Employee Type: Full-Time
Manages Others: No
Job Type: Training
Education: 4 Year Degree
Experience: 5 to 8 years
Travel: Up to 25%

Contact Information

Contact: Miki Furnish
Description

Job Description Summary
This position serves as an internal consultant, designer, and facilitator for training and organizational development initiatives. The person in this role will diagnose training and organizational development needs in conjunction with the development and implementation of training and human resource development processes and systems. The position works collaboratively with leaders and teams throughout Mexico to develop initiatives that maintain and advance organizational learning.

Primary duties and responsibilities

Establish a strong working relationship with the leaders in Mexico to create a collaborative approach for the design and implementation of training and organizational development initiatives.
Collaborate with Plant Managers and Senior leaders in Mexico to provide flexible training formats and schedules that support organizational learning, as well as established production schedules.
Diagnose the gaps between the desired level of organizational and leadership effectiveness and the actual level of performance; design, develop, and implement programs to close identified gaps.
Ensure the linkage of training and development programs to corporate goals and strategic direction. Develop and implement programs to improve organizational effectiveness e.g. leadership coaching.
Provide training consultation to all organizational levels, including needs assessment, curriculum design, quality control, scheduling, program delivery, and program evaluation.
Collaborate with the HR Team to diagnose, design, and implement training and development opportunities.
Diagnose, develop, and implement strategies that produce individual development and organizational change. Build and maintain buy-in with all parties affected by the change.
Provide assistance in the selection and evaluation of external training vendors.
Develop and implement processes to gather data for the purpose of organizational improvements including focus groups and surveys.
Assist in the design and implementation of talent management programs such as succession planning and performance management.
Facilitate training programs in the area of leadership development, team building, organizational development, and other areas that are priorities for the company.
Independently manage Training and Organizational Development related initiatives and projects in Mexico, from research and development through implementation.

Requirements
Education

Bachelor degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, or equivalent required. Masters Degree in Industrial Organizational Psychology, Organizational Development, Instructional Design, or equivalent is preferred.

Certification as a trainer by Achieve Global, DDI, or equivalent is preferred.

Experience

5-8 years experience including organizational development initiates, training design and delivery, and developing business relationships with internal customers.
Experience as an internal consultant, providing Human Resources, Organizational Development and Training design and delivery.
Experience in performance management, succession planning, and leadership coaching.

Must be fluent in English and Spanish (Mexico).

Proficient in the use of MS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

Competencies

Passion for Excellence:

Ability to grasp and apply advanced analysis concepts to solve problems of a difficult nature. Ability to conduct a client meeting to discuss / recommend actions to address an organizational need with minimum support.
Capable of identifying and verifying themes and patterns embedded within a set of user requirements and/or in a problem situation.
Ability to eliminate subjective and emotional elements not critical to the problem when conducting analysis. Knows when a timely ‘guesstimate’ is preferable to a more thorough analysis.
Ability to draw reasonable conclusions and make recommendations from incomplete data. Comprehend client perspective and business needs quickly.
Ability to influence clients and peers through leadership, enthusiasm, and effective communication techniques.


Ethics & Integrity:

Represent Carhartt professionally with internal associates and external partners.
·
Use ethical considerations to guide decisions. Follow through on promises.

Encourage honest and ethical behavior through leading by example.
· Speak candidly about tough issues facing the organization.

Collaboration:

Ability to develop and maintain positive working relationships within a Human Resources team, company leadership, and internal customers in the U.S.A. and offshore.
Ability and desire to stay abreast of advancements in professional knowledge and cutting edge developments in human capital and organizational development.
Enjoy working within a dynamic group of HR professionals in Mexico and the U.S.A.
Effective in a fluid work environment and able to adapt to changing priorities and organizational needs.
Adapt personal style according to the needs of the project and customer.
Encourage, accept, and utilize suggestions from others to find the best answer.
Ability to give effective feedback to associates at every level of the organization.

Willingly buy into projects that require additional help.
Work to resolve conflicts, issues and differences of opinion.

Communication:

Able to work in a matrix-organizational environment, reporting to a remotely located manager in the U.S.A.
Possess effective written and verbal communication and presentation skills in Spanish and English.
Ability to interface with internal customers at all levels.
Effective small and large group facilitation skills.
Ability to interview clients to gather project related data.
Effective listening skills.

Innovation:

Identify improvements; develop creative solutions; facilitate brainstorming.
Have good judgment of what ideas will work.
Embrace continuous learning. Seek information through subject matter experts and research, outside reading, and networking. Seek to bring an outside perspective.

Leading Change:

Embrace change, have flexibility and objectivity, adjust to change, and champion change.
Seen as calm and confident despite conflicting demands of a situation.
Ability to create and implement optional approaches and solutions.
Open to consider all ideas in relation to change while valuing differences in opinion.
Able to identify key stakeholders affected by change and proactively communicate to them.


Leader Development:

Ability to develop and maintain positive working relationships within the HR team, company leadership, and internal customers in the U.S. and offshore.
Have proven ability and desire to stay abreast of advancements in professional knowledge and cutting edge developments in human capital and organizational development.
Effective in a fluid work environment.
Effective and at ease in facilitating small and large groups.

Vision:

Develop a vision for an area of responsibility and strategies to execute towards that vision.
· Communicate vision and strategy effectively and give regular updates on progress.

Understand and work effectively towards achieving department vision.
Have a broad view of issues/challenges, pose and discuss future scenarios, think beyond own role.
Help other associates understand their individual roles and how their roles are connected to the vision.


Working conditions

· Normal office environment, cubicle setting.

· Travel required approximately 35%.

· The position will be located in Durango with frequent trips to Penjamo and Irapuato.


Please note: Carhartt reserves the right to change, modify, suspend, interpret or cancel in whole or in any part, the job duties outlined above at any time and without advance notice to the employee. Carhartt is an equal opportunity employer.