KION Group

Talent and Performance Management Lead

KION Group  •  $105k - $150k/yr  •  Grand Rapids, MI (Onsite)  •  2 months ago
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Job Description

The Talent & Performance Management Lead is responsible for crafting, implementing, and sustaining talent and performance strategies that accelerate Dematic’s organizational capability. This role works closely with HR leaders and business collaborators across Dematic’s global footprint. It drives initiatives to strengthen leadership pipelines, improve employee development, and align people practices with business strategy.

Key areas of ownership include succession planning, career frameworks, performance management, employee engagement, and enterprise-wide talent review processes. This position also collaborates closely with the KION Group People Development Center of Excellence. It ensures alignment, applies enterprise standards, and advances talent development across the broader organization.
This position will also partner closely with the KION Group People Development COE to ensure alignment, leverage standards, optimize system usage, and advance enterprise-wide initiatives that advance talent development across the organization.

We offer:

  • Career Development
  • Competitive Compensation and Benefits
  • Pay Transparency
  • Global Opportunities

Learn More Here https://www.dematic.com/en-us/about/careers/what-we-offer/

Dematic provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

The base pay range for this role is estimated to be $105K-$150K at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as work location, education, experience, knowledge, and skills.

Tasks and Qualifications:

What You Will Do In This Role:

  • Talent Management Strategy: Develop and carry out coordinated talent management strategies that support business objectives, workforce planning, and long-term organizational growth.
  • Succession Planning: Lead and facilitate the succession planning process, ensuring strong leadership pipelines and robust bench strength across critical roles.
  • Career Frameworks: Build and maintain career architecture and development frameworks that enable growth and mobility across the organization.
  • Performance Management: Lead all aspects of performance management programs, ensuring consistency, fairness, and alignment with goals.
  • Talent Reviews: Drive the annual process and talent review cycles, providing insights and recommendations to senior leadership.
  • Global Collaboration Partner directly with the KION Group People Development COE to align Dematic programs with Group standards and aid in enterprise-wide initiatives.
  • Collaborator Engagement Collaborate with HR and business leaders and HR COEs to ensure adoption and impact of talent programs.
  • Employee Engagement Collaborate with leaders in KION Group People Development to assist with the annual employee engagement survey within the Dematic business unit.
  • Continuous Improvement: Monitor program effectiveness, leverage analytics, and recommend enhancements that elevate employee experience and organizational capability.

What We Are Looking For:

  • Extensive experience in talent management, organizational efficiency/development, and performance management in a global or complex matrixed environment.
  • Demonstrated ability to build and deploy large-scale talent programs with measurable business impact
  • Strong facilitation, influencing, and collaborating skills, including experience partnering with senior and executive leadership.
  • Preferred education: Organizational Development & Building, HR Management, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Preferred certifications: Organizational Design or related professional credentials.
  • Ability to travel globally (10–15%).

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KION Group

About KION Group

Are looking to make your move? Then you’ve come to the right place! We are the KION Group, and the world of supply chain solutions is our home. KION is shaping world trade – globally, regionally, locally. We ensure that supply chains reach their full potential: fast, efficient, smart, sustainable and reliable.

Our 42,000 employees make a real difference, helping us to become who we are today: The Supply Chain Solutions Company. Our people’s passion is innovating, automating, and orchestrating solutions for our customers’ supply chains.

Would you like to be part of our international team? We can offer you interesting jobs and exciting career opportunities in an innovative, rapidly-growing, and forward-looking industry.

With us, you benefit from numerous development opportunities in a global group, including the possibility of working at one of our locations abroad on a temporary basis. Regardless of which of our sites you work at, the KION values—integrity, collaboration, courage, and excellence—shape how we act and how we work with colleagues, managers, customers, suppliers, and applicants both at home and abroad.

KION is the architect of global, regional and local supply chains. Our brands are well established:

Dematic is the global leader in intelligent supply chain and automation solutions. The Linde Material Handling and STILL brands serve the premium and higher value segments of the industrial truck market. Baoli focuses on industrial trucks in the lower value and economy segments.

As a provider of comprehensive supply chain solutions with a worldwide service network, KION has a global presence and a regional focus on the needs of its customers. KION brands keep the world moving.

You can access our Legal Notice via the link https://www.kiongroup.com/en/Service/Legal-Notice/ and our Privacy Statement here: https://www.kiongroup.com/en/Service/Privacy-Statement/

Industry
Manufacturing & Production
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Frankfurt/Main, DE
Year Founded
2006
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