Learning and Development Specialist

Learning and Development Specialist

Regular FT | Professional | Bolingbrook, IL, US

S&S Activewear is seeking a highly organized and collaborative Learning & Development Specialist to support the execution, administration, and continuous improvement of our commercial learning programs. This role will serve as the operational backbone of the Commercial L&D team, ensuring training programs are delivered seamlessly while managing learning systems, reporting, communications, scheduling, and learner support.

This role will help translate real‑world business needs into actionable training support while partnering closely with the Commercial Learning & Development team members to maintain and improve learning content.

• Manage the Commercial L&D training calendar and coordinate all training logistics.
• Schedule instructor‑led training sessions, virtual workshops, and onboarding events.
• Administer and maintain any Commercial Trainings on Workday Learning, Jenius+, Bright, and other learning technologies.
• Generate and distribute LMS reports, completion tracking, compliance reporting, and learning analytics.
• Coordinate learner communications, registration, reminders, and post‑training follow‑up.
• Provide frontline business expertise and feedback to ensure training remains relevant and practical.
• Partner with the Instructional Designer to update learning content and maintain course libraries.
• Support sales enablement initiatives and consultative selling programs.
• Troubleshoot learner access issues and provide LMS support.
• Assist with training measurement, surveys, evaluations, and continuous improvement efforts.
• Exemplify a growth mindset and model curiosity, creativity, agility, and learner‑centric thinking.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and project coordination abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Creativity, agility, and comfort operating in a fast‑paced, evolving environment.
• Ability to evaluate and research training options and alternatives.
• Travel to distribution centers or sales events as needed.

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Education, Organizational Development, or related field; equivalent experience considered.
• 2–5 years of experience in Learning & Development, Training Coordination, Sales Operations, or related roles.
• Experience administering Learning Management Systems (LMS).
• Frontline business experience and understanding of the day‑to‑day realities of our sales and customer‑facing teams.
• Experience in distribution, manufacturing, wholesale, or apparel industries.
• Experience with L&D in a Sales environment, particularly B2B, preferred (but not required)

Salaried: $80,000 - $90,000 (based on experience)

Monday - Friday (standard business hours) Full‑time, exempt

We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your life, health, and future. Benefits begin 0–90 days after hire and include Vacation, Personal, and Sick time;
Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, and Disability coverage;
Flexible Spending Accounts; and a 401(k) plan. You’ll also enjoy discounts on brand‑name apparel, fun employee events, and meaningful opportunities for growth and advancement.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or listen.

This job operates in a professional office and home office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

S&S Activewear welcomes people of all backgrounds and experiences and are committed to creating a diverse culture and supporting human growth. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal opportunity for all employees and applicants. We conduct business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic.

Our policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer, and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons. S&S participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm you are authorized to work in the U.S.