Job Overview

The Director of Talent Management will oversee the implementation of the company’s talent management processes, assessments, technology, and early career programs. This role includes leading the Talent systems team and collaborating with the HRIS team on the talent technology strategy. The position involves building, executing, and managing comprehensive early-in-career programs, practices, and processes that support capability building, career pathing and a talent-focused approach to advance Coca-Cola Consolidated’s growth and performance. Additionally, this role requires expertise in talent management, instructional design, and content development to create effective processes that promote employee growth, engagement, and retention. The Director will also oversee the company’s annual Talent Review & Performance Management Process, the selection and management of external vendors, learning platforms, and talent analytics. They will work closely with the HR teams to foster continuous learning and a high-performing coaching culture across the organization.

Duties & Responsibilities

Leadership and Team Management

• Lead and mentor a team of talent management professionals.
• Build cross-functional relationships to ensure alignment of talent initiatives with organizational goals.

Talent Management

• Lead the design and execution of performance management systems and processes.
• Lead annual Talent Review, Succession process and establish Talent Pools.
• Establish clear KPIs and ensure regular feedback mechanisms are in place.
• Lead Talent Hub for Career Pathing & Skill building
• Ensuring performance management is tightly linked to developmental planning.

Instructional and Creative Design

• Team Leadership – design, development, and delivery of learning programs that address diverse adult learning needs.
• Apply instructional design principles and creative strategies to build engaging training content in various formats (e.g., eLearning, instructor-led training, blended learning).
• Create innovative solutions using technology and multimedia to enhance learning experiences.
• Partner with subject matter experts (SMEs) to translate complex content into practical, learner-friendly materials.

Data Analysis and Reporting

• Use analytics to measure the effectiveness of talent programs and make data-driven decisions.
• Provide regular reports to leadership on talent metrics, trends, and recommendations.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of learning programs through feedback, assessments, and analytics, ensuring continuous improvement.

Employee Development

• Design and implement early career learning and development initiatives and career pathing opportunities.
• Assess skill gaps and work with department leaders to address development needs. Develop a comprehensive learning and development strategy to upskill employees and support career growth.
• Promote a culture of continuous learning and growth. Introduce and promote learning frameworks that foster leadership, technical, and soft skills development.
• Identify and implement new technologies and methodologies to enhance the delivery of learning initiatives.

Collaboration

• Seeks and builds partnership opportunities to implement, and continuously improve, Talent Management processes through various lines of businesses.
• Support HRBPs with year-end calibration sessions and ensure any business-specific performance management activities align with reward and recognition programs.

Talent Systems

• Identifies and addresses critical gaps in talent management tools, methodologies, and principles through identification of business needs as well as industry trends and leading practices.
• Drive the design and/or implementation of talent management tools to improve benchmarking, evaluation, forecasting, decision-making, and management of talent.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Learning & Development – Knowledge of Adult Learning Styles with experience in the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of training and development products / programs, performance management initiatives. Create innovative solutions using technology and multimedia to enhance learning experiences.
• Talent management includes performance management, talent assessment, succession planning, early career segments, talent mobility, skills processes, and tracking progress on key metrics of talent pools.
• Organizational Skills – Excellent organizational, planning, communication, presentation and writing skills; comfortable communicating with all levels of the organization, and demonstrate the ability to clearly present information to both large and small groups of people.
• Management – Must have a demonstrated ability to manage a diverse portfolio of projects, quickly mediate between competing priorities, prioritize work and practice effective time management with the ability to organize and work effectively with management.
• Interpersonal Skills – Proven track record forming partnerships and influencing effectively across all areas of the organization; effectively manage conflict, coach and counsel for development, and to win the trust of others at all levels.
• Professional Presence – Demonstrates a positive / professional demeanor in accordance with the company’s mission, values, and his/her level of responsibility.
• Leadership Ability – Self-motivated with the ability to coach, counsel, encourage and motivate people in order to produce tangible outputs from concept and ideas as well as stated goals / objectives.
• Apply instructional design principles and creative strategies to build engaging training content in various formats (e.g., eLearning, instructor-led training, blended learning).
• Cross Functional Collaboration with Leadership teams and HR teammates.
• Computer Skills – Competent in basic Microsoft Office applications, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. Knowledge of e-learning and Training mediums.
• Position requires frequent travel within Coca-Cola Consolidated franchised territory.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 3 to 5 years of relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree in Business, Human Resources, Organizational Development, Leadership

Work Environment

Office environment

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