# Learning and Talent Development Manager **Company**: FUCHS **Location**: Harvey **Work arrangement**: onsite **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $110,000 - $130,000 per year **Category**: HR **Industry**: Manufacturing **Apply**: https://jobs.fuchs.com/job/Harvey-Learning-and-Talent-Development-Manager-IL-60426/1388821533/?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_eb0539b1-0e6 ## Description FUCHS offers a challenging and rewarding working environment where employees are encouraged to develop and grow. The Learning & Talent Development Manager will design, build, and lead the company's Learning, Leadership, Talent Development, and Succession Planning capability as a core pillar of a modern, strategic HR function. This role owns enterprise learning strategy, leadership development, career pathways, internal mobility, and succession planning, ensuring the organization builds sustainable bench strength and future-ready capabilities as the business scales. Responsibilities: - Design and execute an integrated Learning and Talent Development strategy aligned to business growth, workforce capability needs, and succession priorities. - Establish learning and development governance, standards, and enterprise frameworks supporting a multi-site, global organization. - Build structured learning pathways supporting onboarding, role readiness, leadership transitions, and future-state skills. - Position development as a competitive advantage driving retention, engagement, and internal mobility. Succession Planning & Leadership Readiness: - Own and lead the organization's succession planning strategy, ensuring readiness for key, critical, and leadership roles. - Partner with senior leaders to assess succession risk, bench strength, and capability gaps. - Facilitate talent reviews, succession calibration discussions, and readiness assessments. - Design leadership development programs aligned directly to succession outcomes at multiple levels. - Identify and accelerate high-potential talent through targeted development plans and learning experiences. Onboarding, Manager & Leadership Development: - Design and continuously optimize standardized onboarding programs to reduce ramp time and increase early productivity. - Build a strong manager capability foundation, including core manager training and leadership essentials. - Support culture shaping, leadership consistency, and change readiness as the organization scales. Career Pathways, Internal Mobility & Performance Enablement: - Create clear career paths, development frameworks, and learning resources that enable internal mobility and succession readiness. - Support performance management and development conversations by providing frameworks, tools, and manager training. - Partner with Talent Acquisition to align hiring, development, and succession pipelines. Content Design, Facilitation & Delivery: - Design and facilitate instructor-led, blended, and digital learning programs. - Develop core curriculum, leadership programs, job aids, and development toolkits. - Leverage multiple learning modalities including ILT, e-learning, coaching, mentoring, and experiential learning. - Partner with SMEs and external vendors to deliver high-impact programs. Systems, Measurement & Talent Analytics: - Own and administer the Learning Management System (LMS), ensuring scalability, adoption, and data integrity. - Define and track learning, development, and succession metrics (e.g., ramp time, critical role readiness, development plan completion, promotion rates). - Analyze talent and development data to inform workforce, leadership, and succession decisions. - Continuously refine programs based on outcomes and organizational needs. Stakeholder Partnership & HR Integration: - Act as a trusted advisor to leaders on learning, leadership readiness, succession risk, and capability gaps. - Partner closely with HR leadership, HRBPs, Talent Acquisition, and business leaders to proactively address talent needs. - Contribute to HR's evolution from tactical delivery to a strategic, insight-driven business partner function. Operational Execution & Function Build Out: - Manage day-to-day learning and talent development operations, including scheduling, communications, and vendor management. - Prepare the function for future scale, including additional L&D and Talent Development resources. - Build infrastructure and processes that support long-term growth and organizational maturity. Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Education, Psychology, or related field (Master's preferred). - 7–10 years of experience in Learning & Development, Talent Development, Organizational Development, and/or Succession Planning. - Demonstrated experience building and leading learning, leadership, and succession programs. - Strong facilitation, coaching, executive stakeholder management, and curriculum design skills. - Experience with LMS administration, leadership assessments, and talent analytics strongly preferred. - Relevant certifications (e.g., SHRM SCP, CPTD/CPLP, ICF) a plus. ## Skills ### Required - Learning Management System (LMS) - Leadership Development - Succession Planning - Career Pathways - Internal Mobility - Performance Enablement - Content Design - Facilitation - Delivery - Systems - Measurement - Talent Analytics - Stakeholder Partnership - HR Integration - Operational Execution - Function Build Out --- Source: [Apply at jobs.fuchs.com](https://jobs.fuchs.com/job/Harvey-Learning-and-Talent-Development-Manager-IL-60426/1388821533/?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)