Instructional Designer job

The Instructional Designer is responsible for creating engaging and effective training courses for the Vistex suite of products. This team member will work collaboratively with key stakeholders and Training team to develop strategic learning plans for standard and custom training courses by leveraging instructional design methodology. The ideal candidate is someone who believes training should motivate and support participants in their job responsibilities. As part of our rapidly growing team, the Instructional Designer is expected to be self-motivated and highly driven to increase the knowledge of our customers and employees.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with product specialists, customers, and trainers to develop accurate, effective, and timely curriculums that meet internal and external needs.
• Develop training materials (presenter decks, instructor guides, exercises, job aids, videos, eLearning, quizzes, and other supporting materials) for instructor-led, virtual, and self-paced courses utilizing department templates and guidelines.
• Materials will include the business need for Vistex software as well as the technical configuration steps to implement and utilize the system at the customer’s site.
• Produce design plans targeted to different audiences based on performance needs which integrate appropriate media and a variety of adult learning techniques.
• Create delta classes and update training material as new releases of software are rolled out using rapid development strategies.
• Manage projects through all phases of their life cycle, including project initiation and requirements gathering, design, development, implementation, and maintenance.
• Apply sound project management and instructional design principles to motivates participants and leads the project to conclusion.
• Facilitate course pilot and train-the-trainer sessions.
• Analyze existing training to identify end-user needs and develop strategies to improve courses and documentation.
• Complete related duties as assigned by the Instructional Design Manager.

About us: The Vistex platform helps businesses finally get control of all their different promotions, rebates, SPAs, discounts, and other incentives. With so many programs across so many partner relationships, it can be impossible to see where all the money is going, let alone how much difference it’s actually making to revenue. With Vistex, business leaders can see the numbers, see what really works, and see what to do next – so they can make sure every dollar they spend really is driving more growth, not just more costs. It’s why global enterprises ranging from Coca-Cola to Sony to Grainger rely on Vistex every day. Vistex | Now it all adds up. ™

Experience

Required

• 3 year(s): • Software Technical Course development experience
  • Knowledge of Sales and Distribution (SD) SAP module or ERP software products.
  • Must be highly proficient in various Microsoft Office products including PowerPoint and Word.
  • Capable of analyzing and logically organize complex technical information and transform complex bodies of information into professionally designed, engaging, and effective training.
  • Flexible problem solver who can apply instructional design principles appropriately to unique situations ensuring training objectives are met and the project delivered on time.
  • Proactively manage, report, and troubleshoot issues that occur in the system during course material development and pre-training testing.
  • Ability to effectively lead projects including communicating with technical and non-technical team members who may be remote.
  • Demonstrated effective time-management and prioritization skills.
  • Travel required to customer facility depending on training requirements (10-20%).

Preferred

• 3 year(s): • SAP Enable Now software experience (preferred)

Education

Required

• Bachelors or better