Attune Foods/th Avenue Hiring for Learning and Development Specialist Job at Eugene, OR Full Time

About 8th Avenue

8thAvenue is a leading, private brand-centric, consumer products holding company, manufacturing, and selling private brand food products primarily to retail, foodservice and ingredient customers. 8th Avenue Food & Provisions was formed in October 2018 through a combination of Post Holdings’ private brands businesses. The company is owned by Post Holdings and funds affiliated with Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. (“THL”), a private equity firm.

Are you looking for us?

The feeling of pride you get when you see something you made being used to nurture the community around you is something you can’t replace. That’s what 8thAvenue Food & Provisions can do for you!

We are not only passionate about the products we make but we also take pride in what we do! We believe it’s what’s inside that counts. Whether it’s inside our packaging or inside our facilities, you’ll find carefully chosen ingredients and people working together to make the best products possible.

We are a growing organization made up of businesses that produce quality products like Nut Butters, Peanut Butter, Fruit and Nut trail mixes, Granola, and a variety of other food products.

We’re looking for you! This is an exciting time to join our growing organization!

About the Role

This is a new role at the plant, and it will require the Specialist to establish the foundation for a learning framework within the plant. This framework should highlight the learning strengths and weaknesses of key audiences within the plant and clarify learning and development opportunities. The results of this framework should be the strengthening of individual leadership competencies, reduced organizational learning weaknesses, improved staff retention, and create clear succession planning which all should support the plant’s production output. A special focus of this role will be to assess, develop, execute, evaluate, and continuously-improve the management and leadership skills of the leaders within the plant. This role will also support the continuous improvement (CI) efforts throughout plant operations, which should impact all plant employees. Other key learning initiatives will be developed as the learning framework is completed.

Key Responsibilities

· Creates and owns the learning framework within the plant. Outlines key weaknesses and designs learning/development strategies/tactics to overcome those weaknesses.

· Supports the capture of learning data, including reports, updates, and data import / export.

· Assesses organizational management and leadership learning needs within the plant.

· Prioritizes management and leadership learning needs to accelerate plant production.

· Creates, purchases, and executes learning initiatives designed to overcome management and leadership learning needs and to improve plant production and employee retention.

· In concert with plant and HR leaders, creates, implements, and manages the plant’s succession planning process.

· In partnership with the plant’s CI leader, create and implement efforts to support the plant’s Continuous Improvement efforts to improve plant productivity.

· Other key initiatives as assigned.

Education and Experience Preferred

· Degree in human resources, instructional technology, or business.

• 5+ years in human resources or instructional technology/assessment and design, and/or training in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience in the food manufacturing, consumer products industry, or similar is a plus.

· On-the-job required travel time: Under 25%.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

· Detailed knowledge and understanding of instructional technology tools and resources.

· Experience in management and leadership skills assessment, program design, implementation, and follow-up.

• Self-driver focusing on continuous improvement.
• Ability to collaborate, work beyond obstacles and build trust with impacted departments.
• Strong organization skills and ability to prioritize workload based on impact and facility goals.
• Ability to drive change by taking projects from proposal to implementation.
• Ability to effectively influence others.

· Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, financial reports, and governmental regulations.

· Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedures.

· Ability to effectively present information in a public setting.

· Ability to perform intermediate math such as basic algebra and geometry.

· Proficient computer skills with MS Office, MS Word, MS Excel or equivalent programs.

· Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exits.

· Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Physical Requirements: Qualified candidates must be able to perform the following physical job requirements, with or without reasonable accommodation:

• Frequently moves boxes weighing up to 25 pounds
• Must be able to remain in a stationary position for up to 7+ hours per shift
• Must be able to balance, bend, crouch, kneel, stand, stoop, walk, reach above shoulders, and ascend/descend ladder for 3+ hours per shift
• Must be able to work in low/high temperature, noise, hazards, outdoor elements, ventilation, confined spaces, etc.
• Must be able to operate a computer or other office productivity machinery, such as calculator, copy machine, and computer printer
• Must be able to express or exchange ideas and concerns with co-workers and customers daily

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $56,000.00 – $80,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Holidays
• Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Eugene, OR 97402: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Microsoft Powerpoint: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: One location