Your Opportunity as the Lead, Talent

Contribute to the growth of our talent and play a key role in helping our organization stay ahead of the curve. Leverage your project management and influential skills to create, implement and deliver talent solutions across our entire enterprise.

Location: Orrville, OH (Close proximity to Cleveland/Akron)

Work Arrangements: Hybrid 30% or more in office presence as business need requires   

In this role you will:

Contribute to the development of the talent strategy across the employee lifecycle (i.e. Talent Acquisition, Development, Career, Performance)

Ideate, design, and execute next phase of talent metrics; leverage data to identify areas of opportunity and impact

Lead Performance Management process including Objective Setting, Mid-Year and Year-End launches

Develop tactics, solutions, resources and processes needed for the execution of strategy

Partner with Organization Business Partners on SBA and/or function specific needs, where needed

Contribute to Company-wide development planning (formal and informal) in support of our Thrive Together framework

Support other organization development interventions that aim to improve our organization’s performance (i.e., team building, leadership development programs, culture assessments, change management)

Partner to drive strategies, programs and tactics toward ongoing development and evolution of Company culture and other large-scale enterprise change initiatives

Conduct organization assessments to identify opportunities for growth across culture, attitudes and behaviors

Partner with HR leaders, colleagues and collaborate with leaders to define organizational vision, design principles and strategy roadmaps

Leverage data and insights to drive continuous improvement of organization solutions and change success

The Right Place for You

We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.

What we are looking for:

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelor’s Degree

Track record of working in a mature HR-COE model and matrixed HR organization

Proven ability to create strong partnerships across teams to develop and implement solutions without direct authority

Proven team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills who can effectively collaborate and influence employees at all levels of the organization

Proven ability to diagnose problems and identify root cause to inform surgical action

Experience managing multiple projects, prioritizing, meeting deadlines, and functioning as part of a team 

Experience managing all facets of performance management

Program and/or project management in the HR space with a bias for action

Indirectly leading others and launching initiatives, programs, and experiences  

Applying current industry best practices, guidelines, regulations, and laws

Facilitating with an executive presence and professional maturity to deliver difficult messages in an empathetic manner

Successfully navigating ambiguity and complexity; comfort making reversible decisions 

Ensuring high-quality output by showing concern for all aspects of the deliverable  

Expert skills with Microsoft Excel, data analysis, data storytelling in Word and PowerPoint

Experience with online collaboration tools

Flexibility to work a non-traditional work schedule, adjusting to the peaks and valleys of deliverables

Learn more about working at Smucker:

Helping our Employees Thrive

Delivering on Our Purpose 

Our Continued Commitment to Ensuring a Workplace for All 

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