Director, Organizational Development

Employment Type : Salaried

Work Designation : Hybrid

Position Summary :

This position is responsible for designing, implementing, and overseeing strategies and programs that drive organizational growth, employee engagement, and performance.

This role assesses organizational needs, organizational design, and owns the execution of core HR lifecycle processes such as people planning and performance management.

The position will also develop and enhance existing platforms to optimize our design, enhance our organizational structure, and lead and manage change.

Major Duties and Responsibilities :

People Planning : Evolve and oversee enterprise-wide execution of People Planning. Analyze and diagnose succession plans, needs and gaps to develop and sustain future proofed organizational design and development processes.

Ensure close alignment with business and HR strategies. Leverage industry trends and best practice to develop current and future talent.

Performance Management : Develop and implement strategies to enhance employee engagement, motivation, and satisfaction.

Design and oversee performance management processes, including goal setting, feedback mechanisms, and performance reviews.

Implement initiatives to improve employee retention and career pathing opportunities.

Change Leadership : Build and sustain an enterprise change leadership framework and methodology to support the enterprise through growth and transformation.

Work collaboratively with L&D, PMO and other functions to educate and imbed model within the organization.

• Organizational Development and Design : Design and develop standard approach to organizational development. Ensure consistent methodology, application and implementation across the enterprise.
• Culture and Employee Engagement : Evolve enterprise-wide employee listening strategy. Support ongoing work to refresh our Employee Value Proposition and the evolution of our corporate culture to drive employee engagement, motivation, satisfaction and performance.

Education and Experience :

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 10+ years experience in HR with a Talent and / or Organizational Development focus.
• Direct experience building enterprise-wide succession, performance and org design strategies and processes.
• Ability to influence beyond function and partner with cross-functional partners to lead change in a fast-paced, matrixed organization.
• Ability to travel up to 15%.
• Master's or MBA is preferred.
• CPG or food manufacturing industry experience is desired.
• SuccessFactors system experience is helpful.

Knowledge and Skills :

• Strategic Thinking : Ability to formulate and deliver strategies that meet and exceed our current and future talent needs.
• Communication : Exceptional verbal & written communication skills; effective executive presence and presentation skills.
• The ideal candidate will be a creative, strategic, persuasive, and analytical leader and thinker with proven leadership and collaboration skills.

Why Join Us :

Ventura Foods innovates and manufactures food solutions for foodservice and retail businesses. We make exclusive products for the world's most iconic restaurants and retailers, we provide ready-to-go product solutions for professional kitchens, and we make consumer brands everyone knows and loves.

When you work for Ventura Foods, you get a strong foundation of training, a manager who cares about you and celebrates your success, a safe environment, and challenging work.

As part of our team, your future is limited only by how much you’re willing to push yourself to get there. We invest in your growth because you invest in ours.

Ventura Foods offers career growth opportunities as well as competitive compensation and benefits :

• Medical, Prescription, Dental, & Vision coverage beginning on your 1st day for eligible employees
• Profit Sharing and 401(k) matching (after eligible criteria is met)
• Paid Vacation, Sick Time, and Holidays
• Employee Appreciation Events and Employee Assistance Programs
• Salary Base Range of $161,814.00 - $215,779.00 for Employees Located in California*
• Annual bonus (based on the incentive program terms and conditions)
• The base salary range provided above is a good faith estimate of what we expect to pay for this position. The range provided is for California-based employees as Ventura Foods is required by California State Law to post pay rates.

Ventura Foods reserves the right to pay outside of the given range based on a variety of factors including but not limited to : candidate skills and experience, complexity of the job, budgetary factors, and location / geography.

Ventura Foods conducts regular reviews of compensation ranges and therefore reserves the right to alter this range at any given time.

Diversity & Inclusion :

Our commitment to a diverse and inclusive environment in which all employees are treated with respect is evident in our company culture and values.

We believe that fostering an environment of inclusion and a focus on diversity across our organization is vital to attracting top talent, driving innovation, and meeting the high expectations of our customers in a rapidly evolving global marketplace.

Ventura Foods is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.