What are the responsibilities and job description for the Emerging Leader Program Specialist position at Sonoco?
The role of the Emerging Leader Program Specialist will be instrumental in the design and delivery of a seamless experience for Sonoco’s early career populations to ensure they develop the skills and capabilities most critical to our business.
What you’ll be doing:
- Support the delivery of an engaging, high-quality experience for Sonoco’s Emerging Leader Program (ELP) and Sonoco internship programs that develop the skills and capabilities most critical to our business strategy.
- Work with HR Business Partners, and Business and Function stakeholders to understand program needs and raise awareness and understanding of program offerings.
- Support the Early Career recruiting team with program branding, college recruiting strategies, and talking points related to the program experience.
- Collaborate with, HR teams including Learning and Development, and Diversity and Inclusion, as well as external vendors, to build and continuously improve the learning experience.
- Plan, execute, and support ELP program, activities, including onboarding, delivery of learning curriculum, and speaker engagements, both virtual and in-person.
- Partner with internal and external facilitators to successfully plan and execute skill development sessions on-the-ground the ground support for in-person program elements as needed.
- Support performance management and talent review planning and use the outcomes to review program needs.
- Partner with People Analytics to measure and track progress against key mend-to-end
- Manage end to en,d program planning including communications, logistics, and technical elements.
- Operate as a key point of contact for program participants, managers, and other key stakeholders.
- Manage external vendors and Sonoco processes to support program needs.
We’d love to hear from you if:
- Demonstrated ability to build relationships and manage multiple stakeholders
- Process and project management skills
- Presentation and facilitation skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Strong attention to detail and results orientation
- Demonstrates a high degree of initiative, autonomy, and ability to collaborate
- Demonstrated ability to work in a virtual team environment
- Demonstrated ability to work with individuals from a diverse set of backgrounds
- Creativity and ability to generate and successfully execute new ideas
- Strong Excel, SharePoint, and PowerPoint skills and ability to synthesize data to tell a story
- This position requires the ability to travel 30% of the time
At Sonoco Products Company, we offer a comprehensive total rewards package, including competitive pay and benefits:
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents, including FSA and HSA options
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match
- Wellbeing tools and resources to support holistic health, including an Employee Assistance Program with a variety of services
- Paid time off and holidays to recreate, rejuvenate and care for the health of yourself and family
- Variety of company paid and voluntary employee-paid insurance plans including life, personal accident, and disability insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
We are an equal opportunity employer, and we strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any legally protected characteristic.
