Training and Development Manager

KFC, a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, is a global chicken restaurant brand with a rich, decades-long history of success and innovation. It all started with one cook, Colonel Harland Sanders, who created a finger lickin’ good recipe more than 75 years ago, a list of secret herbs and spices scratched out on the back of the door to his kitchen. Today we still follow his formula for success, with real cooks breading and freshly preparing our delicious chicken by hand inmore than 22,000 restaurants in over 135 countriesand territories around the world.

Purpose of the position:

Above Restaurant Level and Store level employees’ competencies development for effective business strategy implementation across the region in a frame of KFC Pan-European Academy

Position functions:

• Short-term and long-term Pan European Academy strategy implementation
• Participate in planning and management of the Academy budget
• Ensure the participation of Academy in ESG projects: developmental programs, career guidance programs, social purpose projects etc.
• Interact with external providers, conduct negotiations and tenders for projects and educational initiatives
• Carry out the necessary documentation flow necessary for the Academy activities
• Develop and conduct training programs to support the capabilities development of KFC employees across Pan-European region (leadership trainings, personal growth trainings and other soft skills programs)
• Understand the needs of skills development for Talents across the region, formulate the pedagogical objectives and make proposals on the pedagogical approach;
• Develop the pedagogical engineering of in-house program and ensure the production of the pedagogical materials, in coordination with the business experts, the BU representatives, the Global digital learning team and the possible service provider;
• Define and manage the program design and testing schedule
• Deploy Yum! Group training programs
• Plan and implement Academy projects
• Constantly research and implement best practices to improve the company's training and development system
• Provide support and guidance to BMUs regional T&D teams on training and development topics
• Prepare reports and presentations on results and achievements

Knowledge and skills required:

• Higher education (personnel management, psychological or pedagogical)
• Fluent English
• Experience in T&D projects management & ease for delivering training modules
• Experience of interaction with external vendor organizations
• Experience in facilitation of training programs and seminars (including online) for at least 3 years
• Experience in training systems design and development for at least 3 years
• Project team management skills, excellent organizational & PowerPoint skills; focus on results and high self-organization; good analytical skills, strong leadership skills
• Multitasking in a fast pace environment
• Good relationship and mastering writing communication
• Autonomous, stress resilience & agility in ambiguity