Learning & Development Specialist

Foremost Farms USA is one of the largest, leading dairy cooperatives in the United States and major dairy food and ingredients manufacturing business. We represent hundreds of Midwest dairy farmer members located in seven Midwest states, and we produce about 500 million pounds of cheese and 50 million pounds of butter in plants across our network every year. "We Bring Dairy to Life" in eight manufacturing plants across Wisconsin and Michigan and in our headquarters in Middleton (Madison), Wisconsin; and we're looking for employees who are innovative and aim for excellence in our wide variety of production, field and business roles. Join us!

JOB TITLE: Learning & Development Specialist
POSITION TYPE: Full time
CLASSIFICATION: Exempt

The Learning and Development Specialist works closely with the Director of Talent Development and the HR Team to support the training programs to improve employee performance and support organizational growth.

Key Accountabilities

Administer, maintain, and support the company's learning management systems, ensuring its smooth operation.

• Administer, maintain, and support the company's learning management system, ensuring its smooth operation and availability.

• Run completion reports, audits and basic analysis of reports.

• Ensure all staff remains in compliance with required training and report on staff who are out of compliance. This includes monitoring training completion records, conducting follow-ups with non-compliant staff, and working with departments to resolve compliance issues.

• Develop, implement, and manage eLearning courses, including multimedia content, assessments, and reports.

• Develop and maintain documentation and procedures for the LMS, including user guides, best practices, and FAQs.

Manage the coordination, execution, and measurement of L&D programs

• Performs training administration duties including course scheduling, communications, registration/tracking, preparation of training facilities and other tasks needed to make each course successful.

• Support L&D program creation, coordination, administration, and facilitation, including leadership, compliance, and new hire orientation and onboarding.

• Coordinate and maintain master training calendar.

• Assist with designing, updating, and maintaining the L&D SharePoint site

• Conducts training follow up such as feedback surveys and evaluations.

Learning Facilitation & Content Design

• Facilitates a variety of enterprise trainings, leveraging multiple modalities including instructor led and virtual instructor led sessions.

• Design learning programs, materials and solutions using the ADDIE method, or other adult learning theory.

• Evaluate learning programs to assess ROI.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Organizational Development, or related field.

• 2+ years of experience in learning and development.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree (or equivalent) in Organizational Development, or related field.

BENEFITS:

Because you and your family matter, Foremost Farms offers some of the best benefits in the area! Our comprehensive medical plan includes health, vision, dental, and prescription insurance. You can choose to enroll in a single or family plan with low monthly premiums and low annual deductibles ($250/$500). Other benefits include:

• 401(k) with a generous company contribution (100% match on up to 8% deferral)
• Paid time off, starting at 200 hours (25 days)
• 10 Paid holidays
• Paid parental leave (6 weeks paid at 100%)
• Flexible spending accounts - for medical and dependent care (childcare) expenses
• Life and disability insurance
• Option: Get paid everyday with Daily Pay!
• Employee Assistance Program
• Referral program
• Advancement opportunities!

Don't meet every single requirement? At Foremost Farms we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled are encouraged to apply.

At Foremost Farms USA, we believe that employee diversity brings strength to our organization. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, creed, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disabilities, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law.

Successful completion of pre-employment screening is required, which could include a drug test, background check, and other verifications or assessments to be sure you will be able to succeed in your position.

Are you ready to Be Foremost?

Apply today at www.foremostfarms.com