Learning and Development Specialist job

Announced in May 2018, Peapod Digital Labs (PDL) is an Ahold Delhaize USA company that powers the eCommerce and digital strategies for the Great Local Brands of Ahold Delhaize USA. Accelerating growth in digital and personalization capabilities, PDL is an innovation lab focused on meeting the changing needs of customers, regardless of when, where, and how consumers choose to shop.

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The Learning & Development Specialist works to create and implement strategies that support employee engagement and a place of development, growth, recognition and continuous learning. Serving as our in-house Instructional Designer, you will lead efforts to develop and cultivate a learning curriculum for PDL employees, using both external offerings and newly created content. This role will regularly track and review our talent and succession landscape and ensure that appropriate developmental opportunities exist for our potential/high potential talent at PDL. This role also plays a vital role in performance management (annual and continuous), the administration of regular associate engagement measurement and other HR program initiatives.

Recipe for Success – What’s “in store” for the roles:

• Apply adult learning principles to analyze, design, develop, implement, evaluate, and maintain high quality leadership and organizational development programs and content.
• Collaborate with HR Business Partners, PDL Leadership, and key partners to conduct a learning needs assessment to identify corporate learning gaps and opportunities.
• Obtain certifications and facilitate learning activities for employees and leaders at Peapod Digital Labs, including third party programs.
• Lead activities around creation and execution of Individual Development Planning activities across PDL.
• Alongside the Lead, Talent & Learning, work to identify and address leadership, talent and capability gaps and organizational change support needs.
• Lead efforts on creation of standards, execution, tracking and reporting on various talent programs across Peapod Digital Labs and Ahold Delhaize.
• Support associate engagement activities, including the serving as lead for PDL on annual Associate Engagement Survey, feedback action planning, and reporting of results.
• Serve as point of contact for organizational HR data, ensuring that we able to use HR systems information in an efficient and effective way to enable data-driven decisions and clarity.

The Essentials In Your Cart – The required ingredients

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 3+ years in a corporate Learning / Talent Development role ideally having responsibility for HR project/program management.
• Expertise in using eLearning authoring tools.
• Knowledge of adult learning theories and principles.
• Strong facilitation skills in various settings, from small group meetings to large development events
• Experience coaching others in professional development goals
• Experience in people data analysis; able to simplify many data attributes into a message that can be shared across leadership.

Extra Spices – What you should bring to the table

• Strong understanding of talent management programs including career planning, performance reviews, talent mapping and planning.
• Strong writing and presentation development skills.
• Dedication to maintaining strict confidentiality with respect to highly critical information.
• Demonstrates curiosity and an interest in learning and improving upon standard methodologies
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, adapt quickly to shifting priorities, make timely decisions and drive behavioral change within the company

Join Us at Our Table

Peapod Digital Labs is a forward-thinking company with a strong legacy of innovation. We recognize who powers our progress – our people! Our vision is to become an organization where humanity is universally embraced; Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging are infused in our business; and our PDL employees are representative of the world and the communities that we serve.

We believe in total wellness, which encompasses a balance of physical, financial, and emotional wellness. No matter where you are on your personal wellness journey, PDL provides access to a variety of tools and resources to support total wellness. This includes medical, dental, and vision benefits, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) with a strong company match, paid parental leave, adoption assistance, tuition reimbursement, generous and flexible paid time off and holiday policy, and an array of voluntary benefits including critical care, pet insurance, and additional life coverage.