Nutramax Laboratories
Learning & Talent Development Specialist
Nutramax Laboratories, Lancaster, South Carolina, us, 29721
Nutramax desires to provide a drug-free, healthful, and safe workplace. We hold a zero-tolerance policy for drug use. Employment is contingent upon successfully passing a preemployment background check and drug screen (subject to applicable law).
Please double check you have the right level of experience and qualifications by reading the full overview of this opportunity below.
Summary of the Position:
The Learning & Talent Development Specialist will specialize in creating professional development programs while also driving learning analytics and impact measurement to deliver performance improvement. This focus ensures employees experience meaningful growth opportunities while the organization gains clear insights into the business value of T&D. This position will also assist in developing, administering, and maintaining the overall training function helping ensure training meets the needs of each business unit and the organization for continuous improvement. General Roles and Responsibilities: Be proficient in department training responsibilities and assist with those responsibilities providing guidance and direction. Assist with managing and maintaining training initiatives, scheduling, metrics, LMS management, and training compliance with regulatory bodies. Instruction/Facilitation: Ability to facilitate on-site and online training programs, vendor, developmental and additional trainings based on needs/requests. Ability and skill to train personnel at all levels. Adapts instructional style, techniques and methods to learners needs; observes and interprets behavior cues; coaches and provides feedback and provides guidance to other levels of trainers as needed. Instructional Design/Training Creation: Work with departmental subject matter experts (SMEs) to develop course content, presentations, job aids, micro-learnings, assessments and/or other instructional materials including e-learning to achieve expected performance results. Maintains awareness of trends and technologies within the training industry for continuous improvement. Designs courses using interactive authoring tools (i.e. Articulate Storyline 360) and ensures courses developed compliment long-range training goals and business needs to improve performance. Has a thorough understanding of instructional design principles and applies them when creating and revising training for improved outcomes. Talent Development and Performance Improvement: Design and implement development pathways for high-potential individual contributors, emerging leaders, first-time managers, and mid-level leaders. Develop soft skills and career development programs that support employee engagement and retention. Facilitate workshops, blended learning, and online sessions to build leadership and professional capabilities. Partner with HR to align development with succession planning, competency frameworks, and career pathing. Lead various talent development training projects, identify scope, and drive projects to completion, monitoring performance against established goals. Conducts needs assessments and performance gap analyses to identify root causes of issues to recommend appropriate solutions. Collaborate with business leaders to assist with the implementation of performance improvement plans that address critical challenges utilizing performance support tools. Learning Analytics and Impact Measurement: Build and manage metrics, dashboards, and reports that track learning effectiveness and business impact. Apply learning evaluation models (Kirkpatrick, etc.) to measure programs at multiple levels. Translate learning data into actionable insights for business leaders, tying outcomes to KPIs like retention, productivity, and engagement. Continuously improve programs based on learner feedback, data analysis, and organizational needs. Work closely with training manager to define training and performance needs for the organization and effectively build and maintain training program to support performance goals (conduct needs analysis to identify gaps in knowledge and/or skills, implement learning management system (LMS), build training curriculums to qualify employees, and evaluate training effectiveness). Assist in the development and deployment of a long-range training strategy to meet business goals and objectives recognizing changing and emerging business needs. Assess training needs through surveys, interviews with employees, focus groups, and/or consultation with managers/supervisors, or instructors to help translate data to meet the needs of future work. Collaboration and Strategy: Partner with business leaders to identify talent development priorities. Align T&D initiatives with company strategy, culture, and performance objectives. Serve as an internal consultant, advising leaders on best practices in leadership development, learning experience design, and measurement. Understand business partners training needs to maximize cross-functional collaborations.
Minimum Requirements:
Experience designing and delivering professional development programs. Strong analytics skills, including data visualization (Excel, or similar). Familiarity with learning evaluation models and adult learning principles. Skilled facilitator with excellent communication and influencing abilities. Knowledge of L&D competency frameworks and succession planning. Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on program delivery and reporting. Must possess strong organization skills combined with the ability to handle multiple tasks/projects required. Strong attention to detail with effective oral, written, and verbal communication skills. Reliable problem-solver with project management skills. Must be proficient in MS office suite and training authoring tools. Must be knowledgeable of Quality System regulations and policy requirements. Must be forward-thinking and open to training technologies. Expected to function with minimum supervision.
Education and Experience
: Minimum of 5 years of proven work experience in a training specialist, instructional designer, data analytics or L&D consultation role. A bachelor’s degree is required and 3-5 years working in an FDA regulated industry is preferred. Working knowledge of databases, e-learning platforms, and LMS experience is required. A high degree of business/operations/regulatory knowledge is preferred. CPTD, APTD, or SHRM certification preferred. Demonstrated ability to anticipate problems, investigate, apply adult learning principles in a variety of learning environments. Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction, and measurement of training effectiveness. Supervisory Responsibilities:
N/A
Please double check you have the right level of experience and qualifications by reading the full overview of this opportunity below.
Summary of the Position:
The Learning & Talent Development Specialist will specialize in creating professional development programs while also driving learning analytics and impact measurement to deliver performance improvement. This focus ensures employees experience meaningful growth opportunities while the organization gains clear insights into the business value of T&D. This position will also assist in developing, administering, and maintaining the overall training function helping ensure training meets the needs of each business unit and the organization for continuous improvement. General Roles and Responsibilities: Be proficient in department training responsibilities and assist with those responsibilities providing guidance and direction. Assist with managing and maintaining training initiatives, scheduling, metrics, LMS management, and training compliance with regulatory bodies. Instruction/Facilitation: Ability to facilitate on-site and online training programs, vendor, developmental and additional trainings based on needs/requests. Ability and skill to train personnel at all levels. Adapts instructional style, techniques and methods to learners needs; observes and interprets behavior cues; coaches and provides feedback and provides guidance to other levels of trainers as needed. Instructional Design/Training Creation: Work with departmental subject matter experts (SMEs) to develop course content, presentations, job aids, micro-learnings, assessments and/or other instructional materials including e-learning to achieve expected performance results. Maintains awareness of trends and technologies within the training industry for continuous improvement. Designs courses using interactive authoring tools (i.e. Articulate Storyline 360) and ensures courses developed compliment long-range training goals and business needs to improve performance. Has a thorough understanding of instructional design principles and applies them when creating and revising training for improved outcomes. Talent Development and Performance Improvement: Design and implement development pathways for high-potential individual contributors, emerging leaders, first-time managers, and mid-level leaders. Develop soft skills and career development programs that support employee engagement and retention. Facilitate workshops, blended learning, and online sessions to build leadership and professional capabilities. Partner with HR to align development with succession planning, competency frameworks, and career pathing. Lead various talent development training projects, identify scope, and drive projects to completion, monitoring performance against established goals. Conducts needs assessments and performance gap analyses to identify root causes of issues to recommend appropriate solutions. Collaborate with business leaders to assist with the implementation of performance improvement plans that address critical challenges utilizing performance support tools. Learning Analytics and Impact Measurement: Build and manage metrics, dashboards, and reports that track learning effectiveness and business impact. Apply learning evaluation models (Kirkpatrick, etc.) to measure programs at multiple levels. Translate learning data into actionable insights for business leaders, tying outcomes to KPIs like retention, productivity, and engagement. Continuously improve programs based on learner feedback, data analysis, and organizational needs. Work closely with training manager to define training and performance needs for the organization and effectively build and maintain training program to support performance goals (conduct needs analysis to identify gaps in knowledge and/or skills, implement learning management system (LMS), build training curriculums to qualify employees, and evaluate training effectiveness). Assist in the development and deployment of a long-range training strategy to meet business goals and objectives recognizing changing and emerging business needs. Assess training needs through surveys, interviews with employees, focus groups, and/or consultation with managers/supervisors, or instructors to help translate data to meet the needs of future work. Collaboration and Strategy: Partner with business leaders to identify talent development priorities. Align T&D initiatives with company strategy, culture, and performance objectives. Serve as an internal consultant, advising leaders on best practices in leadership development, learning experience design, and measurement. Understand business partners training needs to maximize cross-functional collaborations.
Minimum Requirements:
Experience designing and delivering professional development programs. Strong analytics skills, including data visualization (Excel, or similar). Familiarity with learning evaluation models and adult learning principles. Skilled facilitator with excellent communication and influencing abilities. Knowledge of L&D competency frameworks and succession planning. Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on program delivery and reporting. Must possess strong organization skills combined with the ability to handle multiple tasks/projects required. Strong attention to detail with effective oral, written, and verbal communication skills. Reliable problem-solver with project management skills. Must be proficient in MS office suite and training authoring tools. Must be knowledgeable of Quality System regulations and policy requirements. Must be forward-thinking and open to training technologies. Expected to function with minimum supervision.
Education and Experience
: Minimum of 5 years of proven work experience in a training specialist, instructional designer, data analytics or L&D consultation role. A bachelor’s degree is required and 3-5 years working in an FDA regulated industry is preferred. Working knowledge of databases, e-learning platforms, and LMS experience is required. A high degree of business/operations/regulatory knowledge is preferred. CPTD, APTD, or SHRM certification preferred. Demonstrated ability to anticipate problems, investigate, apply adult learning principles in a variety of learning environments. Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction, and measurement of training effectiveness. Supervisory Responsibilities:
N/A