Company Overview

　　For 80+ years, the Hirschbach family of companies has built a sterling reputation for delivering time and temperature sensitive freight. Today, the organization runs two forward facing brands (Hirschbach & John Christner Trucking (JCT)) which generate a combined $1+ billion in revenue and have become the 2 nd largest refrigerated carrier in North America, with company headquarters in Dubuque, Iowa. The companies collectively provide the highest level of service in the industry and offer a breadth of services to our customers. Hirschbach & JCT have a tenured history paired with a future of growth and opportunity.

　　Hirschbach’s vision is to be North-America’s most trusted transportation solutions provider.

　　A key tenant of trust is having a pool of talent and resources who are exceptionally competent, capable and passionate to deliver results for our customers.

　　Summary of Responsibilities

　　In this newly created role, this new leader will be responsible for helping drive this vision by leading, overseeing, and developing training programs. Those programs will be aligned to the strategic needs and initiatives for Hirschbach Motor Lines and its family of companies. Success in this role will be achieved through achieving a ‘culture’ of continuous feedback and measuring organizational effectiveness through improved business performance and an engaged workforce.

　　The ideal candidate will have a passion for people and making an impact on their lives through developing others.

　　Duties & Responsibilities

　　Initial first year priorities to include:

　　Conducting a needs analysis with business and functional leaders to determine training priorities for all employee work groups (hourly, salaried and executive)

　　Upon conclusion of needs analysis, propose programs and resource needs to achieve business training needs, including Leader and Individual Contributor development

　　Designs, develops and delivers engaging and impactful training and development programs , using knowledge of the effectiveness of various training method, for both individual contributors, people leaders and high potential employees

　　Company-wide training and facilitation of 9-Box Talent Assessment Process for talent identification across organization, including high-potential talent

　　Facilitation of Succession Planning Process and Individual Development Plans (IDPs) for key employees

　　In partnership with Finance and HR leadership, recommends and prepares annual training budget.

　　Trains and mentors leaders, supervisors, and others involved in employee development efforts.

　　Talent Requirements and Skills

　　The ideal candidate will be an experienced leader of people, with experience in business operations and understanding key operational business metrics, profit & loss statements and achieving results through others. A successful, proven track record of developing and promoting others is paramount. Finality of title will be commensurate with level of experience and skills.

　　Bachelor’s degree in Organizational/Instructional Design, Training & Development, Education, Human Resources, Business, or any other related field.

　　5-10 years professional experience leading training and development efforts, succession planning and talent assessment

　　Exceptional design and delivery capabilities with the ability to engage an audience through passion and presence

　　Passionate about educating and the development team members.

　　Expert knowledge of learning management system implementation and administration.

　　Experience with deploying creative learning solutions to a nationwide, highly dispersed workforce, from hourly, front-line employees to sr executives.

　　Strong business acumen to translate business needs and strategies into defined developmental material.

　　Demonstrated knowledge of presentation, computer-based training, and video software

　　Ability to travel up to 25% of the time

　　Demonstrates an "All In to Win" attitude and displays self-motivation and a strong desire to learn within an unpredictable and demanding environment

　　Work Location: Ideal candidate will work in our Dubuque, Iowa, or Tulsa, OK or Salt Lake City, UT location.

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