Learning & Development Lead
stanley-stella
📍 belgium hq🕐 13d ago🔗 personio
Job Description
As Learning & Development Lead, your mission is to shape and drive Stanley/Stella's learning and development strategy, ensuring our people, leaders and future talents have the capabilities needed to support our growth ambitions and transformation journey.
You will design and implement a modern and impactful learning ecosystem that combines leadership development, career growth, capability building and knowledge sharing across the organisation.
A key part of the role is the development of the Stanley/Stella Academy, creating scalable learning experiences that support employee development, leadership effectiveness, business performance and long-term succession readiness.
Working closely with business leaders and HR stakeholders, you will ensure learning remains a strategic lever to support organisational transformation, strengthen our culture and prepare Stanley/Stella for the future.
**Learning Strategy & Capability Development
**• Define and implement Stanley/Stella's learning and development strategy, aligned with business priorities and future capability needs.
• Ensure learning initiatives support major business transformations, organisational changes and the adoption of new processes, systems and ways of working.
• Promote a blended learning approach combining experiential learning, peer learning, coaching, digital learning and classroom training, in line with the 70/20/10 learning philosophy.
• Build a comprehensive learning framework covering the entire employee lifecycle, from onboarding to leadership development, career growth, talent acceleration and succession readiness.
• Establish learning governance, methodologies and processes that ensure consistency, scalability and business impact.
**Stanley/Stella Academy
**• Lead the design, deployment and continuous evolution of the Stanley/Stella Academy.
• Create engaging learning journeys, curricula and development pathways for employees, managers and future leaders.
• Ensure learning content remains relevant, modern and aligned with business priorities.
• Develop scalable programmes that strengthen organisational capabilities and support long-term growth.
**Learning Experience & Digital Learning
**• Lead the continuous development and optimisation of the Learning Management System (LMS).
• Ensure a seamless, engaging and user-friendly learning experience that drives adoption and knowledge retention.
• Explore innovative learning technologies, tools and best practices to continuously enhance learning effectiveness.
• Monitor learning participation, engagement and effectiveness through meaningful KPIs and reporting.
**Commercial & Dealer Capability Development
**• Partner with Business Unit leaders to design learning solutions that support commercial performance and business growth.
• Develop content and programmes that strengthen sales capabilities and customer engagement.
• In a second phase, design and implement dedicated learning journeys for Stanley/Stella Official Dealers, reinforcing product knowledge, commercial expertise and alignment with the Stanley/Stella brand experience.
• Ensure dealers become strong ambassadors of the brand and its values.
**Facilitation & Knowledge Sharing
**• Deliver selected learning initiatives directly as trainer or facilitator.
• Develop a network of internal facilitators and subject-matter experts capable of deploying learning programmes across functions, countries and languages.
• Promote a culture of continuous learning, feedback and knowledge sharing throughout the organisation.
• Support leaders in developing coaching and people development capabilities.
**Partnerships, Budget & Performance Management
**• Build and maintain strong relationships with external learning partners, content providers and digital learning platforms.
• Evaluate and select learning solutions, methodologies and tools that support business needs.
• Define and manage the learning and development budget.
• Establish KPIs, dashboards and success measures to demonstrate learning impact and return on investment.
• Continuously assess and improve programme effectiveness through data, feedback and business outcomes.
* University degree in Human Resources, Learning & Development, Psychology, Education, Business or a related field.
* Minimum 7 years of experience in Learning & Development, Talent Development or a related field.
* Proven experience designing and implementing learning strategies and development programmes in a dynamic and evolving environment.
* Experience building learning academies, frameworks or capability development programmes is a strong asset.
* Strong understanding of adult learning principles, blended learning methodologies and leadership development.
* Experience working with Learning Management Systems and digital learning solutions.
* Ability to translate business priorities into impactful learning initiatives.
* Strong project management and stakeholder management capabilities.
* Experience working in an international and multicultural environment is a plus.
* Fluent in English, with a strong command of French. Additional languages are considered an asset.
**Leadership & Personal Skills**
* Strong communication, presentation and facilitation skills.
* Business-oriented mindset with the ability to connect learning to performance and organisational objectives.
* Highly collaborative and able to influence stakeholders at all levels.
* Creative and innovative in designing engaging learning experiences.
* Structured and process-oriented, while maintaining a pragmatic approach.
* Strong listening skills and genuine curiosity.