Specialist - Early Career Programs

From a small family business to a multi-billion-dollar global company, Sonoco has been changing the face of products and packaging since 1899 — all while keeping the heart of “People Build Businesses” alive.

Our talented people are at the core of our growth, constantly reinventing the Sonoco wheel with brilliant solutions every year. Today we are a world leader in global packaging solutions with diversified operations in over 34 countries. We're extremely proud of our portfolio of brands, our achievements in sustainability and industrialization and the groundbreaking work accomplished by our people. 

The role of the Emerging Leader Program Specialist will be instrumental in the design and delivery of a seamless experience for Sonoco’s early career populations to ensure they develop the skills and capabilities most critical to our business.

What you’ll be doing:

• Support the delivery of an engaging, high-quality experience for Sonoco’s Emerging Leader Program (ELP) and Sonoco internship programs that develop the skills and capabilities most critical to our business strategy.
• Work with HR Business Partners, and Business and Function stakeholders to understand program needs and raise awareness and understanding of program offerings.
• Support the Early Career recruiting team with program branding, college recruiting strategies, and talking points related to the program experience.
• Collaborate with, HR teams including Learning and Development, and Diversity and Inclusion, as well as external vendors, to build and continuously improve the learning experience.
• Plan, execute, and support ELP program, activities, including onboarding, delivery of learning curriculum, and speaker engagements, both virtual and in-person.
• Partner with internal and external facilitators to successfully plan and execute skill development sessions on-the-ground the ground support for in-person program elements as needed.
• Support performance management and talent review planning and use the outcomes to review program needs.
• Partner with People Analytics to measure and track progress against key mend-to-end
• Manage end to end program planning including communications, logistics, and technical elements.
• Operate as a key point of contact for program participants, managers, and other key stakeholders.
• Manage external vendors and Sonoco processes to support program needs.

This is a remote position with the preferred candidate located in Hartsville, SC.

We’d love to hear from you if:

• Demonstrated ability to build relationships and manage multiple stakeholders
• Process and project management skills
• Presentation and facilitation skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Strong attention to detail and results orientation
• Demonstrates a high degree of initiative, autonomy, and ability to collaborate
• Demonstrated ability to work in a virtual team environment
• Demonstrated ability to work with individuals from a diverse set of backgrounds
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate training programs
• Creativity and ability to generate and successfully execute new ideas
• Strong Excel, SharePoint, and PowerPoint skills and ability to synthesize data to tell a story
• This position requires the ability to travel 50% of the time

Compensation:

Specialist I, Development, Recruiting & Learning: The annual base salary range for this role is from $59,440 to $66,870. 

Specialist II, Development, Recruiting & Learning: The annual base salary range for this role is from $65,440 to $73,620. 

Specialist III, Development, Recruiting & Learning: The annual base salary range for this role is from $80,320 to $90,360

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any legally protected characteristic.