Development Training Manager - Stock Yards (Hybrid: Onsite and Remote)

We’re excited about your interest in pursuing the next step in your career with US Foods! Your continuous growth and development is critical to our success. US Foods is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the interview process or to perform essential job functions, please contact our US Foods Application Accommodation Line at 855-873-2468. You will be prompted to leave a message. Please state the specifics of the assistance needed and your contact information. A member of our HR department will return your call within two business days. https://www.usfoods.com/careers/job-application-accomodation.html ## **NOTE: Before you begin your internal job search, please review the [criteria](https://my.usfood.com/intranet/departments/hr/employee-portal/job-and-career/open-jobs.html) you will need to start the process.** The Development Training Manager - Stock Yards supports efforts to build and scale a robust Learning and Development platform, which powers Stock Yards Collective ability to unlock our talent potential. This role is critical to the continued success of our growing focus on employee development. This role is a key architect responsible for the design, implementation, and evaluation of programs that facilitate leadership, professional and functional development, and continuous learning of employees across the organization. This role oversees planning, designing, building, implementation, and delivery of training and development programs to support Stock Yards Collective. **ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES** Manage current programs and develop improvements keeping current with business needs. Partner with leaders to define learning and development needs and key messages across stakeholders. Design appropriate strategies to address the technical knowledge and skill building needs and determine the best delivery channel. Design training materials and interventions to enable learners to apply what they have learned to establish or improve job performance. Implement processes and standards required to ensure instructional design quality, technology, and overall learning effectiveness from storyboarding through implementation. Conduct comprehensive needs assessments, determine education, learning and development priorities based on the needs associated with the business impact. Partner with subject matter experts and business leaders to determine and implement highly effective learning solutions. Apply design principles for single, blended, and or action learning training programs that provide employees with the essential tools for job growth and success. Determine training plan to address performance gaps or opportunities for improved business results, considering cross functional teams to solve performance and learning challenges. Apply a rapid design process starting with the needs analysis to determine appropriate learning requirements, methodologies, and modality. Partner with external consultants as required in project management capacity to develop programs. Identify ways to connect messages across the business landscape by reinforcing content provided to the learners in the context of the comprehensive list of business needs; leverage necessary roles and other materials where possible to streamline and minimize touch points to the learner. Incorporate most effective teaching methods and taxonomy – type of exercise, role play, teach back, instruction method, etc. based on learning need. Develop and conduct train the trainer sessions so that others can deliver the content and material effectively and as designed. Implement processes and standards required to ensure instruction design, quality, technology, and overall learning effectiveness from storyboarding through implementation. Develop measurement and accountability mechanisms that evaluate job readiness or performance, which enables continuous…