Senior Specialist, Talent Development

Nordson • Amherst, OH

87d

About The Position

Collaboration drives Nordson's success as a market leader in Industrial Precision Solutions and Advanced Technology. Our employees thrive in an environment where we help each other reach our personal best and enable our company to continuously improve and grow, and our customers to succeed. You will find Nordson employees sharing our success by giving back in the communities around the world where we live and work. Plan, develop and improve our talent development and performance management processes and procedures. Demonstrates in-depth conceptual and practical knowledge in own job and basic knowledge of related job disciplines. Has knowledge of the best practices and how own area integrates with others; is aware of the competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market. Works within broad guidelines and policies, and impacts a range of customer, operational, project or service activities within own team and other related teams. Explains difficult or sensitive information and works to build consensus. Work is accomplished with limited direction.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• 4-6 years of experience required
• Advance understanding of verbal and written language (English)
• Advance reading comprehension
• Advance level of attention and accuracy
• Advance speaking skills - talking to others to convey information effectively
• Advance active listening skills - giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times
• Advance analytical thinking - to analyze complex problems and devise effective solutions
• Advance problem-solving skills - to identify issues and develop efficient solutions
• Advance communication skills - to collaborate with cross-functional teams
• Advance skills in management of personnel resource - motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job
• Inductive reasoning ability - to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events)
• Advance adaptability to learn new technologies and methodologies
• Advance process orientation skills - focuses on efficiency without losing sight of customer experience
• Intermediate time management skills
• Intermediate ability to organize, plan, and prioritize work
• Intermediate writing skills - able to create documentation that is clear and concise
• Intermediate Microsoft Office Skills (PowerPoint, Outlook, Word, Excel) and a variety of eLearning platforms and tools
• Basic leadership and mentoring skills - effective communication and leadership skills to guide and mentor less experienced engineers
• Experience in Workday preferred
• Reliable and have good attendance
• Passionate and high energy which can assist in selling future vision to customers
• Customer focus including attributes of empathy, compassion and service orientation
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Nice To Haves

• Experience in Workday preferred

Responsibilities

• Identify critical workforce requirements (e.g. skills, competencies, and performance outcomes) necessary to achieve current and future business results
• Partner with HR and leadership to support employees' career pathing, professional growth, succession planning and workforce planning initiatives
• Analyze data to identify trends or gaps and provide insights and recommendations to senior leadership
• Manage performance evaluation process (e.g. assess performance, provide feedback, identify areas of improvement, and guide decision regarding promotions, training and development)
• Maintain and optimize talent development and management system in Workday
• Manage moderately complex aspects of projects, working independently and collaboratively
• Communicate effectively with other departments to convey unusual or complex process-related information to various stakeholders
• Document all created processes and update and maintain these documents as changes occur
• Support the development of talent review and succession planning processes; will assist in continually improving the talent leadership and development system
• Work closely with stakeholders to support the execution of company talent processes and programs through effective planning, implementation and continuation of these processes/programs across the company
• Facilitate regular stakeholder and project team meetings and communications, including scheduling, development and circulation
• Perform other duties as assigned

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Machinery Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree