Program Manager, Early Talent Programs

Sherwin-Williams•Cleveland, OH

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Early Talent Program Manager oversees the early talent programs for the Global Supply Chain, including summer internships, engineering co-ops, and the Accelerated Development Program, ensuring a seamless experience from onboarding through career transition. This role drives continuous improvement by leveraging data and feedback to deliver impactful training and an overall positive program experience. Additionally, the Program Manager partners with Talent Acquisition, HR, and business stakeholders to streamline recruitment, communications, and program operations while monitoring budgets and supporting participant success. Additional Information The travel for this position is 10%. This role is not remote/hybrid. This role will report to Sherwin-Williams Global Headquarters located at 1 Sherwin Way, Cleveland, OH 44113. Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company’s staff, employees, and business relationships.

Requirements

Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age
Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without needing sponsorship for employment work visa status now or in the future (e.g., OPT, CPT, H1B, EB-1,etc.)
Must have a Bachelor’s degree or higher
Must have two (2) years human resources experience including talent acquisition, university relations, generalist, or learning and organizational development
Must have project management skills with demonstrated experience with creating project plans and a track record of success in coordinating and completing projects
Must have at least one (1) year of experience using Microsoft Office products (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, teams and/or Outlook)

Nice To Haves

Must have a Bachelor’s degree or higher in Human Resources, Human Resources Management, Organizational/Industrial Psychology, or Business
Have experience with process improvements including the identification of an improvement and follow through with implementing the improvement.
Have experience participating as a team member on cross-functional projects
Have experience working with vendors

Responsibilities

Early Talent Program Management Manage all aspects of early talent programs for Global Supply Chain (Accelerated Development Program, Internship Program, Co-Op Program)
Lead and monitor overall program experiences including onboarding, training, communications, class engagements, experiences and career transition
Support managers and HR Business Partners to host program participants and prepare them for the next steps in their career
Develop a consistent streamlined communication plan to provide regular program updates to stakeholders
Monitor program budgets in partnership with Compensation and appropriate business stakeholders
Program Development Leverage feedback, data and observations to drive continuous improvement of programming and processes
Partner with Learning & Development to create and implement training plans and experiential learning opportunities aligned with program objectives
Apply project management expertise in executing learning initiatives, including project objective, key stakeholders, resource allocation, timeline and major milestones and tasks
Cross-Team Partnership Partner with Talent Acquisition to develop the recruitment strategy and ensure recruitment processes are effectively executed
Collaborate with Talent Acquisition and Human Resources to ensure a smooth pre-boarding/onboarding and offboarding process for program participants
Facilitate participant transition to post-program roles in partnership with managers, Human Resources and Talent Acquisition
Engage Employee Relations to address employee and labor relations surrounding early talent program participants
Partner with HR and functional leaders to ensure appropriate business stakeholders are involved and division needs are met