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📍 Troy, MI | Competitive Salary: $70,000 - $80,000 USD
Hybrid position (3 days a week physically in the Troy, MI or Aurora, Canada facility)
Aurora, Ontario, Canada| Competive Salary: $80,000 - $$90,000 CAD
- Immediate, Open Position
2550 Steeles Ave E, Brampton ON, Canada.
Are you a talented Instructional Designer who excels at transforming complex business concepts into engaging learning experiences? Ready to make a global impact?
Join Magna in a high-visibility 12-month contract opportunity where you'll lead the design and development of a global training program supporting Procurement strategy, standards, and best practices across our international organization. Your work will help build consistent capabilities, strengthen commercial performance, and empower teams around the world.
🌟 Why You'll Love This Opportunity
✅ Highly visible project with global reach and executive exposure
✅ Opportunity to collaborate with worldwide business leaders and subject matter experts
✅ Modern workplace with onsite parking, EV charging stations, and motorcycle parking
✅ Discounted onsite café featuring hot meals and fresh salad bar options
✅ Inclusive, collaborative culture that values respect, recognition, and innovation
✅ Potential pathway to permanent employment based on business needs and performance
🎯 What You'll Be Doing
As a Contract Instructional Designer, you'll be responsible for creating a scalable, world-class Procurement training curriculum by:
- Partner with Procurement leaders, business SMEs, and Learning & Development professionals to identify critical role-based learning needs.
- Conduct training needs assessments and define global learning pathways for key Procurement roles.
- Design and develop engaging learning solutions.
- Leverage modern learning technologies such as Articulate 360, virtual classrooms, simulations, adaptive learning tools, video, graphics, and multimedia solutions.
- Create and manage a Procurement intranet and communication hub to support knowledge sharing.
✅ What You'll Bring
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Adult Education, Instructional Design, or a related field.
- 5+ years of Instructional Design experience in a corporate environment.
- Proven experience designing curriculum, eLearning, and performance support materials.
- Strong expertise with content authoring and creative design tools
Ready to Make a Global Impact?Apply today and help build the next generation of Procurement talent.
Awareness, Unity, Empowerment:
At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. That’s why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email or traditional mail to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.
AI-Assisted Screening Disclosure
As part of our commitment to a fair, consistent, and efficient recruitment process, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in the initial screening of applications submitted through our Workday system. These tools help identify qualifications and experience that align with the role requirements. Please note that AI is used solely to support our recruiters. Final decisions are always made by the hiring manager and the hiring team. Importantly, no applicant data is shared externally through these AI tools. All information remains securely within our systems and is handled in accordance with our privacy and data protection policies.
Under conditions defined by applicable law, you may have the right to request an explanation of how AI is used to support decision-making.
If you have any questions or concerns about this process, feel free to contact our Talent Attraction team.
Skills Required
- Practical experience and expertise in procurement and/or supply chain
- Expertise in adult learning principles, instructional design, learning evaluation, and methods for measuring learning outcomes
- University degree or college diploma in business, human resources, adult education, or related experience
- Expertise with content authoring, video creation, and graphics software, including Articulate 360 and Adobe Captivate
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office 360 applications
- Five or more years of experience in an instructional design role
- Five or more years of experience in supply chain management and/or procurement
- Experience working in complex decentralized, matrix, or multinational organizations
- Experience in the automotive industry or manufacturing sector
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong analytical skills
- Strong project management and organizational skills
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively
- Ability to translate complex concepts into practical terms
What the Team is Saying
Magna International Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health, dental, vision, prescription, disability, and life insurance are widely offered, and feedback suggests the core medical coverage and provider access are strong with solid plan options. These elements are consistently cited as a standout of the overall package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company matching and, in some cases, profit sharing are described as part of the U.S. offering. Feedback suggests these programs add meaningful long‑term value to total compensation.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Performance bonuses, quarterly bonus checks, and profit‑sharing programs are frequently referenced across locations. Feedback suggests these incentives can materially boost overall earnings when available.
Magna International Insights
What We Do
We are a mobility company that innovates like a start-up and thinks like a technology company. This helps us anticipate change in one of the most complex industries in the world and respond quickly. We depend on a team of 171,000 dynamic, entrepreneurial-minded employees in an environment where great ideas flourish. Our presence spans 343 manufacturing operations and 88 product development, engineering and sales centers in 29 countries. We understand that you need a career as unique as you are. Whether you want to advance your existing expertise or try something completely different, we are committed to your growth.
Why Work With Us
At Magna, our engineering team is advancing mobility for everyone and everything. Joining this team means being a part of the design, development, and manufacturing of the world’s most advanced mobility technology. Innovations that move families, shape communities, and improve lives. You can follow your passions and shape your own career path.
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Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Majority of roles are hybrid with flexibility. Please speak with our recruiting team for specific details on hybrid work.
