Sr. Talent Management Specialist - The Toro Company

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Who Are We?     

The Toro Company is a homegrown, Minnesota-based company that has been in business since 1914. We pride ourselves on providing world-class equipment to help maintain the environment that we love, while putting an emphasis on giving back to the communities that surround us. From residential lawns and gardens, to venues such as St Andrews Links and Target Field, we are a company with a global footprint and a passion for helping people beautify whatever landscape they may be in. With 100 years of operation under our belt and a healthy tenure, come find out what makes The Toro Company the best place in the Twin Cities to build a career. 

The Toro Company (TTC) is in an exciting period of evolution - building and strengthening an intentional, enterprise-wide approach to how we identify, develop, and grow our talent. The Sr. Talent Management Specialist plays a key role in bringing that vision to life: driving the process, clarity, and quality of talent decisions deeper into the organization, stewarding consistent and meaningful performance practices across the enterprise, and helping HR Business Partners and leaders show up as confident talent owners.

This is a role for someone who leads with curiosity and partnership, is equally comfortable facilitating and advising, and who finds deep satisfaction in helping a maturing talent function find its footing. If you believe that great performance conversations and a strong talent pipeline are genuine business advantages - and you want to help build both - we want to hear from you.

What Will You Do?  

In order to grow and build a successful career with The Toro Company, you will be responsible for:  ​​​​

• Own and evolve performance management across the enterprise: leading the multi-year redesign of our office population review process, completing the expansion to our remaining production workforce, and serving as TTC’s subject matter expert on progressive, high-quality performance practices for the long term
• Act as a trusted thought partner to HR Business Partners: meeting them where they are, diagnosing talent dynamics, and helping elevate the quality and confidence of talent decisions across the organization
• Support succession planning for function-critical roles: partnering with HRBPs and business leaders on successor identification, readiness assessment, pipeline development, and connecting those insights into enterprise talent narratives
• Steward TTC’s talent review and calibration practices: ensuring our emerging frameworks and shared language take root consistently across business units, brands, and geographies, and that HRBPs have everything they need to lead strong talent conversations regardless of how much hands-on TMO support they want
• Leverage people data and Workday: maintaining accurate talent records, building insightful reporting, and moving talent conversations from instinct to evidence
• Create and continuously improve the tools, guides, and enablement resources: making TMO’s work practical and accessible for leaders across a complex, global enterprise

What Do You Need?  

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, Organizational Psychology, or related field
• 5+ years of progressive experience in talent management, HR, or a closely related discipline
• Demonstrated experience with performance management, including designing or improving performance processes; familiarity with progressive performance management practices is a plus

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading a significant HR process redesign or change management initiative

• A natural consultant – someone who asks good questions, listens well, and builds trust quickly with HR and business audiences at all levels
• A skilled facilitator – comfortable leading talent conversations, enabling sessions, and working sessions of all kinds with confidence and care
• An experienced project leader – able to drive complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives from design through adoption without losing momentum
• Analytically minded – able to work with talent data, identify patterns, and translate what you see into clear and useful recommendations
• A skilled communicator and content creator – everything this role produces carries the TMO brand, and you hold yourself to that standard
• An eye for design and audience awareness – able to produce well-organized, polished, and audience-appropriate resources that make TMO's work credible and accessible to leaders at every level
• Genuinely collaborative – someone who makes the whole team better, in addition to their own work stronger, and who brings ideas and energy to shared TMO strategy
• Comfortable with ambiguity – motivated by the opportunity to help shape something that is still evolving at a company that values and invests in its people
• Experience with talent review and/or succession planning in a matrixed or multi-brand organization
• Background in a global organization across multiple business units or geographies
• Proficiency with Workday; comfort with AI-enabled HR tools and an interest in where talent technology is heading
• Certification in talent management, people analytics, or OD (e.g., SHRM-SCP, ATD, AIHR)

What Can We Give You?     

At The Toro Company, we are always working to make sure our employees know just how valued they are. In addition to a competitive salary, an affordable and top tier medical/dental/vision plan, 401k, and many other great benefits - The Toro company offers employees at our Bloomington, MN HQ location a variety of perks, including:  

• Dress for your day - We know you're more productive when you're comfortable, which is why TTC employees are encouraged to take advantage of our casual, corporate environment.  

• Location – Conveniently located near both St. Paul and Minneapolis, we are centrally located for most commuters!  

• Food - Take advantage of our onsite café, which serves both breakfast and lunch. With a Caribou Coffee attached, you can grab a snack and a coffee at any time during your day.  

• Wellness - The Toro Company’s HQ offers complimentary use of our onsite fitness facility to employees. In addition to physical wellbeing, TTC offers a variety of mental health and financial health resources to all employees.  

• Volunteerism - The Toro Company is proud to provide employees 20 hours of paid time to volunteer in the community.  

• Summer Hours – Enjoy a flexible schedule during the summer! By working a little more during the first few days of the week, TTC employees at our Bloomington HQ are able to start their weekends early and leave by noon on Friday.  

• Flexible Work Arrangements – This team is currently implementing a hybrid work schedule. The opportunity to collaborate in the office and work from home part-time, has promoted team-building and flexibility.  ​#LI-Hybrid​ 

• Competitive Salary – The pay range takes into account skills, experience, education, and location. It is not common to be hired at or near the top of the range; compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the annual pay range is between ​$95,000 - $115,000. Cash compensation is one piece of our competitive total rewards package. If you need to, you can access your pay early with the dailypay app.  

At The Toro Company, we are committed to fostering a secure and trustworthy recruitment experience for our applicants. Recruitment fraud is a growing concern for job seekers, so please be aware that throughout our recruitment process, you’ll never be required to pay any fees or disclose personal financial details when applying to TTC opportunities. All legitimate job opportunities must be applied for directly through our official careers page at jobs.thetorocompany.com or via Workday, our applicant tracking system. 

The Toro Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants based on merit and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military service, or other non-merit factors. We are committed to creating a welcoming environment for all employees.