At Bel, we are not just a company—we are a company on a Mission, built on 160 years of bold innovation, family values, and a commitment to social purpose. With beloved brands like Babybel®, GoGo squeeZ®, The Laughing Cow®, and Boursin®, our snacking solutions bring more than joy; they want to serve as a force for good. Our U.S. Mission? To help close the critical 80% nutrition gap by making it easier for Americans to eat more fruits, veggies, and dairy as part of their daily lives.

The company has headquarters in Chicago and New York City and operates 4 manufacturing plants in Little Chute, WI; Brookings, SD; Traverse City, MI; and Nampa, ID.  #IWorkForAllForGood

Job Description Summary

The Specialist Learning & Development (U.S.) helps to shape a meaningful learning experience for Bel’s U.S. teams and is the operational driver of Bel’s U.S. learning agenda. You will bring Bel’s L&D vision to life by supporting the planning and scheduling of impactful programs, managing our LMS (SuccessFactors) and BLOOM (Bel’s Learner Experience Platform), and ensuring all connected employees have the opportunity to grow through well‑crafted training opportunities and Individual Growth Plans (IGPs). This hybrid role is based in Chicago or New York City, or can be located at one of our US manufacturing sites.

You will partner with local HR leadership, HR Business Partners, and US Industrial HR management and global HR L&D teams to support local and global priorities to help meet the unique learning needs of employees across the U.S. business.

This role is a blend of communication, data stewardship, LMS operational excellence, and a deep commitment to helping people grow and thrive. The Specialist, Learning & Development helps cultivate a culture of openness in information sharing, and builds and maintains effective working relationships with leaders, people managers, colleagues and team members. In this role you must have a “marketing mindset” to actively and effectively promote and drive learning engagement and participation to elevate our learning culture at Bel.

Key Responsibilities

Program, Catalog and Calendar Development

• Build and maintain the U.S. Learning Catalog and annual training calendar. Foster high engagement and participation through timely, ongoing, and strategic promotion of training opportunities. 
• Work with Talent and OD Directors, HR commercial and industrial leadership to support the organization’s learning needs and ensure timely communication, scheduling, and coordination of training in partnership with local teams.
• Follow Bel Group’s L & D Guidance Notes to help prioritize (in consideration of US priorities) and localize global programs, helping to ensure completion of globally mandated trainings, tracking of KPIs and learning hours.
• Support relationships and coordinate programs with current external training providers and assist in sourcing high‑quality learning experiences (instructor‑led, virtual, digital, blended, coaching, microlearning).
• Support development of structured learning paths for managers, leaders, and other key roles in coordination with HR LT and functional leaders.
• Collaborate with HR and functional teams to create playlists in BLOOM aligned with business needs.
• The L&D Specialist will support AI literacy, leveraging AI thoughtfully to enhance learning experiences and proactively seeking opportunities to promote AI-driven learning solutions and initiatives to help upskill employees in AI and emerging technologies, and helping to  promote a culture of curiosity and innovation around digital transformation.

LMS & LXP Administration

• Serve as the U.S. administrator for the SuccessFactors LMS (SMILE) and BLOOM our Learner Experience Platform, ensuring data accuracy, catalog courses are set up properly in LMS/BLOOM in advance to drive engagement and registration, schedule sessions, assign learners, and log participation according to Bel Group best practices.
• Establish and maintain a single, simple, shared database (e.g. SharePoint) of:
• Required learners for training assignments, registrations and waitlists, completions and status updates, etc. This database must be easily accessible to HRBPs and kept up to date on regular cadence (monthly, quarterly…).
• Track, report, and analyze learning data, including:
• Completions, Assignments, evaluations/engagement metrics
• Recording Training/learning hours, and ensure data is audit-ready.
• Report to HRLT regularly (monthly/quarterly) Progress against local and global KPIs.

• Ensure all mandatory and compliance trainings are delivered on time and fully audit‑ready.

Communications, Engagement & Experience

• Build and execute a quarterly communication plan to promote learning opportunities using a variety of communication tools: Email, Viva Engage (Bel’s internal comms platform), Digital signage/TVs, Leader briefings and business updates, SqueeZ rallies, Business Updates, BLOOM announcements, team meetings, lunch & learns and roadshows, etc.
• Respond in a timely manner to inquiries from leaders, HRBPs, and employees, ensuring a supportive and solution‑oriented learner experience.
• Increase learner awareness, inspire participation, and celebrate achievements utilizing various communication tools.
• Engage leaders and HRLT as champions of learning and role models for continuous growth.

 Training Scheduling & Logistics

• Partner with HR, internal subject matter experts, and external training partners as needed to help organize and schedule training workshops.

• Manage training logistics, including facilities, communications, room reservations, virtual platforms, and materials, meals and breaks, coordinate with EA and HRBPs as necessary.
• Provide support to learners before, during, and after training.

 Vendor & Budget Support

• Assist Talent/OD Director with L&D budget by

• Setting up new vendors, initiate and managing POs
• Track expenses and spend-to-date
• Support Talent/OD Director in managing the annual L&D budget cycle

Onboarding New Hires to L & D

• Lead and/or provide support for the L&D portion of new‑hire onboarding, providing an engaging introduction to ensure all new employees understand how Bel supports their growth. 

• In collaboration with HRBPs, ensure 100% of connected employees have learning objectives incorporated into their Individual Growth Plans.

Measurement & Continuous Improvement

• Proactively evaluate or support program effectiveness using feedback tools and pulse surveys to improve the learner experience and share results with HR and business leadership.
• Translate data into insights to help shape future programming and skills development.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, or equivalent experience
• Minimum 3 years of progressive L&D, LMS support, HR, or related experience.
• Proven experience administering Learning Management Systems (LMS) and/or Learning Experience Platforms (LXP) or demonstrated strong aptitude for quickly mastering new technologies and systems.
• Experience creating training catalog, or similar communications for training offerings.
• Strong data literacy: reporting, dashboards, trend analysis, and storytelling.
• Vendor management and budget management experience.
• Strong communication and marketing mindset, project management, and stakeholder collaboration and influencing skills.

Preferred

• Experience with modern LXPs.
• Knowledge of SCORM/xAPI, authoring tools (Articulate/Rise), and analytics platforms.
• Demonstrated interest in embracing and utilizing AI.
• Experience supporting both corporate and manufacturing populations.

Competencies

• Customer-focused, results-oriented, and sense of ownership and accountability.

• Proactive Mindset & Initiative – anticipates needs, takes action early, and drives continuous improvement without waiting for direction.
• Efficiency & Productivity – manages time and resources effectively, stays organized, and delivers high‑quality work quickly in a dynamic environment, able to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously. 

• Demonstrated ability to identify and analyze problems, propose and implement solutions, exercise independent judgment, and resourcefully innovate, recommend and lead effective courses of action.

• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) - with the ability to consult, influence, and negotiate effectively to build strong, trusting relationships across the business and with external partners.

• Ability to adapt to changing work environment and manage competing demands.

Working Conditions

• Work is performed largely in a hybrid office environment. Hours of work will generally be during regular business hours with at least 40 hours a week. At times there will be some variation in work hours due to special projects, deadlines and other business needs.  
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Total Rewards

• Base Salary: $95,000-$105,000
• Bonus Opportunity: 12%
• PTO and Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits from Day 1
• 401k Match

Bel Brands is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Bel Brands also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also Bel Brand’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

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