Learning and Development Specialist, Advisor

**Remote Work: Hybrid**

**Overview**:
At Zebra, we extend the edge of possibility by shaping the future of work on the front line—reinventing how businesses run and moving society forward.

We are a community of changemakers, innovators and doers who come together to deliver a performance edge to the front line of business. We develop new technologies and create new solutions with partners to help organizations act with greater visibility, connectivity, and intelligence—delivering better experiences for workers and those they serve.

Being a part of Zebra means being seen, heard, valued, and respected as you define your path to a fulfilling career. Here, you'll have opportunities to learn and lead at a leading company, and you can channel your skills towards causes that you and the Zebra community care about, locally, and globally.

Together, we've only begun to define the edge of what's possible—for our people, our customers, and the world.

The Learning and Development advisor reports to the Director Learning and Development and is responsible for designing and implementing employee and management development programs in support of Zebra’s strategic goals. This person will partner with the business, HR and external vendors to ensure the implementation of effective learning and development programs across the enterprise. This role will be a champion for the sales function to be more effective in using of our CRM tools such as SalesForce.

**Responsibilities**:

- Understand the latest skill needs, make connections between employee’s capabilities and organizational requirements, gaps and provide employee with the right Learning and Development offerings
- Consult with cross function stakeholder groups to assess and analyze learning and training needs, assists in the recommendation process to decision-makers, identifies delivery methods and implements plans accordingly.
- Build, maintain and direct resources to deliver a curriculum employee development, people management as well as a coaching culture utilizing ILT, VILT.
- Lead the ongoing utilization and growth of the Learning Experience Platform to support employee development.
- Design, development, implement and facilitate management and employee learning programs.
- Adapt style and tone of content development to fit a variety of role across the enterprise (hourly, salaried, management etc.)
- Analyze and Utilize data to make recommendations to business stakeholders and well as L & D leadership for the future learning across the system
- Ensure overall learning integrity through monitoring, feedback and ongoing analysis of key metrics, leverage KPIs.
- Manage external vendors, negotiate contracts, and oversee the service from design to delivery.
- Capabilities to be deployed are, but are not limited to, program and project management, adult learning strategy and content development, data analysis, written and verbal communication

**Qualifications**:
Minimum Education:
Bachelor’s Degree in HR, adult learning/education or equivalent professional experience required

Minimum Work Experience (years):
8+ Years of relevant experience

Key Skills and Competencies:
Licenses/Certifications, special qualifications:
Equivalencies:

- Knowledge of Adult Learning Theory
- Excellent facilitation skills including the ability to deliver programs via virtual platforms as well in person
- Ability to establish strong presence with leaders across the organization
- Extensive experience in the design, management and facilitation of management and employee development programs and courses in multiple modalities
- Experience with a Learning Experience Platform a plus
- Ability to communciate in mandarin is an advantage as this role will be providing training to colleagues in China who may not be proficient in English.

**Position Specific Information**

Travel Requirements (as a % of time):
15%

Able to telework? Yes/no - if yes, % of time and expectations while teleworking

25%