<div><h3>Learning & Development Specialist</h3><p>Location: West Midlands or East Midlands<br/>Salary: £37,000 - £40,000 pa<br/>Working Pattern: Full-time, Permanent. Hybrid working (3 days on-site, 2 days working from home)</p><p>Are you an ambitious L&D professional looking for a role where you can truly make your mark? We are partnering with a rapidly growing, globally connected logistics and supply chain performance leader to recruit an L&D Specialist. This is a uniquely positioned role within a newly formed Centre of Excellence. While it is an ideal next-step "developmental" opportunity for someone early in their L&D career, you will have the autonomy to shape the training landscape for a business expanding at a remarkable pace.</p><p>Backed by a highly supportive Head of L&D who is committed to your personal coaching and professional growth, you will step away from purely rigid corporate structures and gain true end-to-end exposure across the entire learning cycle.</p><h3>The Role</h3><p>As the L&D Specialist, you won’t just be delivering off-the-shelf slide decks. You will embed yourself across a 4-site UK network to understand what makes our teams tick and build the frameworks they are screaming out for.</p><h3>Key Responsibilities include</h3><ul><li><b>Training Needs Analysis (TNA)</b>: Hit the ground running by visiting our sites, building relationships with local managers, and mapping out distinct development needs.</li><li><b>Content Design & Delivery</b>: Facilitate an engaging, blended learning approach. This includes everything from face-to-face coaching and soft-skills delivery to configuring interactive digital modules.</li><li><b>Process Ownership</b>: Take full administrative and operational ownership of our annual Performance & Development (APND) appraisal cycle—driving business engagement and turning appraisal insights into actionable training plans.</li><li><b>Early Careers</b>: Support and coordinate the rollout of our graduate schemes, apprenticeships, and internal internship pathways.</li><li><b>LMS Management</b>: Manage content, track compliance data, and update career pathways on our bespoke, in-house Learning Management System.</li></ul><h3>About You</h3><p>You will already be in an L&D role or have experience with some or all of the above responsibilities:</p><ul><li><b>Operational Sector Awareness</b>: Experience working within <b>Logistics, Warehousing, Supply Chain, or Manufacturing</b> settings is highly desirable. You understand the unique challenge of delivering training to busy operational teams and warehouse floor staff.</li><li><b>Foundational L&D Exposure</b>: Practical experience in training facilitation, basic instructional design, or TNA. You don’t need to have built a graduate scheme from scratch, but you must thoroughly understand the mechanics of how it operates.</li><li><b>The Right Mindset</b>: High ambition, exceptional organisational skills, and a confident, highly engaging communication style. You are comfortable standing in front of warehouse teams just as much as you are collaborating with senior Key Account Managers.</li><li><b>Mobility</b>: A full UK driving license and willingness to travel regularly across the UK sites to embed yourself in the culture.</li></ul></div>