AddressWho Are We?
The Toro Company is a homegrown, Minnesota-based company that has been in business since 1914. We pride ourselves on providing world-class equipment to help maintain the environment that we love, while putting an emphasis on giving back to the communities that surround us.From residential lawns and gardens, to venues such as St Andrews Links and Target Field, we are a company with a global footprint and a passion for helping people beautify whatever landscape they may be in. With 100 years of operation under our belt and an average employee tenure of 15 years, come find out what makes The Toro Company the best place in the Twin Cities to build a career.
The Sr. Manager of Talent Management is responsible for developing, maintaining, and driving strategic programs and processes across the Toro Company (TTC) that shape employee culture and engagement, optimize talent processes, and mobilize and accelerate change initiatives. Owns the design and execution of practices related to the assessment, identification, development, and movement of internal talent across the business. Collaborates with human resources (HR) and business leaders on maximizing organization-wide talent and engagement programs, systems, and tools. Leads a team responsible for enhancing and deploying talent processes across the company.
What Will You Do?
In order to grow and build a successful career with The Toro Company, you will be responsible for:
Strong Talent & Teams
- Own, enhance, and deploy talent processes inclusive of talent review, talent planning, succession planning, goal setting, performance management, development, and career planning for office and production employees focusing on driving tangible impact and outcomes.
- Under the guidance of the managing director of talent and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), take on a primary role in the advancement and adoption of enterprise human resources priorities as related to the Talent Management function, including ensuring we develop teams and talent to deliver on the ambitions of the company, foster an engaging workplace, and create a best-in-class experience for our people.
- Leverage the enhanced capabilities of the human capital management system (Workday) to advance and accelerate the application of talent practices; develop strong systems capability; utilize data to drive results.
- Partner with the managing director of talent and DEI and with the talent analyst to develop analytics that will enable data driven talent insights which can be used to inform strategic decision making – incorporate practices with operational rigor and on a recurring basis.
- Support business strategy and objectives and enable a talent return on investment through consultation with HR and business leaders to understand talent needs, develop plans/processes to resolve business and/or organizational challenges, and to construct talent solutions aligned to strategy.
- In partnership with the learning team, design and facilitate organization-wide learning around topics inclusive but not limited to talent process execution and effectiveness.
Company Culture & Engagement
- Continually build and leverage TTC employee engagement and lifecycle listening processes to guide organization actions, providing insights and improvement plans for leader and organizational performance.
- Lead with a global and inclusive mindset to shape people practices that support a diverse workforce.
Practice Area and Team Leadership
- Network with external peers, consultants and industry experts to enable benchmarking and staying current on talent trends; recommend best fitting solutions and resources for the enterprise.
- Effectively lead and manage the Talent Management and development team, ensuring clear understanding and achievement of goals; grow and develop the team for long-term success with the Company.
- Manage the relationships and work of outside consultants when used.
- Own program and project management of key recurring and non-recurring talent initiatives.
- Identify and drive strategic opportunities for self and for their team to partner with talent acquisition, DEI, and learning functions to solve for business needs.
- Upon request, may coach individuals providing assessments, conducting difficult/high-impact one-on-one conversations that will influence behavioral outcomes; or matching outside coaches as appropriate.
- May provide strategic guidance on people and organizational change issues.
What Do You Need?
To be considered for this role, an individual should meet the following minimal requirements:
Basic Qualifications:
- Requires Bachelors degree in a related field
- 8 or more years of experience in Talent Management, HRD/OD.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Preferred Masters degree in a related field.
- Experience leading people.
- Certification in Change Management, Coaching, Team Building or similar.
- Experience working in a corporate, multi-site/global organization.
Required Skills:
- High level of intellectual, professional, and interpersonal ability.
- Capable of gaining the trust of leadership and influencing positive organizational outcomes.
- Global mindset.
- Proven coaching and influence skills.
- Data-driven decisions using talent analytics.
- Exceptional project management skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
- Demonstrated business acumen and the ability to effectively implement people strategies in support of business goals.
- Advanced Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Sharepoint) skills.
Preferred Skills:
- Experience with recognized assessment and development tools and their use.
- Experience with top tier HCM and Talent Management technology (Workday, Successfactors), in the areas of performance management, talent review and succession, learning management, e-learning authoring tools.
- Experience developing learning using effective adult learning and instructional design principles.
- Experience with virtual delivery platforms (Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Webex).
What Can We Give You?
At The Toro Company, we are always working to make sure our employees know just how valued they are. In addition to a competitive salary, an affordable and top tier medical/dental/vision plan, 401k, and many other great benefits - The Toro company offers employees at ourBloomington, MN HQlocation a variety of perks, including:
Dress for your day - We know you're more productive when you're comfortable, which is why TTC employees are encouraged to take advantage of our casual, corporate environment.
Location – Conveniently located near both St. Paul and Minneapolis, we are centrally located for most commuters!
Food - Take advantage of our onsite café, which serves both breakfast and lunch. With a Caribou Coffee attached, you can grab a snack and a coffee at any time during your day.
Wellness - The Toro Company’s HQ offers complimentary use of our onsite fitness facility to employees. In addition to physical wellbeing, TTC offers a variety of mental health and financial health resources to all employees.
Volunteerism - The Toro Company is proud to provide employees 20 hours of paid time to volunteer in the community.
Summer Hours – Enjoy a flexible schedule during the summer! By working a little more during the first few days of the week, TTC employees at our Bloomington HQ are able to start their weekends early and leave by noon on Friday.
Flexible Work Arrangements – This team is currently implementing a hybrid work schedule. The opportunity to collaborate in the office and work from home part-time, has promoted team-building and flexibility. #LI-Hybrid
Competitive Salary – The pay range takes into account skills, experience, education, and location.Cash compensation is one piece of our competitive total rewards package.If you need to, you can access your pay early with the One@Work app, formerly the Even app.
At The Toro Company, we are committed to fostering a secure and trustworthy recruitment process for our applicants. Recruitment fraud is a potential threat to job seekers, so please be aware that throughout our recruitment process, you’ll never be required to pay any fees or disclose personal financial details when applying to TTC opportunities.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and related needs and conditions, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit based factors. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
