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Company Overview
S&S Activewear is the leading wholesaler to the imprintable apparel and uniform market in the United States and Canada. Since 1988, we’ve provided high-quality, imprintable apparel to our broad wholesale customer base. We offer high-quality apparel that allows your customers to express their creativity through wearable art through concert merchandise, school & team apparel, marathons and fun runs company stores, theme park gift shops and everyone in between!
Today, we offer the most extensive and accessible collection of fashion-forward styles around. And we get you the goods fast. We operate eight nationwide distribution centers—that’s 4 million square feet of efficient warehouse space—and uniquely offer the largest one & two-day distribution footprint in the industry, with its products reaching 99% of the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico within two days and 44 states in just one day.
We offer more than 100 brands, including Adidas, Champion, Columbia, Dickies, Fruit of the Loom, Gildan, Oakley, Richardson, Tommy Hilfiger, etc.
We have grown from a successful midwestern t-shirt and fleece distributor into an industry leader with approximately $2.5 billion in annual sales. In March 2021, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (“CD&R”) acquired S&S Activewear. CD&R believed S&S to be a leading distribution platform with sustainable competitive advantage following significant strategic investments in its geographic reach, people, and technology.
About Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) is all about investing with a purpose. They're a private investment firm that really focuses on turning companies into stronger, more profitable versions of themselves. From the beginning they have overseen the investment of over $35 billion across 100 different companies, and those deals add up to a total value of more than $150 billion. The CD&R firm has offices in both New York and London.
Job Description
We are seeking a Talent Enablement Manager to lead the design, implementation, and management of our organization's learning initiatives. This remote role requires a strategic thinker who can help lead the design, development and integration of all end-to-end talent management and leadership development practices and programs across the organization to increase business capability and drive a learning-centric culture.
This leader must develop deep relationships with key business leaders at all levels and peers in the HR organization for the function to continue to evolve in a manner where it’s viewed by its clients as expert, confident, strategic, effective, and vital to the organization’s success. This involves thoroughly understanding the business strategy, needs and priorities and translating them into practical talent management processes and initiatives and development programs for S&S Activewear. Reporting to the Director of Talent Enablement, he/she will be a critical member of the HR team and will contribute to the strategic direction of the Human Resources function.
Schedule
Monday-Friday, Full-time, Exempt (Remote Available)
Duties & Responsibilities
- Develop and execute a comprehensive learning strategy in line with organizational strategy.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to identify learning needs and craft effective solutions.
- Create engaging learning materials, such as eLearning modules, videos, and instructor-led sessions.
- Conduct learning sessions for employees at all levels and assess program effectiveness for continuous improvement.
- Keep abreast of industry trends and integrate best practices and new technologies into our learning programs. Additionally, you'll evaluate and recommend the best systems and tools to support organizational objectives.
- Manage the learning management system (LMS) to ensure current and accessible content.
- Coordinate with external vendors for specialized learning programs as required.
- Support onboarding with new hire orientation and training development.
- Leverage and coach internal leaders, subject matter experts, and trainers to enhance their instructional skills.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in instructional design, education, human resources, behavioral science or a related field.
- Minimum 5 years in Learning and Development/Organization Development.
- Strong facilitation and presentation skills to effectively engage learners.
- Proficiency with learning management systems and other learning technologies.
- Demonstrated use of evaluation methods to assess and improve learning solutions and demonstrate ROI to the business.
- Demonstrated project management abilities, including prioritization and meeting deadlines.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for effective stakeholder collaboration.
- Experience in a global or multicultural environment is advantageous.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or listen.
Working Environment
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
S&S Activewear welcomes people of all backgrounds and experiences and are committed to creating a diverse culture and supporting human growth. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing equal opportunity for all employees and applicants. We conduct business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. Our policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer, and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons. S&S participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm you are authorized to work in the U.S. This job offer is contingent upon the completion of a satisfactory background check.
