6 month FTC - Learning & Development Specialist

Müller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller which employs over 31,000 people throughout Europe. In the UK, Müller develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of branded and private label dairy products made with milk from 1,300 farmers in Britain.Müller is ranked within the top 20 in The Grocer's Top 100 list of Britain's Biggest Brands and is picked from shelves millions of times each year. Müller UK & Ireland includes:

Müller Milk & Ingredients which aims to be Britain's private label dairy leader and produces branded and private label fresh milk, cream, butter and ingredients products. It boasts a network of dairies and depots servicing customers throughout the country.

Müller Yogurt & Desserts which is the UK's leading yogurt manufacturer which aims to create millions more Müller moments for its consumers. It is responsible for major brands like Müller Corner, Müllerlight, Müller Bliss, Müller Rice, FRijj and Müller Kefir Smoothie and produces chilled desserts under licence from Mondelez International. It also supplies the UK private label yogurt market from a dedicated, state of the art yogurt facility.

Müller has been a loved brand in the UK for over 30 years. It's a household name - and it continues to grow as we invest to make and market an ever-great range of fantastic dairy products. We are currently the 8th most chosen FMCG brand, picked from supermarket shelves over 208 million times each year.

Müller pride ourselves on offering support to help develop your knowledge and skills. In return for your commitment, drive and enthusiasm, we offer our employees numerous benefits as part of your employment, including: Competitive salary and an attractive bonus scheme / Health Care Package and Life Assurance / Contributory pension plan / Employee Assistance Programme / Generous annual leave increasing with service / Flexible benefits programme / Access to our Rewards Benefits Programme, giving you a range of discounts across 800 retailers online and in store

We are looking to welcome an experienced Learning & Development Specialist for a fixed term of 6 months; you will be based at our headoffice at Market Drayton. We are looking for an experienced individual to underpin the wider HR function by effectively supporting the business and our employees though the timely and consistent completion of quality design and delivery activities.

Your challenge for the Learning & Development (L&D) Specialist:-

To support the Learning and Development (L&D) Manager in delivering the L&D strategy within agreed timescales. To provide a professional, proactive and effective L&D service to all employees. To advise managers and staff on a range of appropriate L&D activities to meet business objectives.

You will achieve this by...
• Design and creation of training sessions and developing new content, for virtual classrooms, in person training and digital lessons.
• Coordination of design activities with L&D Officer when support is required.
• Delivering a variety of workshops and training programmes; ranging from skills workshops to management training.
• Performance coaching - working with coaches across the multiple business areas, helping them find solutions.
• Working closely with managers within the business to ensure that key stakeholder relationships are developed and maintained, business needs are met, and L&D are providing a measurable partnership that adds value.
• Working closely with the L&D Administrator to agree calendar of learning events with stakeholders, ensuring trainers, accommodation, venues, buffets are efficiently booked, and materials are ordered and delivered. Highlighting early any issues.
• Offer guidance to employees in regard to the Learning processes and policies.
• Manage customer expectations using the most appropriate method of communication.
• Ensure governance & compliance of HR data through the use of document management systems and tools.
• Support process reviews by inputting where required to design, testing, training and supporting colleagues to promote continuous improvement by challenging the 'status quo', seeking and recommending improved ways of working within the L&D team.
• Pro-actively seek out solutions to unique requests/ issues, sharing knowledge and findings with wider team and escalate any complex requests to the Manager.
• Identify opportunities to reduce overall training costs and better utilise trainers by the way it is organised (E.g. trainers in same location for a week to avoid travel costs and time).
• Provide support to the wider team with key projects and activities as required.
• Lead on L&D projects and initiatives as assigned by L&D Manager, ensuring that implementation is achieved on time and in budget.

Key skills & experience for the L&D Specialist
•Essential - must have a minimum of 2 year's experience of delivering leadership training.
•Exceptional communication skills.
•Able to build excellent relationships both internally and externally.
•A resilient mindset with the ability to adapt well to ever-changing plans.
•Proficient with Microsoft Office, particularly Powerpoint & Excel.
•Excellent planning and organising skills
•Confidence to challenge and offer solutions and recommendations.
•Ability to work alone or as part of a team and highly motivated.
•Experience of working in a fast paced, high-volume environment.
•High level of IT skills, including MS Office, Excel, Power Point and Word
•Ability to 'think outside the box' when under pressure.
•Travel to different sites with overnight stays.
•On average 3 days a week delivering training at various sites across the UK.
•Able to "hit the ground" running.

The Process
If you have the skills and experience in the above areas and would like to be considered for this role, please apply at (url removed)
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