Specialist Retail Leadership Development

At Food Lion, Associates are the most important assets to our organization. We want associates to have meaningful careers full of variety and challenges. Each associate contributes to the overall success of Food Lion, and in return, we strive to provide all associates with a fulfilling work experience and reward performance and commitment. We are committed to the professional development of our associates through on-the-job learning opportunities and training.

About the role

The Leadership Talent Development Specialist supports the design, execution, and ongoing refinement of our Food Lion Leadership College Portfolio to ensure sessions are delivered consistently throughout the organization in support of our Brand, Strategy, and Culture. In addition to the ongoing refinement of curriculum and materials, a large portion of their time is spent facilitating adult learning in one-week to four-week long leadership college sessions. This role also supports retail leaders to deliver the Retail Management Trainee (RMT) Program experience to selected candidates, developing our high-potential recent college graduates. The role entails delivering adult learning modules regionally to retail leaders and their teams as needed to support our overall talent development strategy.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the consistent delivery of our Leadership College Portfolio, on time and on budget.
• Facilitate adult learning in one-week to four-week long leadership college sessions.
• Maintain a documented replicable model for curriculum design, delivery, and facilitation.
• Ensure curriculum remains aligned with our Brand, Strategy, and Culture, changing business practices, external benchmarks, best practices, and adult learning design.
• Coordinate session scheduling and execution in partnership with divisional retail leadership teams.
• Support business partners who deliver learning content to ensure consistent delivery and experience to participants.
• Accurately track and report Leadership College Portfolio expenses and manage P-card process in support of retail attendees not on Concur.
• Support the design and delivery methodology to meet mission-critical leadership development needs.
• Support the RMT program in partnership with Talent Acquisition (TA), Organizational Development (OD), and Retail Leadership, including:
  • RMT candidate onboarding and immersion into our Food Lion Brand, Strategy, and Culture.
  • Year-one retail training rotation training design and delivery.
  • Retail Leadership immersion and support to ensure retention and consistent trainee experience.
  • Learning group and team project design and facilitation.
  • Ongoing RMT talent planning and career progression to ensure ROI and associate retention, with a focus on defining a replicable model to attract and retain millennial talent in an inclusive, diverse, multigenerational workplace.
• Collaborate with Diversity, Talent, OD, and Learning teams to design and deliver adult learning content to retail leaders, including:
  • Uncovering Talent and Unconscious Bias.
  • Emotional Intelligence CMP learning modules (formerly DAU courses).
• 30% travel required.

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years in a Retail Management position.
• General knowledge of and experience with Adult Learning Theory.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of success as a highly performing Store Manager, Operations Initiative Specialist, Merchandising Specialist, or other key leadership position (preferred).
• High school diploma required.
• 3-5 years of relevant experience.

Skills

• Strong facilitation skills.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong decision-making skills.
• Cross-organizational collaboration and teamwork skills.
• Ability to create and design training plans and learning sessions as retail performance gaps are identified.
• Ability to influence and collaborate with others.