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SunSource and its family of companies represent 200+ locations and 3,000+ employees making up one of North America\'s leading value-add industrial distribution companies. We provide customers with products and solutions within Fluid Power, Fluid Process, Fluid Conveyance, General Industrial Components, and Industrial Service & Repair. www.sun-source.com

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The Director, Organizational Learning and Development will be responsible for the design and implementation of SunSource\'s talent development strategy, programs, and processes in support of the business strategy. This includes areas such as career development, all levels of training and learning, and talent management. This position is highly visible, reporting directly to the Chief Human Resources Officer, and serves as an internal advisor on leadership and executive development, succession planning, and long-term talent planning.

Essential Functions

• Lead talent development strategies and programs: Lead and deliver the talent development strategy in order to increase our internal talent pipeline. This includes the design and implementation of our training strategy in support of organizational skill and competency gaps.
• Research and Leverage Available Resources: Review and evaluate available training programs and resources offered by current partners, vendors, suppliers, or outside agencies, in addition to the products/systems we have on-hand. Establish library of available courses, training aids and calendar of training sessions available.
• Develop and Enhance Associate Curriculum: Review and evaluate existing training curriculum design and update to reflect needs identified in training needs assessment. Develop role specific curriculum for positions without existing plans.
• Drive Associate Engagement Programs: Work with senior leaders and HR to design and implement engagement / retention strategies, including associate surveys, recognition programs and communication of our employment value proposition.
• Facilitate Training Sessions: Leverage external, existing materials, as well as bring new programs to the organization. Facilitate leadership and associate development programs, as well as create processes for others to conduct training (e.g., train the trainer sessions, coaching managers, leverage external resources, etc.).
• Develop and Manage a Learning Communication Strategy: Ensure that the entire organization stays up to date on learning and development opportunities, events, and resources.

Experience, Education and Skills

Bachelor\'s Degree in HR Management, Learning & Development, Business Administration, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, or related field required.

Master\'s Degree preferred.

5+ years\' experience within Learning and Development and/or Organization Development is required.

3+ years supervisory / management experience of a team focused on training, organizational development, or related disciplines is required.

Experience with the development of complex training curriculum and leadership development coursework is required.

Prior experience managing an enterprise-wide LMS system (such as SkillSoft/Percipio, LinkedIn Learning, etc.) is required.

Experience working in a technical based, geographically distributed organization is preferred.

Experience with sales skills training, partnerships with sales enablement teams, and tech\ \

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\ \ SunSource is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any applicants for employment based on their race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, uniformed service member status, or any other status protected by law.