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Brand: Post Consumer Brands

Categories: Human Resources

Locations: Visalia, California

Position Type: Regular Full-Time

Remote Eligible: No

Req ID: 25679

Job Description

Business Unit Overview

Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company’s portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish®, Kibbles ‘n Bits® and 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn for the latest news. Brand It’s an exciting time in pet food! Post Holdings, Inc., recently announced an agreement to acquire Perfection Pet Foods, a leading manufacturer of private label and co-manufactured pet food and baked treats. The transaction is anticipated to close by the end of the calendar year in 2023. This role is part of the Perfection Pet Foods team of 250+ employees who will soon join the Post family to help grow the pet food business. Location Description Visalia, CA is home to 360,000 square feet of manufacturing, packaging, warehouse, and office space. Approximately 250 employees work here, utilizing the latest technologies and systems, capable of producing extensive, diverse, and innovative pet food products. Visalia is in California’s San Joaquin Valley and the gateway to Sequoia National Park, part of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. It also has a minor league baseball team, the Visalia California Oaks, and several colleges and universities. Responsibilities OVERVIEW: The Instructional Designer/Developer is responsible for scoping, designing, and developing learning solutions using a variety of modalities, to support various corporate functions. This is a cross-functional role requiring some stakeholder coordination and alignment, partnering closely with central L&D and some corporate functions. Primary responsibilities include learning design and development, scoping, measurement, and evaluation. Expertise in content authoring software is essential. In addition, this role will contribute to developing a strong culture of learning at PCB which includes identifying learning needs, participating in a learning Community of Practice, and consulting on learning technology, modalities, and content. Post Consumer Brands is making significant investments in learning and development, and the Instructional Designer/Developer is key to our continued growth. This role reports to the Director of Learning and Development and is an important contributing member of the L&D Community of Practice. RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES: Instructional Design Leverage adult learning principles and standard design methodology to modify and create high-impact learning content aligned with business goals. Develop learning solutions that create powerful learning experiences using a variety of modalities including instructor-led classrooms, virtual instruct-led training, eLearning, and video. Proficient in a variety of content authoring tools and technologies. Partner with cross-functional stakeholders and leadership to identify training needs and define, enable, and reinforce clear behavioral expectations for learners. Develop and execute methods to measure training effectiveness and contribute to collecting and reporting data. Reinforce established standards and best practices. Follow and reinforce established standards for content storage, maintenance, updating, and decommissioning. Utilize established templates, standards, style guides, and review standards in order to ensure a consistent learner experience and to maintain high content-quality standards across all locations. Learning Program Development and Delivery Responsible for the development of multiple simultaneous projects, directing the work of internal and external resources. Leverage standard project management practices and tools to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget and scope. Partner closely with central L&D and leadership to identify training needs, contributing to curriculum development and content/program design. In collaboration with central L&D and in keeping with standards, supervise custom content maintenance and development on an ad hoc basis using approved authoring tools (e.g. Articulate). Learning Culture and Stakeholder Management Contribute to the development of a long-term strategy and roadmap for building a stronger learning culture and operating model. Partner with cross-functional stakeholders and executive leadership to define, enable and reinforce clear behavioral expectations for managers and leaders related to building a stronger learning culture. Actively participates in and contributes to a thriving Learning Community of Practice to share best practices, stay up to date on current trends, and to align on content, technology, delivery, and measurement standards. Qualifications REQUIREMENTS: Education: Bachelor's degree in learning and development, instructional design, human resources, organizational development, industrial psychology, or related field required; Experience: 5+ years of experience in a fully dedicated learning and development or equivalent role 3+ years of in instructional design/development Experience in a manufacturing environment preferred Excellent grasp of adult learning principles used to design, develop, and deliver learning solutions to meet learning objectives Familiarity with Learning Management Systems; experience with virtual training and eLearning preferred Content design and development experience utilizing a variety of modalities (eLearning, video, classroom, virtual classroom, learning pathways, mentoring) Experience with measuring and reporting on training effectiveness and business impact Experience coordinating and gaining alignment among a diverse range of stakeholders Excellent verbal and written communication skills Expertise in the development, delivery and evaluation of training initiatives to support ongoing improvements in knowledge, skills, process and engagement Highly detailed, organized, efficient and deadline driven on all project and administrative tasks Superior project management skills and ability to steward a team through a project Strong skills in Office (Excel, PPT, Word) and content authoring tools: Articulate, Camtasia, Vyond, SumTotal, Adobe Suite, Snag-It. WORK LOCATION: In-office (Lakeville, MN) with a hybrid schedule. #LI-hybrid Other Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Ability to be Agile – Moving quickly and adapting to changes in real-time Ability to be Simple – Simplifying the complex to enable quick, aligned decision making. Excellent writing, storytelling, facilitation, and presentation skills Be Bold – Taking the risk to lead, to appropriately challenge, to have an informed point of view Ability to influence at all levels of management Win as One – Leveraging the diversity and skills of the whole team to win on shared objectives. Exceptional stakeholder management and customer delivery skills Act Like an Owner – Keeping the needs of the enterprise in mind with all decisions. Attention to detail and excellent project management skills Do Right by coworkers and customers Bring Joy – Taking work seriously, but not yourself

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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)