Talent Development Specialist

Leek, England, United Kingdom

1/3/2025

Job Title: Talent Development Specialist

Reports to: Talent Lead, Human Resources

Location: UK (Leek, Nantwich or Ledbury) or Spain (Avila) (Regular travel across UK/ Spanish sites)

Salary: Generous salary available dependant on location

Ornua (meaning “new gold”) is Ireland’s largest exporter of Irish dairy products, proudly bringing the unique taste of Irish dairy to the world for over 55 years.

Are you a Spanish speaking Talent Development Specialist looking for the challenge of taking a mission driven organisation to its next level of success? Do you have experience in Employee Development and L&D? Are you looking for an opportunity with a global remit and regular travel between our UK and Spanish sites?

Ornua is actively seeking a Talent Development Specialist to join our Talent team as we continue our growth trajectory. The Talent Development Specialist will make a significant contribution to the achievement of the development aspects of the People Strategy by building greater competence in the workforce and providing consistent support to our business units.

The impact of this role will also support our objectives in employee engagement in providing growth and development opportunities for everyone – tailored to their needs and function within the business.

In this role, you will be in the wider global talent team, which sits in our wider shared services global HR model.

Why Ornua?

• Ornua operates from 10 business units worldwide, including 16 production facilities, and has sales and marketing teams working in-market across all four corners of the globe.
• The Group is structured across two divisions: Ornua Foods and Ornua Ingredients.
• Ornua Ingredients is responsible for the procurement of Irish and non-Irish dairy products and for the sale of dairy ingredients to food manufactures and foodservice customer across the world.
• Our co-operative ethos lies at the heart of how we do business as a purpose and values-led organisation, creating value for Irish dairy farming families.
• Our Values lie at the core of everything we do. Our five values encourage us to Seek and Embrace New Ideas, Make It Happen, Be Our True Selves, Show You Care, and Achieve Great Things Together.
• We invest in our people and foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Dynamic Working policy in place which facilitates flexible hours and hybrid working.
• Career Progression including Global Mobility opportunities.
• Comprehensive Benefits with regional specific offerings.
  
  

Why This Role Is Valuable:

The Talent Development Specialist is responsible for leading on;

• Supporting the design and delivery of core programmes to develop leaders and managers and to work with HRBPs to ensure that development needs are met for colleagues across the business.
• Design and deliver appropriate people leadership and team development interventions, including contribution to the ‘Ornua People Leadership’ suite and ‘Managing Matters’ programmes both in English and Spanish.
• Work effectively with People Services to ensure effective use of the LMS for both colleagues and managers.
• To maintain records of training and learning activity utilising Success Factors and other LMS systems in place and to provide meaningful reporting to help assess ROI.
• Partner with leaders to source appropriate solutions to development needs and to evaluate effectiveness following use.
• To liaise with external providers and vendors regarding the delivery of agreed development solutions and programmes.
• Contribute to the testing and adoption of new learning technologies to enhance delivery and accessibility.
• Support the Talent Development Lead in all aspects of succession planning, talent development and delivery.
• Model the Ornua Values and behaviours in everything you do.
  
  

What You Bring To The Role:

• Fluent in written and spoken Spanish, with an ability to design and deliver training in Spanish
• Ability to manage a learning and development project from inception through to delivery and evaluation
• Expertise in design and delivery of Talent Development activities in:
• Leadership and team development
• Facilitation and training delivery
• Strong relationship building skills, with the ability to quickly interpret key stakeholders needs and convert them into achievable and timely solutions.
• Willingness to travel to all sites in UK and Spain as required
• Ability to manage own workload and delivery of objectives
  
  

Our interview process is designed to be thorough yet supportive. This process includes a first stage via Teams to allow us to get to know you better and to understand your skills and experiences and, if successful, a second stage face-to-face interview that will build upon the first stage and give you the opportunity to get a feel for Ornua and the environment in which you will be working.

Ornua has ambitious growth plans and we’re building a team to help enable and accelerate that growth. We are looking for people who share our values, are curious, forward-looking, take ownership and work together to build a future for themselves and Ornua.

Would you like to make an impact?

To learn more, please visit Ornua at www.ornua.com

Ornua values diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds. We also strongly encourage women and other underrepresented groups in the manufacturing industry to apply. Your unique perspectives and experiences are highly valued and will be instrumental in driving our company’s continued success. Join us in shaping a more innovative, inclusive, and sustainable future.