Training Development Specialist - Indaiatuba/SP

As a Training Development Specialist at John Deere, based in Indaiatuba/SP, you will own the product line course curriculum and development activities of technical training for students, who are primarily dealership technicians. In this role, your work will focus on the development of effective, high-quality, globally aligned technical training content, enabling a distinctive uptime experience for our customers. In addition, you will:

Main Responsibilities

• Work with factory product line, global training delivery, and/or other stakeholders to gather training content requests;
• Collaborate with Curriculum Architect to identify training needs and determine appropriate training requirements and delivery methods for our students, creation of solid course objectives, and design of consistent course materials, aligned with the global curriculum strategy;
• Collaborate with Curriculum Architect and others to gain consensus and sign-off with factory product line, global training delivery, and other stakeholders on curriculum plans, including the planned courses, objectives and content, delivery method(s), translations requirements, content development milestones, and curriculum readiness dates;
• Develop technical training course materials, individually or collaboratively with colleagues in a global team setting, according to the agreed upon curriculum plan, as well as drive stakeholder content reviews during the development process;
• Drive course material hand-off discussion and activities with global training delivery stakeholders;
• Work with John Deere University team, ensuring training courses and course information is available to students. 

Skills You Need

• Degree in mechanical engineering, agricultural engineering, agronomy, administration, marketing or a similar field; 
•  Advanced English (broad vocabulary, good grammar, conducts meetings, argues, negotiates and provides training);
• Experience in complex machine technical systems, including diagnostics; 
• Ability to identify and capture project details, scope project milestones, execute the plan, prioritize the work, and work through multiple projects/tasks simultaneously;
• Strong communication and relationship management skills; 
• Strong, demonstrated examples of driving collaboration and inclusion; 
• Ability to make sound decisions; 
• Change mindset; 
• Ability to work a flexible schedule (early morning/evening) when necessary to support global business needs; 
• Must be able to travel up to 25% domestically and internationally; 
• Experience using Microsoft office package as Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

What Makes You Stand Out

• Ability to building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions; 
• Experience working with diagnostic time reduction projects; 
• Demonstrated strong personal commitment to and intentional focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion; 
• Demonstrated team player fostering a highly engaged, positive, and energized work environment; 
• A person who models the organization’s vision, linking that vision to daily activities; 
• Experience working within a global team; 
• Experience in technical training content creation and/or technical writing; 
• Advanced PowerPoint creation and content presentation skills; 
• Experience with Articulate 360, and/or other learning content creator tools; 
• Knowledge applying advanced digital dexterity skills and capabilities to improve business efficiency and speed, such as python, SQL, machine learning, and/or GenA.