Learning & Development Specialist

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Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other.  We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

What You Will Do:

This role serves as the site learning owner, responsible for governing learning policies and processes, ensuring training compliance, building workforce capability, and partnering with business leaders to support organizational effectiveness and business performance

• Assisting in determining the learning needs of an organization's employees for identified professional and organizational development objectives.
• Designing course curricula, selecting suitable training platforms and vendors for effective delivery.
• Developing learning course or program communications, arranging logistics, and ensuring proper documentation for compliance with regulatory requirements and internal procedures.
• Delivering of training sessions to maintain the focus on the business-identified learning objectives while ensuring an adult learner-centric approach.
• Collaborating with others to design and implement training assessments on effectiveness application of learning; conducting assessments; and preparing evaluation reports.
• Maintain & Improve learning related policies and procedures.
• Perform other learning, HR, or business-related duties and special projects as assigned by management.

What Skills You Will Have:

• Consulting: Knowledge of techniques, roles, and responsibilities in providing technical or business guidance to clients, both internal and external; ability to apply consulting knowledge appropriately.
• Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behave.
• Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.
• Instructional Design: Knowledge of relevant instructional design concepts and processes; ability to design instructional content to meet the learning needs of a target population.
• Training Delivery: Knowledge of methods and tools of training delivery; Ability to deliver learning solutions for desired training outcomes
• Training Needs Analysis: Knowledge of tools, techniques and methods of training needs analyses; ability to identify what people need to learn for successful individual and organizational performance.
• Training Solution Development: Knowledge of training solution development procedures, tools and techniques; ability to utilize the knowledge for developing a solution to stated training needs.
• Training Technologies: Knowledge of training tools and techniques; ability to utilize software, technologies and applications for the creation and development of training programs and processes.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or above in Human Resources, Learning & Development, Business Administration, Psychology, Education, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in Learning & Development, Talent Development, or a related HR function.
• Experience supporting a manufacturing, assembly, or industrial operations environment.
• Demonstrated experience in training needs analysis, curriculum design, training delivery, and learning program management.
• Experience managing learning policies, procedures, compliance requirements, and training governance processes.
• Strong understanding of adult learning principles and organizational development practices.
• Strong facilitation, presentation, consulting, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience utilizing learning management systems (LMS), digital learning tools, and learning analytics.
• Proficient in Microsoft Power Automate, Apps and learning technologies.
• Fluent in Mandarin and English with the ability to work effectively in a global matrix organization.

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Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply

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