Alfa Laval is looking for a qualified People Development & Talent Management

Manager for the cluster India to provide high quality support in People Development &

Talent Management. Considering the disruptions in the market because of VUCA, we

need a qualified People Development Manager who will work closely with the business

managers and leaders to identify the future skills and competence gaps, design the

learning plans, and implement to make the workforce ready for the future. His/her role

is to facilitate the learning culture in the organization. The role needs to work towards

organisational interventions in the space of talent development. 

This role has a clear and strong focus on Technical & Functional learning. 

Alfa Laval is transforming the way we develop our people and organization. This role

will be instrumental in our effort to increase our capabilities and become an organization

where employees are engaged and motivated to learn continuously to support our

business strategy. With an overarching objective of being an “Employer of Choice”, the

role would constantly endeavor on projects to enhance employee experience.  

Our ideal candidates should have solid experience in Learning & development, 

designing the learning & career paths, and executing those with the support of HRBPs

in respective business units.  

Sometimes we´ll have the need for external partnerships when it comes to upskilling

and reskilling, where you´ll act as speaking partner, as well as maintaining budgets and

relationships with vendors and consultants. This of-course includes sourcing and

recommending vendors and other external partners to design, develop, and/or deliver

learning solutions where applicable. 

About the organization:

Alfa Laval has been present in India since 1937. It is a sales company of Alfa Laval

Group based out of Lund, Sweden. The India Corporate Office is at Pune, Maharashtra.

Alfa Laval globally has completed almost 140 years. 

The Factories located in Maharashtra manufactures and supplies key components and

systems in Separation, Heat Transfer, and Flow technology. It is also a hub for

Centrifugal Separators, Decanters, and Flow equipment delivered to the global markets

from here.

The company's products and solutions are omnipresent in over 25 multiple Indian

industries like Food Processing, Dairy, Edible oil processing, Sugar production,

Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Brewery, Distillery, Starch, Pulp and Paper,

Inorganic, Petrochemical, Oil & Gas, Marine, Energy, Effluent Handling and Steel &

Metal. Alfa Laval caters to many national and international clients based across India

and neighbouring countries like Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bangladesh.

At Alfa Laval, we always go that extra mile to overcome the toughest challenges. Our

driving force is to accelerate success for our customers, people, and planet. You can

only achieve that by having dedicated people with a curious mind. Curiosity is the

spark behind great ideas. And great ideas drive progress.

As a member of our team, you thrive in a truly diverse workplace based on

empowerment. You are here to make a difference. Constantly building bridges to the

future with sustainable solutions that have an impact on our planet’s most urgent

problems. Making the world a better place, Every day.

Purpose: 

• Support and inspire management by proactively driving organizational, leadership    

and competence development to stay competitive/attractive on the people side to     

create better customer experience.

• The role works closely with HRBPs, Business Leaders in the cluster to improve

business outcomes through People Development initiatives and strategy in alignment

with business needs.

 Requisite: 

Strong understanding of people development practises, products, technologies,

application is key. Should be able to work in complex and matrix organization. 

In this role, you will be an active member of the India HR Leadership team as well as part of

the Alfa Laval global learning and development Centre of Expertise community.

Global L&D community responsibilities:

• Be part of the team that conceptualize, co-creates, leverages, develop and manage

the Alfa Laval faculties and adapt for local needs.

• Be part of the team which sets the strategic ambition, agenda and framework to

design, deliver and assess the impact of training and development initiatives

imparted.

• Implement various learning methods company-wide [coaching, job-shadowing, online

training]

Detailed responsibilities:

· Drive Technical / Functional learning across all business units of Alfa Laval, India.

· Conduct competency profiling across the organisational units and develop learning

plans with key focus on functional / technical / application trainings.

· Work closely with HRBP’s in India for implementation of Learning & Talent strategy. 

· Leverage global solutions and where needed conceptualise, build, develop and lead

Learning initiatives to deliver business needs in India Field Service Academy, IPA

Academy etc.

· Identification of training needs through different tools and align with the business

leaders.

· Facilitate the designing and developing course curriculum for different courses with

support from course owners.

· Create the academy catalogue, yearly, quarterly and monthly development plans

and calendars and execute those plans as per the granular plans, Implement global

people development initiatives in India.

· Contribute and create learning paths for different roles and build the competence

directory for different job roles.

· Integrate talent development initiatives for cross pollination of the talent in different

functions, and business areas in India.

· Conduct assessment and development centers for hi-potential employees.

· Contribute to inclusion and diversity initiatives.    

· Support in organizational development initiatives.

· Accountable for the learning portal and about me page for development, update the

courses, registration of courses, registration of employees etc.

· Build a dashboard of Learning and Development KPIs to be followed

· Define the Career Development and Career Management initiatives for India along with

HR Business Partners.

The incumbent will be the management team member of HR in India.

Work Place & Reporting :

The position is located at India Customer Center at Dapodi, Pune. The position reports to the Vice

President HR - Alfa Laval India and works closely with the Global VP Talent Management and

People Development and the Centre of Expertise communities. 

Interactions level:

Internal:

Cluster President, Managing Director, HRBPs in the countries of responsibility, TA team,

Business Managers, Unit Managers, Peers - locally or globally, etc.  

External:

Training agencies, trainers, talent assesors, consultants, professional bodies, universities

etc.  

 Personal Background : 

• 10-15 years of relevant experience in People Development and talent management in

large Indian and MNCs with high focus on trainings.  

• Previous experience using technology platforms to automate and optimize L&D

processes

• Relevant experience in Technical / Product / Sales Training or Capability

Development, preferably in a B2B engineering or industrial organization.

• BE in Mechanical / Instrumentation / Electrical. MBA in Human Resources will be an added advantage.

Physical & Environmental Factors
Office environment with frequent attendance on the shop floor. Safety equipment required when present on the shop floor – footwear, hearing, eyewear.
Environmental Factors (hazardous materials, work location, work surfaces, exposure).

Why should you apply:

• We offer you an interesting and challenging position in an open and friendly environment where we help each other to develop and create value for our customers.
• Exciting place to build a global network with different nationalities.
• Your work will have a true impact on Alfa Laval’s future success, you will be learning new things every day.

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