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Senior Training Specialist - (Onsite - Arcadia, WI)

Who We Are

At Ashley, we're more than a business...we're family. As the largest manufacturer of home furnishings in the world, we know what it takes to build incredible furniture and future leaders. We're problem solvers with the grit to persevere during challenging times and innovators who won't coast when times are good. We create solutions, not excuses. And never settle for status quo. It's the reason we're always searching for better ways to delivering an exceptional customer experience. That's why Ashley Furniture is #1 in our industry.

Ready to grow? You've come to the right place. Ashley Furniture has a "Growth Mindset", and once you join our team, you'll learn from the best in the business.

Apply today and find your home at Ashley!

What Will You Do?

Your primary responsibility is to design, develop and facilitate enterprise-wide leadership development programs and learning experiences for Ashley Furniture's mid-level and senior-level leaders. This may include customizing existing content to present in new formats as well as becoming certified in additional vendor programs. You will collaborate with departmental peers and management within the department as well as various business unit stakeholders to determine necessary program scope and objectives. This position will utilize departmental learning design methodologies to create learning events, instructional activities and materials that effectively incorporate adult learning principles and will evaluate learners and programs to ensure individual performance expectations, skill application and organizational needs have been achieved.

Facilitate learning experiences in multiple delivery modalities including, but not limited to, eLearning, instructor-led training in both in person and virtual environments. This role must demonstrate flexibility to shift between each facet of their role with little difficulty. In addition, this role will stay current with innovative, new learning experience design modalities and be able to create pilot programs based on this research.

What Do You Need?

• Bachelor's degree in Instructional Design, Organizational Development, English, Technical Communications or related field, or equivalent work experience, Required
• 5 years' experience in a Training & Development role, required
• Design and development of leadership learning experiences
• Experience developing enterprise-level learning programs for senior-level leaders
• Experience working on enterprise-level projects and initiatives
• Experience facilitating learning experiences for senior-level leaders
• Certified facilitator of known vendor programs such as Franklin Covey, Ken Blanchard, DDI, etc. or ability to obtain within 1 year, required

Benefits We Offer

• Health, Dental, Vision, Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Your Birthday off
• Generous Employee Discount on home furnishings
• Professional Development Opportunities
• Ashley Wellness Centers (location specific) and Medical Tourism
• Telehealth
• 401(k) and Profit Sharing
• Life Insurance

Our Core Values

• Honesty & Integrity
• Passion, Drive, Discipline
• Continuous Improvement/Operational Excellence
• Dirty Fingernail
• Growth Focused

To learn more about Ashley Furniture, our community engagement programs, environmental stewardship, and our core values, please visit our Corporate Social Responsibility information page: Corporate Social Responsibility

We are an equal opportunity employer and provide a drug-free working environment. While Ashley appreciates the interest of all candidates only those meeting specific position requirements may be contacted. Principals Only.