In 1910 a cooperative of 230 California almond growers formed with the following core values:​

• To build strong relationships among growers and with their customers;

• To communicate directly and honestly; and

• To work as a team to realize the best return on their investment.

  More than a century later, Blue Diamond Growers still adheres to these values at every level of our operation.  Our employees are strongly committed to the brand and to each other - the word "family" is often used to describe our culture.

  Today, Blue Diamond Growers represents more than 3,000 almond growers in California - the state that provides over 80% of the world's supply.  We are one of the most recognized food brands in the world, with annual sales exceeding $1billion.

  We believe in transparency and honest communication.  Our work style is team-based, working together to innovate, process, and distribute the best almond products to the world.

  After more than 100 years, our core values of integrity, partnership, innovation and quality remain strong.  Our commitment to excellence has driven Blue Diamond's unprecedented growth, innovation, high quality, and value.

  You'll find these values at work throughout our company.  We strive for a diverse workforce, always aiming for greater levels of inclusion.  In addition to a robust benefits package, we offer an employee wellness and fitness program, in which a majority of our workforce currently participates.

  ​Blue Diamond Growers (BDG)​ ​is seeking an experienced Manager/Senior Manager, Organization Capability​ to join its winning team in Sacramento, CA. 

  The Manager/Senior Manager, Organization Capability will be responsible for the design, development, and actualization of capability initiatives that enable Blue Diamond Growers to achieve its performance goals and envisioned future.  These initiatives will be inclusive of culture and employee engagement practices, leader development processes, career growth platforms, training curricula development, and organization and team effectiveness solutions including performance and talent management programs.

  The Manager/Senior Manager, Organization Capability will leverage her/his knowledge, skills, and experience in organization and team effectiveness; leader and training development; organization design; performance and talent systems; and change management to achieve deliverables.

  This is a hands-on position working in an organization experiencing growth and transformation.  This role will report to the head of Human Resources and is expected to be a contributing member of the HR Leadership Team.  The Senior Manager, Organization Capability will be expected to:

   

  Responsibilities:

• ​ Establish enterprise learning strategy, guidance and protocols, inclusive of frontline technical, systems, and professional skills training and development.  Consults with leaders to assess and analyze the learning needs of employees based on current and future strategic plans. Align leadership development strategies with business strategies and performance targets.  Design and create leadership development programs to accelerate effectiveness at critical career cross roads.  Build common leadership and professional skills for all employees (e.g. people leadership, communication skills, coaching and feedback, leading teams, innovation capabilities, etc.).
• Apply adult learning theories and instructional design skills to develop innovative and blended learning experiences leveraging technologies and diverse instructional methods.  Lead train-the-trainer certification process for in-house faculty, line leaders, and HR Business Partners.  Manage an indirect network of Site Training Coordinators, Expert Trainers, and Subject Matter Experts to ensure continued health and relevance of technical and system training processes and curricula.  Establish mechanisms to evaluate training effectiveness and measure learning impact and behavioral changes at the individual and organizational level.  Own application, maintenance, and leverage of our Learning Management System (Workday Learning) and ancillary learning systems; e.g., SkillSoft.
• Develop enterprise change management capability.  Provide change management strategies and tactics to enhance effective implementation of organization initiatives.  Create practical and flexible tools, models, and processes for use by individuals across the organization with varying degrees of experience and comfort with change management, culture or employee engagement initiatives.  Apply a structured change management approach and methodology to effectively diagnose business change issues and identify appropriate interventions. 
• Apply knowledge of business strategies and capability requirements to continuously improve talent and performance management processes.  Lead BDG’s annual Talent Planning process.  Develop HR Business Partners to facilitate talent calibration and ascension / succession planning sessions.  Identify and assist with coordination of development strategies for high-potential employees.
• Provide consulting and organizational development services to HR Business Partners and their clients.   Services to include customized organizational development / effectiveness solutions; organization design; learning planning; strategic planning; team development; management and leadership coaching; and offsite planning and facilitation.
• Deliverables in the first year in the role will include, but not be limited to, the following:
• Learn the Blue Diamond business and define an enterprise learning strategy inclusive of assessing and recommending a Learning Management System (LMS) and structural needs / investments in the Organization Capability Center of Expertise (CoE).
• Assume responsibility, leadership, and delivery of learning initiatives and activities “in process.”  This includes Frontline Leader, Project Management, Blueprint for Success, and ERP system training solutions.
• Renovate and deploy New Employee Orientation.
• Lead design, development, and delivery of appropriate change management solutions in support of Workday HCM implementation.
• Develop a roadmap for expansion of Operations Technical Training infrastructure: identify target job functions, align resources, build content, implement and measure results.
• Partner with the Director, HR & Talent on the redesign / renovation of our Talent and Performance Management processes.
• Partner with local HR Manager and Operations leaders to maximize ETP Funding in support of our Salida start-up.

The ideal candidate for the role of Manager/Senior Manager, Organization Capability will have demonstrated:

• Repeated success in each of the essential functions of the role.
• A relentless pursuit of results having achieved target outcomes throughout her/his career.
• A pattern of collaboration and business partnering to achieve results.
• Exceptional performance in an environment of growth, transformation, and ambiguity.
• A progressive career in roles of commensurate scope and complexity.
• Acquisition and leverage of the skills and knowledge required to be successful in each of the essential functions of the role.
• Success in both a large, “academy” organization; as well as a smaller, more nimble, and informal growth environment.

 Qualifications: 

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Business, HR, OD, Industrial Organizational Psychology or similar related discipline.  An advanced degree such as MS/MA in HR, Education, Instructional Design, or Learning Technologies is preferred.
• Experience commensurate with the ability to acquire the skills, knowledge, and experiences necessary to be successful in this role.
• Work product / examples that demonstrate: a command of the applicable “body of knowledge”, an understanding of the business context and target audience, and a measurable degree of successfully achieving the intended outcome(s).