Learning Program Manager

Requisition ID : 182904

Career Group : Corporate Office Careers

Job Category : HR Learning and Development

Travel Requirements : 0 - 10%

Job Type : Full-Time

Country : Canada (CA)

Province : Ontario; Alberta; Nova Scotia; Québec

City : Mississauga, Montreal, Calgary, Dartmouth, Stellarton

Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.

Our family of 131,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers.

Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.

A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country.

With over 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.

Ready to Make an impact?

Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities, and we are always looking for passionate new talent to join our team! Our Sobeys Learning & Skills Development team is currently looking for a Learning Program Manager to support the success of large-scale transformation initiatives.

If you have experience working within a project-based environment on business transformations and systems implementations and a strong client and service orientation, then this role is for you.

This is a hybrid role and there is an in-office requirement of 3 times a week.

Here’s where you’ll be focusing :

• Lead the L&D workstream on large scale organizational transformation programs.
• Oversee the end-to-end planning and execution of all L&D workstream activities - from the initial workstream planning and project scoping, to securing project resources and team members to execute on the project, into the definition and execution of the needed learning solution.
• Develop a wholistic learning solution and approach that aligns with best practices and industry standards and that supports the advancement of Sobeys organizational strategy and culture.
• Oversee the L&D project team and provide direction, support and guidance to the learning team resources assigned to the project.
• Secure learning vendors and manage the relationship with and performance of external resources to provide quality and timely work.
• Partner with the business and project leads to create an integrated approach to support the human capital needs of the program.

What you have to offer :

• Undergraduate degree and / or college diploma in a relevant area.
• 5+ years experience working within a project-based environment executing on learning or media design, development, and implementation.
• 3+ years experience working in organization transformations in either a Learning or Change Management project workstream.
• 3+ years experience in assessing, defining, and delivering on training needed for organization wide system implementations such as ERP, CRM, HRIS
• Experience working with or as a part of an external System Implementor
• Proficient at managing senior program stakeholders.
• Proficient in managing project scope and timelines.
• Experienced team leader, adept at empowering team members, facilitating collaboration, and developing talent.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to foster trust, negotiate, influence, resolve conflict, and collaborate effectively with diverse teams.
• A strong client and service orientation, along with exceptional consulting and advisory skills and the ability to maintain highly effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving with a solutions-oriented mindset and the ability to apply logical reasoning to address complex challenges.
• Familiarity with learning trends and innovations and a keen desire to continuously enhance the learning experience and impact on the business.
• Certification or experience in Project Management or Change Management is an asset.
• Previous experience working in the retail industry is an asset.
• English / French bilingualism is an asset.

LI-DS1 #Li-Hybrid

At Sobeys we require our teammates to have the ability to adhere to a hybrid work model that requires your presence at one of our office locations at least three days per week.

This requirement is integral to our commitment to team collaboration and the overall success of our office culture.

We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better physically, financially and emotionally.

Some websites share our job opportunities and may provide salary estimates without our knowledge. These estimates are based on similar jobs and postings for general comparison, but these numbers are not provided by our organization nor monitored for accuracy.

We will consider factors such as your working location, work experience and skills as well as internal equity, and market conditions to ensure the selected candidate is paid fairly and competitively.

We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.

Our Total Rewards programs, for full-time teammates, goes well beyond your paycheque :

• Competitive Benefits Package, tailored to meet your needs, including health and dental coverage, life, short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Access to Virtual Health Care Platform and Employee and Family Assistance Program.
• A Retirement and Savings Plan that provides you with the opportunity to build and add value to your savings.
• A 10% in-store discount at our participating banners and access to a wide range of other discount programs, making your purchases more affordable.
• Learning and Development Resources to fuel your professional growth.
• Parental leave top-up
• Paid Vacation and Days-off

We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.