About Abbott
Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

Working at Abbott
At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You will have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
  
• Benefits to support you in your career and throughout the moments that matter most to you and your family (i.e.: health plan, employee assistant programs, pension, and others).
  
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
  
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
  

The Opportunity
This position works out of our São Paulo, Michigan Site at Brooklin office, in the Human Resources organization.
As Learning and Development Training Specialist you will have responsibilities that include training class planning, implementing and execution of training programs within responsible countries that make the best use of employee’s current and future abilities.
You will oversee training delivery and operations activities with responsible countries and ensure they are conducted efficiently, cost–effectively and in accordance with the organization’s policies and standards.
You willl work as an individual contributor bringing comprehensive knowledge in the training and development area, a self-starter professional that is able to work with limited supervision but keeps management informed.
You will work in the execution of specialized projects while meeting the organization’s needs and trouble-shoot issues and problem-solve while considering current training processes.

What You’ll Do

• Apply developed training knowledge and skills in the planning, implementation and delivery of training programs; work with the organization on learning needs of their business through vehicles such as the training needs analysis.
• Support sourcing, evaluating, and tracking third party training vendors and programs; local vendor contract process with local purchasing; support on-going vendor relationships.
• Maintain and analyze organization and individual training metrics in order to monitor the effectiveness of internal and external training programs; provide operational support to metrics gathering systems.
• Support researching and sourcing training programs and resources, or recommend externally-provided programs, which meet the needs of individuals and are consistent with the organization’s overall training plan.
• Provide guidance to employees about the organization's training programs and policies and arrange for them to participate in internal and external training so the organization’s training resources are allocated effectively.
• Coordinate delivery and operations activities to ensure training programs are delivered with high quality resources.

• Coordinate day to day logistical support to execute the delivery of training.
  
• Procures, organizes, maintains, prepares and provides, set-up of materials, audio visual equipment and classrooms.
  
• Provide customer service to organization’s employees with training registration and cancellations, course offering questions and other training related inquires.
  
• Maintain and updated training registration site for local classes and monitor classes and enrollments.
  
• Establish local course costs for open enrollment classes and intact request.
  

• Track local training budget and report to management on a monthly basis the budget status and LBE.
• Support the processing of invoices, documentation and monthly reconciliation for responsible budgets.
• Support global and local translations by providing in-country review of translated content.
• Keep abreast of developments and innovations in training and education in industry and government education sectors so the organization’s training activities remain current and relevant.

Qualifications

Education Level: Bachelor’s Degree
Major/Field of Study: HR, General Management, Business Administration or related fields.

Experience/Background:

• 3-5 years training operations experience
  
• 3 years of project management experience
  
• Proficient in MS Excel, Word, Power Point, Access, Share Point: Use on a daily basis
  
• Able to lift up to 50 pounds: Need when setting up training classes
  
• Excellent organizational skills
  
• Strong communication skills: Keep multiple stakeholders informed
  
• Strong service orientation skills: Answer customer inquiries daily
  

Position Details:

• Travel 10%
  
• Located in São Paulo, Brazil
  
• Full-Time
  

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