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Learning & Development Specialist

Dublin

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Job ID R214242 Date posted 18/08/2025

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Sysco connects the world to share food and care for one another. Sysco leads from the heart of food and service to deliver the freshest of foods and ideas to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers who prepare meals away from home. Our customers can count on us to deliver on-point products and solutions since only Sysco is the global leader, sitting at the heart of innovation supply, delivery, culinary and more.


ABOUT THE ROLE

As the leading foodservice provider across the island of Ireland, Sysco’s success is driven by a team of passionate and dedicated individuals who go above and beyond to deliver every day.

We don’t just deliver food and drink to our customers. We deliver new thinking, technology and talent to our industry. We deliver opportunities - to ourselves and to our colleagues ensuring that we can all thrive in work and beyond.

We are now looking for new talent to join us as we continue to grow, innovate and deliver.

Learning & Development Specialist

We are excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for a Learning & Development Specialist to join our team. This role will play a key part in the overall growth of the organisation along with helping to maintain our core ethos here are Sysco – keeping the customer at the heart of everything we do.

The role requires a candidate who will be:

  • Innovative
  • Detail Orientated and results driven
  • Proactive and ambitious

If you are ready for a challenge, we want to hear from you.

Apply today and discover what your career could look like with Sysco Ireland.

Key Accountabilities:

Able to determine, design, and implement the best and most innovative ways for our employees to continuously develop, learn new skills, acquire knowledge, and apply and practice this within their roles. As part of your work, you will design and implement innovative learning experiences, manage learning projects, facilitate learning modules, identify opportunities to drive continuous improvement of our L&D programs, and ensure our work is data-driven and impactful.

  • Develop, plan and provide learning and development interventions in line with Sysco strategy, organisational development and employee needs.
  • Partner with agreed training vendors on the scheduling, attendance and evaluation of all scheduled training events.
  • Ensure all statutory and required training needs across all business functions are planned for and executed to schedule.
  • Partner with HR and business leaders in the design and build of an organisation wide Graduate programme; building relationships with 3rd level institutions, defining graduate intake process and graduate experience for programme duration.
  • Liaise with HR and relevant business stakeholders on planning, designing, and delivering effective and appropriate customised on-boarding solutions for new hires.
  • Support colleagues in the development and release of user generated content in line with content design guidelines
  • Design and deliver training as appropriate and produce learning materials as required.
  • Review and evaluate learning and development interventions to continuously improve and ensure quality of content and delivery.
  • Responsible for the administration and maintenance of LXP(Learning Experience Platform) generating reports, facilitating learning interventions as needed.

Requirements:

  • Degree in a relevant field e.g., HR, L&D
  • 5+ years directly related experience in the following fields: instructor-led training, facilitation, project management, talent and/or learning and development experience
  • Awareness of relevant content areas, including the fields of management, leadership, organizational development, adult learning theory, and human resource development.
  • Fluent in use of Microsoft Office tools: Excel, PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint, Outlook etc.
  • Excellent communication and inter-personal skills.
  • Proven problem-solving & organisational skill with a structured way of working
  • High self-motivation.
  • High degree of flexibility, reliability, diligence and initiative
  • Ability to work in a team.
  • Strong customer focus who enjoys communicating complex issues with quick comprehension skills.

Sysco Ireland Culture

  • Customer Focus: We deeply understand our customers' needs, continuously looking at ways to deliver real value.
  • Building Relationships: We foster strong, effective relationships across teams, always working together. We embrace change and support each other through it.
  • Clear Communication: We communicate clearly and effectively, ensuring our message resonates.
  • A Passion for Food: We source and deliver food and drink that inspires excellence and creativity in kitchens for the most memorable dining experiences.

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