Learning and Development Advisor

Culina Group Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides logistics, warehousing, distribution, and other services for the food and drink industry in United Kingdom and Ireland. It provides chilled, ambient, contract packaging, and bonded logistics services, as well as value-added services, such as online visibility and systems integration, pallet management, and supply chain management.

Culina has strategic plans for further expansion and we are committed to developing and nurturing talent and the future workforce. This is a key role with prime responsibility to facilitate, deliver and adapt training initiatives that support business objectives whilst supporting and encouraging all employees in becoming the best that they can be.  Specifically, this role will be asked to support the redesign of bespoke and broad management development pathways and career pathways, supporting our talent management strategy.

Working as part of a close team, you will share responsibility across our entire business, supporting sites to determine training needs within a region or division, therefore ability to travel is essential.

We are flexible for this role to be based at any of our sites within the midlands and north region.

Working hours: Monday to Friday, 40 hour week. 

Key Duties of a Learning and Development Advisor:

• Identify any skills gaps within both the organisation and individuals, offering guidance and support to develop capabilities
• Design, deliver & maintain training course content, materials and lesson plans in core, personal & management skills training courses, providing support for other Culina colleagues in the business
• Support employees and managers with Career Development Plans and Personal Development Plans
• Assist in the review and development of training policies and initiatives to ensure all learning is aligned to company objectives
• Maintain Continuous Professional Development and actively seek improvement opportunities for L&D, utilising E-Learning, Virtual Learning and blended learning
• Offer short term coaching contracts and establish mentoring relationships
• Maintain efficient L&D Administration and Planning practices
• Liaise with key stakeholders to ascertain and deliver L&D initiatives across various business units
• Work collaboratively with wider HR community to help people plans
• Develop identified talent to enable succession planning

• Preferably holds Level 5 CIPD L&D qualification or has significant experience within a similar L&D position.
• Has experience of the creation and execution of management development programme, (both bespoke and bought) for both operational and professional colleagues.
• Confident presenting to individuals and groups.
• Experience with the use of MS 365 suite
• Has experience of KPI data analysis and reporting and data interrogation.
• Exceptional training and coaching skills.
• Ability to motivate people to higher levels of performance.
• Establishes good relationships across all seniority levels in the company and understands effective stakeholder management.
• Recognises and rewards the contribution of others.
• Listens, consults others and communicates proactively and is collaborative in nature.
• Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills and the ability to manage own workload.
• Upholds ethics and values.
• Attention to detail and ability to work on own initiative.

As part of our drive to make Culina Group a great place to work. We are proud to be an inclusive and diverse organisation where we are committed to employee development and recognising success for hard working performers.

Our dedicated learning and development programmes are open to every employee to give you the opportunity to shape your own future within logistics and continue to work in an environment where team culture thrives.

Our People are the driving force behind our success, which is why we offer a wide range of benefits which include:

• Annual Leave – Competitive holiday entitlement of 25 days plus the bank holidays.
• Company Bonus – We do our best work to succeed together. When we achieve our goals you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.
• Private Medical Cover – This gives you peace of mind, you have choice, flexibility and speed of access to the most clinically appropriate care via Bupa.
• Pension scheme – we want colleagues to enjoy a comfortable retirement so we offer a great contribution of 5% employee and 8% employer.
• Car allowance or Company car - Business need 
• Life Assurance -  4 x your annual salary.
• Wellness – Via our Employee Assistance Programme we offer immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service that operates 24 hours a days, 365 days a year.
• Eye Care Vouchers – We can provide you with substantial savings with free eye tests and discounts on prescription glasses.
• Reward & Recognition – We recognise that employees have gone the extra mile via Employee of the month and year, special recognition and long service awards.
• Everyday discounts - via our benefit platform you will have access to over 50 retailer discounts for everyday savings!

If you meet the requirements for the above role and are looking for your next career opportunity please apply now and become a part of our #WinningTeam!