Learning and Development Manager

Job Description

A blank canvas. These are rare in Learning and Development, aren't they? Usually there have been some efforts to move from "training" to "L&D" with a business that have either not taken off, or have devolved back into training folder "box-ticking" exercises. Not with this company, though.

This manufacturing business in the West Midlands has been around for many years, over 15 years with the current ownership. Only recently they have added large numbers of FTE's, and moved into new products with new machinery, meaning that the potential wins from professionalising their staff development program have increased substantially.

With the full support of the leadership team, you would be given the autonomy to put an L&D Program together using your experience in running L&D programs from another manufacturing, distribution, or retail business in the UK. You wouldn't need to have done this from scratch before, but you would need to bring the functional knowledge you gained in a business with 100s of employees at varying levels of operational capabilities, from new inductees up to experienced people managers.

Your experience managing a small team of trainers would be crucial in delegating the "off-the-shelf" training courses so you can focus on the medium‑term development program. That being said, the person most suited to this role wouldn't consider themselves "above" delivering classroom and shop floor training; to ensure progress towards the lofty goals you agree with senior management. You would be ultimately responsible for the cultural change from basic training (tick‑box inductions and week 1 shadowing of experienced staff) into more advanced people development (succession planning, embedding of business values).

It's a chance to shape a new department into what you already know good looks like.

It's an on‑site role, based at their site in the West Midlands region

£45K - £50K

25 + 8 days annual leave

If this sounds like the kind of opportunity that would be worth changing job for, click apply and I will call you with more information.