Director of Automotive Strategy - Learning & Performance -Los Angeles, CA

GP Strategies Corporation is one of the world's leading talent transformation providers. By delivering award-winning learning and development solutions, we help organizations transform through their people and achieve meaningful change. GP Strategies has delivered our innovative consulting, learning services, and talent technology solutions to over 6,000 organizations globally.

From our global experience working across thousands of projects and initiatives over the past 55 years, we've learned that relationships, business, work, innovation, strategy, and transformation are all about people. And, to put it simply, GP Strategies is about our people - an extensive global network of learning experts. Additional information can be found at www.gpstrategies.com.

Job Summary

·         Expertise in developing strategies for performance improvement and customer experience in the modern retail automotive industry.

·         Demonstrated ability to design and develop strategic plans supporting client business goals, focused in the areas of learning and development.

·         Strategic thinker with high emotional intelligence and consultative skills to apply into account strategy and planning.

·         Exceptional interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.

·         Proven track record of leading strategic initiatives from initial concept through implementation.

·         Operates with a sense of urgency and purpose.

·         Experience and proven ability to lead strategy involving all learning modalities.

·         Strong team player who builds trust, maintains, and demonstrates respect, and leads through inspiration in the innovative and creative work.

• Consults with clients to maintain up-to-date understanding of their business needs, goals, and objectives.
• Leads initial interactions with business stakeholders, assesses the situation, and aligns on the performance solution approach.
• Develops and presents proposed learning strategies and recommends other non-training interventions.
• Creates high-level, performance-based curriculum maps.
• Advocates the value of performance analysis and diagnostics.
• Liaises with SMEs, Content team, and ISDs to drive accurate content.
• Supports a culture that promotes teamwork and discourages divisiveness at all organizational levels.

QAULIFICATIONS

·         Degree in Learning or Performance Improvement or comparable experience

·         10+ years’ experience in learning development for the retail automotive industry

• Retail automotive background and/or experience desired but not required.

·         Ideally, located in southern California.

·     With more than 4000 employees in over 30 countries, diversity at GP Strategies is second nature! Beyond our locations, our culture focuses on performance and revolves around respect, fairness, and working collaboratively to achieve our goals. We support our People, no matter who they are or where they are from, because we all have valuable and unique perspectives and approaches. That's how great ideas are born, which enable us to work smarter.

GP Strategies is committed and proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other federally protected class.