Talent Development - Early Career Partner - John Crane

John Crane, a business of Smiths Group, is a global leader in mission-critical flow control solutions for energy and process industries that enable efficient and sustainable operations. Our products include mechanical seals and systems, couplings, bearings, filtration systems, and predictive digital monitoring technologies. 

We have a global network of more than 200 sites in over 50 countries and employ more than 6,000 people worldwide. We partner with our customers to help them keep their operations safe, reduce downtime, improve efficiency, and meet the latest environmental standards. 

John Crane is part of Smiths Group. For over 170 years, Smiths has been pioneering progress by engineering for a better future. We serve millions of people every year, helping to create a safer, more efficient, productive, and better-connected world across four global markets: energy, security & defence, space & aerospace, and general industrial. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs approximately 16,000 colleagues in over 50 countries. 

Responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance to Smiths Group and division policies (i.e., Code of Ethics, Human Rights, EEOC, etc.) during the support of talent development/acquisition related activities and talent engagement.
• Collaborate with division Global HR Directors and Region HR Business Partners to identify high potential talent across the division within 3 to 6.
• Collaborate with region organizational leaders to ensure that identified high potential talent have updated management input (i.e., strengths, areas of development, career aspirations, loss risk, mobility/family considerations, and summary comments) in their TalentSearch Talent Profile.
• Help encourage identified high potential talent to update their own TalentSearch Talent Profile details (i.e., employment history, education history, certifications, languages, mobility/family considerations, and job preferences).
• Collaborate with division Global HR Directors and Region HR Business Partners to identify new/existing high priority positions in the region where a vacancy is expected, and available internal high potential talent pools suitable to review for those positions.
• Reinforce the importance and our focus on an inclusion and diversity mindset when identifying high potential talent and when considering internal/external talent pools for new/existing high priority positions in the region.
• Continuously monitor the diversity and progress of our early career (i.e., DISCOVER) and technical career (i.e., SUMMIT) talent pipelines and ensure their long-term readiness and development is being considered in region succession plans for high priority positions.
• Collaborate with region organizational leaders to create practical development actions designed to help strengthen identified areas of development related to critical professional skills and/or Smiths Leadership Behaviours.
• Drive high potential talent engagement by providing coaching and career development guidance that will help them successfully complete assigned development actions, and that will help prepare them as they transition into future target positions.
• Develop EDP for identified high potential talent and ensure that all key stakeholders (i.e. Sr Leaders, direct managers, direct managers of development/target positions, global/region HR, etc.) are properly informed and in agreement with proposed EDP.
• Implement, monitor, and provide all key stakeholders with regular EDP implementation progress updates as required.
• Partner with region organizational leaders to help communicate/share EDP and development actions with high potential talent if/when appropriate.
• Partner and coordinate with Smiths Global Mobility team and region HR teams to support implementation of EDP that result in the relocation of high potential talent between locations/countries/regions.
• Actively participate in region talent reviews and succession planning discussions and provide organizational leaders with high potential talent recommendations.
• Consult the Rewards team to ensure identified high potential talent are competitively aligned to market salary trends/ranges and division guidance.
• Continuously review, evaluate, and implement internal high potential talent development process improvements.
• Provide monthly EDP implementation progress tracking for all identified high potential talent in the region.
• Conduct monthly status meetings with the Global HR Directors and Region HR Business Partners to review progress on identified high potential talent.
•  Develop and maintain partnerships with universities and academic institutions to enhance recruitment pipelines.
• Collaborate with university career centres, faculty, and student organizations to promote our organization's opportunities and brand.
• Oversee the recruitment, selection, and onboarding process for interns.
• Coordinate internship program logistics, including project assignments, training sessions, and performance evaluations.
• Serve as a point of contact and mentor for interns, providing support and guidance throughout their internship experience.
• Identify and recommend suitable assignments, projects, and rotations to broaden experience and skills.
• Managing Financials for the Early Career program ( eg : Levy process in UK or similar in other geographies)
• Act as a trusted advisor and advocate for early career professionals, offering support and guidance in their career progression.
• Facilitate career planning discussions, goal setting, and skill development opportunities.
• Design and implement programs to support the professional development of early career talent within the organization.
• Provide guidance, mentorship, and resources to help individuals navigate their career paths and achieve their developmental goals.

• Ability to professionally manage candidate, employee, and company data with the highest degree of discretion and/or confidentiality.
• Able to effectively communicate and influence organizational leaders on HR policies and practices as related to talent development/acquisition.
• Ability to successfully manage multiple division global and region HR stakeholders.
• Ability to effectively collaborate with multiple division organizational leaders at various levels.
• Ability to effectively collaborate with region peers, cross-divisional Talent COE peers, and external talent acquisition RPO and third-party agencies.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with an approachable and trustworthy nature.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledgeable and efficient in the use of HR business systems available to support talent acquisition and employee master data management.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
• Associate/Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources preferred, or recognized qualification/certification in Human Resources.
• Prior HR Manager, HR Generalist, or HR Representative experience helpful but not required.
• Fluency in English required.

With colleagues stretching across the globe, we are proud of our diversity. To foster inclusivity, we run employee resource groups (ERGs) to provide a safe space for employees to connect and support each other. Our cross-business ERGs include Veterans, Pride Network, Black Employee Network, Women@Work Network, and Neurodiversity. 

Across our company, we recognize excellence, culminating in the Smiths Excellence Awards, our annual celebration of the most extraordinary activities, people, and projects that best showcase our strengths and help drive our business forward. We announce these on our annual Smiths Day, a global celebration of Smiths around our network. 

Join us for a great career with competitive compensation and benefits, while helping engineer a better future. 

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.

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