take initiative in providing new ideas to improve process efficiencies

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Psychology, Organizational Development, Organizational Behavior, or a related field (Master’s preferred)

4+ years managing a team and using coaching best practices to increase team effectiveness

4 or more years of training experience designing, developing, and delivering curriculum on an organizational level, including sales and sales leadership

Successful experience with a large-scale sales effectiveness initiative

Experience with large scale project and using best practices of project management

Experience with CRM and sales enablement tools

Experience with training design

Training accreditations and/or certificates a plus

What You’ll Receive: James Hardie Building Products Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, veteran\'s status, marital status, pregnancy, disability, or any other basis protected by law.

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