Talent Programs Manager

The Talent Programs Manager is responsible for leading and supporting key talent initiatives, including talent review and succession planning, employee life-cycle management, early talent programs, and belonging & culture efforts for Performance Coatings Group. This role partners with HR and business leaders to develop strategic programs and drive employee engagement and development across a global workforce.

Additional Information

The travel for this position is 10%.

This role will report to Sherwin-Williams Global Headquarters located at 1 Sherwin Way, Cleveland, OH 44113.

Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company's staff, employees, and business relationships.

Talent Review & Succession Planning Programs

• Support the management of the PCG talent review and succession planning programs through: pre-process communication and training, reporting and analytics, system management, talent profile development, material preparations, identified follow up activities, facilitating prep meetings with VP's, etc.
• Use data from our HR and Talent Systems to identify trends and opportunity areas
• Create and maintain training and resources for field HR and managers
• Work with field to ensure that development plans are occurring in a timely fashion
• Partner with Enterprise to understand succession planning process and provide input on process changes
• Identify and measure critical roles and pipeline health within PCG
• Lead processes to increase health of talent pipeline within PCG in partnership with L&OD and HR leadership and Division leadership teams
• Lead efforts to create and maintain top talent records across PCG Divisions
• Complete regular and ad hoc analysis and reporting on key talent and development metrics and share analysis with key stakeholders on L&OD and HR teams

Employee Life-Cycle Management

• Partner with the Enterprise Talent Management team and PCG HR team to develop and maintain resources, training and communications to support the PCG performance management process
• Assist with the implementation of enterprise performance management system, process and reporting enhancements
• Partner with PCG HR leaders and business partners to assess performance management needs through surveys, focus groups or consultation with managers in order to develop a plan for process/training/resource improvements
• Lead career development efforts for PCG, partnering with region L&OD teams to share best practices
• Partner with L&D Manager to design and deploy leadership development opportunities tied to competency development and employee engagement
• Partner with L&OD Director to deploy strategic talent development programs
• Recommend improvements/enhancements to the system, reporting, process, training and resources
• Support leadership onboarding through initiation of onboarding process and follow-up
• Partner with Enterprise and HR business partners to communicate criteria and process for coaching and other targeted leadership development tools (i.e.: 360s, new leader assimilations, etc.), track coaching assignments and make recommendations for process improvements

Early Talent Programs

• Set strategic direction and manage all early talent programs for PCG and divisions
• Partner with divisions to discuss current and future talent needs and adjustments to program elements to support. Ensure buy-in with divisions when changes are proposed.
• Research, design and implement new early talent development program paths based on business need
• Lead change management efforts and gain buy in and approval from appropriate stakeholders
• Develop and implement all tools, resources, communication needed to properly prepare and provide expectations to participants, managers and HRBPs including check ins, projects, experiences, engagements, evaluation and feedback

Belonging, Culture & Employee Experience (BCEE)

• In partnership with Enterprise BCEE and Global L&OD Director, manage belonging & culture initiatives for PCG
• Support development and implementation of PCG BCEE plan
• Partner with PCG and Enterprise ERG leads to ensure alignment with PCG & SW strategy; manage budget for PCG ERGs and provide guidance on efforts to support initiatives
• Support BCEE plan execution within PCG

Employee Engagement

• Manage engagement survey process for PCG including: pre-survey planning and communication, survey results analysis, action planning and tracking action plan progress
• Serve as PCG representative with Enterprise employee engagement team

Ensure Team Success & Development

• Select and onboard all new team members
• Coach and develop team members for higher levels of performance
• Foster engagement among team members and department
• Oversee the daily operations of the department, including all department projects and related tasks
• Encourage and build mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among staff members

Minimum Requirements:

• Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age
• Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without needing sponsorship for employment work visa status now or in the future (e.g., OPT, CPT, H1B, EB-1,etc.)
• Must have Bachelor's degree or higher
• Must have at least three (3) years in Human Resources, including experience with onboarding, career development, performance management, talent review and/or succession planning processes/programs
• Must have one (1) year of working experience in project management and being successful in executing numerous priorities and multiple projects in a fast-paced environment

Preferred Qualification:

• Have a Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Human Resources Management, Organizational/Industrial Psychology, or Business Management
• Have five (5) years in HR, including experience with onboarding, career development, performance management, talent review and/or succession planning processes/program
• Have experience participating as a team member on a global project
• Have experience with using Tableau or similar data visualization software
• Have at least one (1) year of experience using Microsoft Office products (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and/or Outlook)