Job Description

About Us

The Kraft Heinz Company is one of the largest food and beverage companies in the world, with eight $1 billion+ brands and global sales of approximately $25 billion. Were a globally trusted producer of high-quality, great-tasting, and nutritious foods for over 150 years. While Kraft Heinz is co-headquartered in Chicago and Pittsburgh, our brands are truly global, with products produced and marketed in over 40 countries. These beloved products include condiments and sauces, cheese and dairy, meals, meats, refreshment beverages, coffee, infant and nutrition products, and numerous other grocery products in a portfolio of more than 200 legacy and emerging brands.

We spark joy around mealtime with our iconic brands, including Kraft, Oscar Mayer, Heinz, Philadelphia, Lunchables, Velveeta, Planters, Maxwell House, Capri Sun, Ore-Ida, Kool-Aid, Jell-O, Primal Kitchen, and Classico, among others.

No matter the brand, were united under one vision: To sustainably grow by delighting more consumers globally. Bringing this vision to life is our team of 39,000+ food lovers, creative thinkers, and high performers worldwide. Together, we help provide meals to those in need through our global partnership with Rise Against Hunger. We also stand committed to responsible, sustainable practices that extend to every facet of our business, our consumers, and our communities. Every day, were transforming the food industry with bold thinking and unprecedented results. If you share our passion and are ready to create the future, build a legacy, and lead as a global citizen theres only one thing to do: join our table and lets make life delicious!

Our Culture of Ownership, Meritocracy & Collaboration

We're not afraid to think differently. Embrace new ideas. Dream big. We empower our people at every level from entry-level intern to senior leader to own their work. We share a responsibility to think like Owners to be mindful of the collective and sustained success of Kraft Heinz which we apply to every situation, every day. As part of Kraft Heinz, you're supported to grow and achieve. Youre expected to bring your authentic self to work every day, to lead with humility, and drive outstanding performance at every level and youll be rewarded. Youre given opportunities to leave a mark and build a legacy. But you wont do it alone. Youre supported by passionate teammates along the way, and our collective, collaborative spirit fuels our incredible progress.

Job Description

Job Description
In this role, you will join the newly formed US Transformation Office as a strategic business partner in commercial Capability development. Your role on a lean Agile team will be to develop a learning strategy for the prioritized commercial Capabilities that enables the business to achieve both its immediate goals and long-term, sustainable growth. The ideal candidate thrives in a developing organization, embraces change, can influence without authority, and has strong business acumen and consulting skills. This role will manage internal instructional designers as well as external vendors.

Primary Responsibilities:

* Serve as a business partner, supporting the unique learning needs of the Capability workstreams
* As needed, create full-scale learning solutions compromised of the optimal mix of formal, social and experiential learning, from ownership of strategy and design to material development and delivery
* As needed, consult with and enable business Capability teams to design and deliver business-led learning initiatives within adult learning methodologies
* Recommend appropriate modality of formal training needs (ie: instructor-led or eLearning, on-demand or live, etc). Buy, build, and/or redesign solutions as needed.
* Supervise the work of two internal instructional designers to ensure Kraft Heinz learning quality standards are met
* Act as PMO of external vendor solutions, from vendor sourcing and contracting to SME content development and training roll out
* Own the measurement and analysis of the effectiveness of learning solutions within your scope
* Partner with expert members of the Agile team on full scale change management and communication plans for all new learning solutions
* Collaborate with zone and global learning teams to ensure one cohesive total learning solution for employees
* Develop deep relationships within the business, across People & Performance, and within the global L&D COE, to ensure we are building and contributing to the Kraft Heinz culture of learning

Qualifications:

* Bachelor's degree, preferably masters degree in training and development, human resources development, education, industrial/organizational psychology or related field
* 10 years of learning and development experience within an organization. Preferred experience in a developing and lean L&D group, as part of a holistic Capability development group, and/or in a federated, decentralized learning and development function.
* 3 years of people management experience. Preferred experience directly managing internal instructional designers.
* Superior interpersonal skills (written, verbal, presentation) with the ability to adapt style to audience in the moment and share content in a compelling, engaging and immersive manner
* Relationship and consensus building, consulting, and stakeholder management skills, including engagement with executive leadership
* Demonstrated ability to lead teams effectively, including raising potential risks, developing contingency plans and confidently sharing recommendations with supporting reasons
* Ability to work independently, create project plan, set direction/priorities, and work directly with key stakeholders, including senior leaders, to ensure timely completion
* Excellent project management skills, attention to detail, and a track record of developing high quality learning experiences
* Ability to influence business stakeholders to make decisions and investments for skill building needs that meet adult learning methodologies and will drive long term impact
* Contemporary adult learning expertise including instructional design, MOOCs, classroom (physical/virtual) training, eLearning, innovative technology and LMS (Cornerstone preferred)
* Data oriented, with competency in gathering and analyzing data, identifying patterns, and deriving insights to show impact of learning. Ability to independently determine what data or report is needed to show impact of a project, create a story to share that impact and build rituals and routines for ongoing stakeholder engagement.
* Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs
* Experience in Adobe Suite and eLearning tools (Captivate, Articulate and Camtasia preferred)

Location(s)

Chicago/Aon Center

Equal Opportunity Employerminorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity