K+S Aktiengesellschaft

Organizational Development Specialist - Term

Bethune, SK

Full-time

About This Job

This is Us

We enrich life through the sustainable extraction and refinement of minerals to indispensable products and through our working environment, which is unique. Because it stands for everything that really matters in life: Trust, team spirit and meaningfulness for 11,000 employees at 51 locations on five continents. Welcome to K + S.

Your Responsibilities

The Organizational Development Specialist enhances the company's strategic direction by designing and delivering talent programs that build workforce capabilities, support succession planning, and promote knowledge transfer. This role drives employee growth, engagement, and retention by aligning development initiatives with business priorities. As a key link between the People & Communications team and broader organizational goals, the specialist fosters continuous improvement and innovation to ensure the organization remains competitive, agile, and future-ready. The Organizational Development Specialist actively integrates the People & Communications department charter and operating model into their key responsibilities, focusing efforts on continuous improvement, delivering an elevated employee experience, and innovative and engaging programs that align to KSPC’s strategic direction.

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Designs and implements talent development strategies that build future capabilities and accelerate readiness for key roles, aligned with business needs.

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Develops and manages succession planning frameworks to identify and prepare future leaders and successors for critical roles, ensuring continuity and resilience.

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Designs and implements knowledge transfer strategies that preserve critical expertise and foster organizational continuity across teams and generations of workers.

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Partners with HR Business Partners (HRBPs) and leaders to conduct talent reviews and support career pathing for high-potential employees.

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Collaborates with HRBPs and business leaders to identify talent gaps and develop targeted solutions to close them.

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Maintains an adaptive talent planning process that remains responsive to evolving workforce needs and shifting strategic priorities.

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Delivers data analysis and summaries to drive decisions and measure the success of talent programs and initiatives, and design and deliver transformation initiatives and programs to build future skills.

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Gathers, organizes, and analyzes information regarding the impact of talent development and learning solutions against key business drivers; presenting information in a way that is meaningful to the organization.

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Utilizes data analytics tools and reporting systems to track and report on key performance indicators and trends related to talent development.

Benefits

We enrich your life

By living our common K+S values across all our locations in the world: We are optimistic about our future, collaborative in building it, and with our entrepreneurial spirit, we aim to dig deeper and reach higher. We remain agile in an ever-changing world. We are innovative, turning obstacles into opportunities – and we do it all in ways that are safe and sustainable, protecting future generations.

We are committed to being a company where every employee can contribute, grow and thrive, and where we reflect the diverse communities in which we live and work. We are working toward a truly inclusive environment, because we know that the amazing array of differences in our backgrounds, competencies, experiences, race, gender, age, beliefs, sexual orientation, identity and their intersections is key to the longevity, sustainability and growth of our organization.

In a career with K+S Potash Canada (KSPC), you can look forward to:

Good People and Great Culture

Be part of a team committed to building an innovative and diverse culture. KSPC is growing our business, delivering exciting new opportunities, and giving back to the communities where we live and work.

Challenge and Growth

We support your growth and potential through professional development, training, and a robust performance recognition program.

Valuable Compensation

Our total target compensation is competitive and benchmarked to the market. We have a Pay-for-Performance philosophy that includes two components: fixed (base) pay, and a short-term incentive (bonus) that rewards employees for their contributions towards corporate, team and individual successes.

Supporting Benefits

Our comprehensive, employer-paid benefits program includes Life, Disability, Health and Dental, as well as competitive Retirement benefits, Employee and Family Assistance Program, paid work time to help out in your community (volunteer with a sports team or a charitable organization of your choice) and more! We offer a Health Spending Account for extras, like more expensive glasses, or a Wellness Account that covers recreational items, like your park camping fees, hunting or fishing license, and your gym membership.

Requirements

Your Profile

Our company values and recognizes the diversity of the workforce and encourages individuals with the equivalent combination of education and work experience. The ideal candidate will have:

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Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Adult Education or related field (or equivalent combination of education and working experience).

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Minimum of 8-10 years’ of Human Resources experience in the learning & development field (program development including Change Management, needs analysis, design, validation, implementation and evaluation); experience working in operations functions an asset.

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CPHR or other related professional certification an asset.

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Ability to create and implement scalable talent development and succession planning solutions.

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Strong presentation, coaching, and communication skills to engage stakeholders at all levels.

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Comfort with talent data, analytics tools, and deriving insights to support decisions and measure impact.

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Strong organizational skills to lead complex initiatives and manage multiple timelines.

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Skilled in creating toolkits, guides, and scalable resources.

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Ability to align talent strategies with business priorities and long-term goals.

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Skilled at building relationships and influencing across functions and leadership levels.

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Comfortable in dynamic environments, adjusting plans as business needs evolve.

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Committed to staying current with best practices and innovations in talent management.

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Collaborative work style with the ability to consult, solicit input, influence and support decision making with leaders, including identifying needs, developing action plans, and presenting results/recommendations.

The preferred location of this position is the Bethune mine, or Saskatoon Head Office. Flexible work arrangement may be considered.

Employment is subject to successfully completing KSPC’s pre-employment checks which may include criminal record check, education verification, functional fitness evaluation and drug and alcohol testing.

This is a term position extending to December 31, 2026.

To ensure consideration for this role, please apply by June 5, 2025..

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