The Early Talent Program Manager oversees the early talent programs for the Global Supply Chain, including summer internships, engineering co-ops, and the Accelerated Development Program, ensuring a seamless experience from onboarding through career transition. This role drives continuous improvement by leveraging data and feedback to deliver impactful training and an overall positive program experience. Additionally, the Program Manager partners with Talent Acquisition, HR, and business stakeholders to streamline recruitment, communications, and program operations while monitoring budgets and supporting participant success.

Additional Information

The travel for this position is 10%.

This role is not remote/hybrid. This role will report to Sherwin-Williams Global Headquarters located at 1 Sherwin Way, Cleveland, OH 44113.

Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company’s staff, employees, and business relationships.

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At Sherwin-Williams, our purpose is to inspire and improve the world by coloring and protecting what matters. Our paints, coatings and innovative solutions make the places and spaces in our world brighter and stronger. Your skills, talent and passion make it possible to live this purpose, and for customers and our business to achieve great results. Sherwin-Williams is a place that takes its stability, growth and momentum and translates it to possibility for our people. Our people are behind the strength of our success, and we invest and support you in:

Life … with rewards, benefits and the flexibility to enhance your health and well-being
Career … with opportunities to learn, develop new skills and grow your contribution
Connection … with an inclusive team and commitment to our own and broader communities
It's all here for you... let's Create Your Possible

At Sherwin-Williams, part of our mission is to help our employees and their families live healthier, save smarter and feel better. This starts with a wide range of world-class benefits designed for you. From retirement to health care, from total well-being to your daily commute—it matters to us. A general description of benefits offered can be found at http://www.myswbenefits.com/. Click on “Candidates” to view benefit offerings that you may be eligible for if you are hired as a Sherwin-Williams employee.

Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case and will impact where actual compensation may fall within the stated wage range. The wage range listed for this role takes into account the wide range of factors considered in making compensation decisions including skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. The wage range, other compensation, and benefits information listed is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws including with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act where applicable.

Sherwin-Williams is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, pregnancy, genetic information, creed, marital status or any other consideration prohibited by law or by contract.

As a VEVRAA Federal Contractor, Sherwin-Williams requests state and local employment services delivery systems to provide priority referral of Protected Veterans.

Please be aware, Sherwin-Williams recruiting team members will never request a candidate to provide a payment, ask for financial information, or sensitive personal information like national identification numbers, date of birth, or bank account numbers during the application process.

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The Early Talent Program Manager oversees the early talent programs for the Global Supply Chain, including summer internships, engineering co-ops, and the Accelerated Development Program, ensuring a seamless experience from onboarding through career transition. This role drives continuous improvement by leveraging data and feedback to deliver impactful training and an overall positive program experience. Additionally, the Program Manager partners with Talent Acquisition, HR, and business stakeholders to streamline recruitment, communications, and program operations while monitoring budgets and supporting participant success.

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Minimum Requirements:

• Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age
• Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without needing sponsorship for employment work visa status now or in the future (e.g., OPT, CPT, H1B, EB-1,etc.)
• Must have a Bachelor’s degree or higher
• Must have two (2) years human resources experience including talent acquisition, university relations, generalist, or learning and organizational development
• Must have project management skills with demonstrated experience with creating project plans and a track record of success in coordinating and completing projects

• Must have at least one (1) year of experience using Microsoft Office products (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, teams and/or Outlook)

Preferred Qualification:

• Must have a Bachelor’s degree or higher in Human Resources, Human Resources Management, Organizational/Industrial Psychology, or Business
• Have experience with process improvements including the identification of an improvement and follow through with implementing the improvement.
• Have experience participating as a team member on cross-functional projects
• Have experience working with vendors

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Early Talent Program Management

• Manage all aspects of early talent programs for Global Supply Chain (Accelerated Development Program, Internship Program, Co-Op Program)
• Lead and monitor overall program experiences including onboarding, training, communications, class engagements, experiences and career transition
• Support managers and HR Business Partners to host program participants and prepare them for the next steps in their career
• Develop a consistent streamlined communication plan to provide regular program updates to stakeholders
• Monitor program budgets in partnership with Compensation and appropriate business stakeholders

Program Development

• Leverage feedback, data and observations to drive continuous improvement of programming and processes
• Partner with Learning & Development to create and implement training plans and experiential learning opportunities aligned with program objectives
• Apply project management expertise in executing learning initiatives, including project objective, key stakeholders, resource allocation, timeline and major milestones and tasks

Cross-Team Partnership

• Partner with Talent Acquisition to develop the recruitment strategy and ensure recruitment processes are effectively executed
• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition and Human Resources to ensure a smooth pre-boarding/onboarding and offboarding process for program participants
• Facilitate participant transition to post-program roles in partnership with managers, Human Resources and Talent Acquisition
• Engage Employee Relations to address employee and labor relations surrounding early talent program participants
• Partner with HR and functional leaders to ensure appropriate business stakeholders are involved and division needs are met