The Talent Management Specialist provides operational, administrative, and analytical support to enterprise-wide talent management processes, including succession planning, assessments, coaching, and annual talent cycles.

This role partners closely with the Senior Manager - Leadership & Succession Strategy, the Senior Manager - Talent Management Processes & Governance, other COE teams, HR Business Partners, and HR Shared Services to ensure seamless and accurate execution of enterprise talent programs.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, customer-focused, and comfortable coordinating across multiple stakeholders and systems in a fast‑paced HR environment — consistent with typical enterprise expectations (e.g., training admin, reporting, and process support functions).

Key Responsibilities

Talent Process Execution & Coordination

• Manage assessment and coaching requests from HR and business leaders, ensuring accurate intake, tracking, and SLA adherence.
• Support annual talent cycles (Performance, Potential, Development, Succession), including scheduling, logistics, follow‑ups, and maintaining process documentation.
• Coordinate and support calls, live training, and working sessions with Talent Partners and HR teams to ensure clarity, readiness, and process compliance.

Training Materials & Communication

• Develop and maintain training materials, guides, and resources related to talent assessment, succession, calibration, and performance review processes.
• Prepare and distribute communications and toolkits for managers and HR partners during talent cycles — aligned with best practices in communications planning at scale (e.g., communications plan partnership and deliverables).
• Maintain SharePoint and MyEcolab with updated talent management documentation, knowledge content and process guides.

Systems, Reporting & Troubleshooting

• Partner with COEs (Data Analytics, HRIS, GBS/HRSD) to troubleshoot reporting, dashboard, and WD system issues related to talent processes.
• Run recurring talent process reports and compile insights for Talent COE and HR leadership.

Operational & Administrative Support

• Maintain SOPs, process maps, job aids, and workflow documentation to ensure process consistency.
• Track SLA compliance and operational metrics for core TM processes.
• Support cross-functional initiatives across Talent COE, including global programs, process improvements, technology pilots, and talent data readiness initiatives.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business Administration, Psychology, Communications, or related field — widely preferred in external benchmarks.
• 2-4 years of experience in HR operations, HR coordination, talent management, or similar roles.
• Strong organizational, administrative, and project coordination skills.
• Proficiency with MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and comfort working in HR systems (e.g., Workday, SharePoint, Visier).
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with strong attention to detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to create clean, clear training materials.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience or demonstrated interest in using AI-enabled tools (e.g., Microsoft Copilot) to simplify and automate routine tasks such as documentation, communications, scheduling, reporting, and process support.
• Interest in leveraging technology and automation to continuously improve HR operations and talent processes.
• Experience supporting enterprise HR cycles (performance, talent review, assessments, succession).
• Exposure to data analysis or HR reporting.
• Familiarity with Workday and MyEcolab.

Our Commitment to a Culture of Inclusion & Belonging
Ecolab is committed to fair and equal treatment of associates and applicants and furthering the principles of Equal Opportunity to Employment. We will recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement based on individual qualifications and job performance in all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement. Ecolab will not discriminate against any associate or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, creed, national origin,citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, or disability.