Technology Learning & Development Lead

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Florenceville-Bristol, NB
Senior level
Food • Retail • Agriculture • Manufacturing
At McCain Foods we know the importance that food plays in people's lives.
The Role
The Learning and Development Lead is responsible for designing and implementing training programs for employees in the Global Technology department. This role aims to enhance skills, foster a culture of continuous learning, and align development initiatives with company goals by addressing skill gaps and growth opportunities.
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Position Title: Learning & Development Lead
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Position Location: Florenceville GTC
Grade: Grade 05
Requisition ID: 31921
Our Global Technology team's goal is to leverage technology and data to drive profitable growth, focus on enhancing customer experience and to further our purpose of 'Celebrating real connections through delicious, planet-friendly food' . McCain has embarked on an ambitious digital transformation across our business from Agriculture to Manufacturing and commercial capabilities to enhance our customer obsession. As part of this transformation, we are making significant investments in our digital platforms, technology transformations and in building a data driven culture. We are building digital products for our customers, suppliers/growers, and McCain team members to enable digital processes and data-driven automation. Through our investments, we will transform McCain into a company that empowers our teams with easy-to-use systems which will help them collaborate better, be productive and make data driven decisions. Will you be part of this exciting journey?
Reporting to the Director HR, Global Technology, the Learning and Development Lead is responsible for designing, implementing, and overseeing comprehensive training programs that enhance the skills, knowledge, and capabilities of employees across all levels of the Global Technology department. This role focuses on fostering a culture of continuous learning, driving skill development, and aligning training initiatives with the company's strategic goals and priorities. By identifying skill gaps and growth opportunities, the Learning and Development Lead plays a crucial part in empowering employees to reach their full potential and contribute to the organization's success.
How You'll Help:

  • Manage the design, development and execution of learning programs and initiatives that strengthen organizational skills, capabilities, compliance, and performance.
  • Evaluate organizational learning needs and develop solutions that maximize results to increase employee capability.
  • Work with other stakeholders to maintain an understanding of leadership development needs and priorities .
  • Develop a consistent communications roadmap for all training and development initiatives.
  • Oversee a document repository of all training materials to ensure relevance and alignment with developmental needs of employees .
  • Drive a culture of continuous learning and improvement by ensuring that content and learning moments are easy to access, consume and apply.
  • Develop an engaging learner experience by leveraging digital learning technologies and introducing new and innovative ways to learn.
  • Perform additional tasks as assigned.


How You'll Help:

  • Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 5 years' experience in training, adult education or learning and development.
  • Experience coordinating, scheduling, and delivering training within an organization undergoing significant transformational change.
  • Experience working with cross-cultural teams and awareness of global language translation requirements.
  • Experience developing e-learning materials to support large-scale training needs.
  • Knowledge in training specific to technology platforms (Microsoft, SAP, etc)
  • Project Management: demonstrate strong project management skills
  • Budget: effectively manage a large training budget centrally to ensure investment in priority areas
  • Change Management: ability to manage multiple stakeholders and communication platforms to ensure success of projects
  • Facilitations Skills: strong facilitation skills required to deliver programs in-person and virtually
  • Stakeholder Management: Ability to work with all levels within the organization including SLT
  • A strong communicator, both written and verbal, with ability to create content for multiple channels.
  • Ability to collaborate with senior leaders.
  • Self-directed and independent thinker
  • Fantastic organizational and time management skills.
  • Strategic and creative mindset.
  • Meticulous attention to detail.


McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
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Job Family: Information Technology
Division: Global Human Resources
Department: Flight Operations
Location(s): CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Florenceville-Bristol
Company: McCain Foods (Canada)

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The Company
HQ: Florenceville-Bristol, NB
20,000 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 1957

What We Do

The power it has to uplift and bring people, Guided by our purpose - Celebrating real connections through delicious, planet-friendly food - we believe that working together with our teams, business and community partners will bring sustainable growth and positive change - today, tomorrow and for generations to come.

As a privately owned family company with over 60 years of experience, a presence in over 160 countries and a global team of 22,000 people, our values and culture are at the heart of everything we do. Our product quality, people and customer dedication help us achieve global sales in excess of CDN $10 billion. Through our investment and innovation, we continue to be a global leader in prepared potato products, including our famous French Fries and appetizers.

We are passionate about supporting and developing our people-providing opportunities to grow and learn in their roles, as well as building careers for the long term.

Why Work With Us

We are working to bring digital tools and data into our processes to drive efficiency, automation and data-driven insights. From connecting our business, enabling our supply chain, supporting our customers, to reinventing agriculture. So if you are a tech expert looking to join a company transforming technology, think of McCain.

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