Coordinator, Talent Development and HR

ABOUT KENDO

Kendo Holdings, Inc. is a San Francisco-based beauty brand developer and wholesaler owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton, the world’s largest luxury group. A play on the words “can do”, Kendo has become the hub of creativity and next generation beauty product development for global Sephora channels and selective retailers outside of Sephora.

Through original development, collaborations and acquisitions the Kendo stable of brands will always be creative, inspiring and innovative. A dynamic engine of speed, expertise and market-savvy, the Kendo team continues to redefine the beauty industry through great product, great storytelling, great retail and direct-to-consumer partnerships. This shows up in everything we do and in what we stand for:

• “Can Do” Spirit: We work together to make our wildest dreams a reality: As entrepreneurs, we embrace optimism and find creative ways to reach our goals
• Advocacy, Diversity, and Inclusion: We recognize and celebrate the full spectrum of personal identities. We create safe spaces so everyone’s voice is heard. We listen with humility and act with courage.
• Storytelling: We tell authentic stories like no, one else. It’s our key to inspire trust and build relationships, rallying, our people, partners, and consumers around our brands.
• Resilience: We embrace challenges as opportunities. Change is ever- constant, and agility is our strength.
• Product Excellence: We put the consumers first: We constantly raise the bar to create products of the highest quality that everyone just has to have.

The salary range for this position is $33.50 - $37.25 per year. Offered salary is dependent upon experience and San Francisco location. Kendo Total Rewards offerings also include an annual bonus and a comprehensive benefits package including: medical, dental and vision insurance, flex paid time off program, parental leave, employee discount/perks, a retirement plan with employer contributions, Summer Fridays, opportunity to work from anywhere for two weeks during the calendar year and December wellness/shutdown week for applicable positions.

The Kendo house of brands currently includes: Fenty Beauty, Fenty Skin, Fenty Eau de Parfum, Fenty Hair, Ole Henriksen, Lip Lab.

SUMMARY

This person will be responsible for the planning, implementation and coordination of Talent Development and general People and Culture activities. You will help enable Kendoites to optimize their performance, grow their careers, and engage in our inclusive work environment. As our Talent Development and HR Coordinator you will report to the Director of Learning + Talent Management.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Learning and Talent Development (75% Role Function)

Program planning and coordination       

• Develop and execute the logistical plans for learning events, programs and activations.
• Schedule new hire onboarding, and employee experience moments.
• Strong program management and organizational skills to successfully coordinate complex programs.
• Track engagement and learning outcomes. Provide YOY comparison data to support learning ROI.

Source training and event vendors

• Research vendors- program budget and reconcile all vendor payments, invoices and receipts for program related expenses.
• Comfortable sharing thoughts and new ideas to spark innovation and creativity
• Serve as a collaborative partner for Talent Development team, and supportive cross functional partner to other People and Culture teams.

Learning Platform Support

• Ensure learning participants have a smooth experience with training platforms. Oversee and optimize the employee user experience using third party learning platforms (LinkedIn Learning, LRN, 360 Learning, Future-Use Platforms, etc.)
  

People + Culture/HR (25% of Role Function)

Employee Data Entry Support

• Support data entry efforts of employee record information across platforms to capture new hire, job change, and termination information. Requires strong attention to detail and accurate input of data. Timely follow through of task assignment.
• Maintain employee records with diligence and high maturity regarding confidential information.
• Onboarding and offboarding processing duties

Develop and Maintain Employee Resource Material

• Become a SME across employee platforms (Intranet and companywide Microsoft Teams channels). Maintains and updates employee program and benefits information across platforms for easy access by employees.

Plan and Administer Company-Wide Communications

• Design, Plan and Disseminate companywide communications across platforms. (Outlook, Microsoft Teams, Etc.)
• Assist with company-wide webinars – managing zoom webinars, chats, recordings, and attendance reporting.

REQUIREMENTS

• Experience working within a fast paced, employee-oriented team environment
• High attention to detail and self-motivated to deliver high-quality work
• Strong program management experience to support coordination and logistics efforts
• Strong written and communication skills; with special emphasis on creation of People and Culture program marketing materials
• Critical Thinking skills to anticipate needs and proactively work to find solutions
• Strong Microsoft 365 proficiency and comfortable with learning new technologies
• Possess experience with event planning or exposed to experiential events (ie coordinating food, A/V etc)
• Proficient in a Hybrid working environment (in-person and remote)