Organizational Development Manager

Who We Are

At Freshpet, our goal is to change the way people nourish their pets forever. We strive to strengthen the bond between people and our pets so that we both live longer, healthier, and happier lives while being kind to the planet. We believe that if we can create fresh, real foods that pets love and help them live healthier lives that their pet parents will also enjoy the many benefits of a rich life shared with a pet.

We started off with a mission to change the way pet parents feed dogs and cats, but we also wanted to be a company that had a thoughtful approach to how we operate. We wanted to do things differently, make great products but be gentle to the planet, good to the people who touch our business, and leave a positive impact with everything we do. We work hard every day to ensure that the original vision is met, starting with making the highest quality foods in our kitchens to running our business with integrity, transparency, and social and environmental responsibility. IT’S AMAZING WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN YOU START COMPLETELY FRESH!

What You Will Do

The Manager, Organizational Development and Effectiveness is responsible for driving initiatives that enhance organizational effectiveness, performance, and culture. This position is responsible for assessing the organization’s structure, processes, leadership and culture to identify opportunities for improvement, and collaborating closely with business leaders and the Human Resources team to design and implement programs and initiatives. This position is specifically responsible for ensuring alignment across all departments with the organization’s purpose, vision, and values.

How You Will Make An Impact!

Implement organization development strategies and processes that align with the Freshpet strategy and business goals, ensuring consistent practices across business units.

Develop and maintain working relationships across the enterprise and provide thought leadership, strategic consulting, coaching and practical solutions that address organizational challenges and opportunities.

Assess current state and lead the creation and implementation of enterprise OD solutions - frameworks, tools, and associated measurement to address enterprise business critical challenges and opportunities.

Provide professional expertise and support in the design, development and implementation of the performance management and talent planning process that is required to achieve business goals and results in the creation of an internal bench of top talent.

Partner strategically with the HR Business Partners to understand the overall business, client groups and strategic business objectives, to ensure the work prioritized aligns with their business roadmap and needs.

Lead change management initiatives, ensuring effective outreach to all stakeholders.

Evaluate the impact of initiatives by developing and tracking robust measurement plans.

Successfully manage and drive projects through the full project management lifecycle.

What You Will Bring!

Bachelor's degree in human resources, organization culture, organizational development, business, psychology, or a related field; master’s degree preferred.

5-7 years of experience in organizational development, talent management, leadership management, culture development.

Critical thinking, and the ability to engage comfortably with stakeholders at multiple levels of the business.

Strong transformational change management capability and ability to lead initiatives for the enterprise

Strong business acumen. CPG or Manufacturing experience a plus.

Exceptional communication, platform skills/facilitation, and interpersonal skills.

Ability to create clear, concise, and influential communications and presentations

Excellent consulting skills with a client-focused mind-set; building valuable relationships and collaboration

Strong project management skills, managing multiple projects simultaneously.

Ability to work with leaders at all levels.

Creative problem solver with a high intellectual curiosity

What We Offer

At Freshpet, we offer a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package, including medical, dental and vision insurance, basic and optional life insurance, short- and long-term disability protection, flexible spending accounts, and a 401(k) plan with company match, paid parental leave, pet insurance, tuition assistance, a generous PTO plan and so much more!

Our Commitment to a Diverse Workforce:

At Freshpet, we embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, sex, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique.

Freshpet aims to foster, cultivate and preserve a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. Our employees are our most valuable assets. The collective sum of the individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, inventiveness, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities and talent that our employees invest in their work represents a significant part of not only our culture, but our reputation and company’s achievement as well. Freshpet is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Disclaimers

We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.

Freshpet is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Freshpet via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Freshpet. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Freshpet as a result of the referral or through other means.