Talent and Performance Management Lead

The Talent & Performance Management Lead is responsible for crafting, implementing, and sustaining talent and performance strategies that accelerate Dematics organizational capability. This role works closely with HR leaders and business collaborators across Dematics global footprint. It drives initiatives to strengthen leadership pipelines, improve employee development, and align people practices with business strategy. Key areas of ownership include succession planning, career frameworks, performance management, employee engagement, and enterprise-wide talent review processes. This position also collaborates closely with the KION Group People Development Center of Excellence. It ensures alignment, applies enterprise standards, and advances talent development across the broader organization. This position will also partner closely with the KION Group People Development COE to ensure alignment, leverage standards, optimize system usage, and advance enterprise-wide initiatives that advance talent development across the organization. We offer: Career Development Competitive Compensation and Benefits Pay Transparency Global Opportunities Learn More Here: https://www.dematic.com/en-us/about/careers/what-we-offer/ Dematic provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. The base pay range for this role is estimated to be $105K-$150K at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as work location, education, experience, knowledge, and skills. Tasks and Qualifications: What You Will Do In This Role: Talent Management Strategy: Develop and carry out coordinated talent management strategies that support business objectives, workforce planning, and long-term organizational growth. Succession Planning: Lead and facilitate the succession planning process, ensuring strong leadership pipelines and robust bench strength across critical roles. Career Frameworks: Build and maintain career architecture and development frameworks that enable growth and mobility across the organization. Performance Management: Lead all aspects of performance management programs, ensuring consistency, fairness, and alignment with goals. Talent Reviews: Drive the annual process and talent review cycles, providing insights and recommendations to senior leadership. Global Collaboration: Partner directly with the KION Group People Development COE to align Dematic programs with Group standards and aid in enterprise-wide initiatives. Collaborator Engagement: Collaborate with HR and business leaders and HR COEs to ensure adoption and impact of talent programs. Employee Engagement: Collaborate with leaders in KION Group People Development to assist with the annual employee engagement survey within the Dematic business unit. Continuous Improvement: Monitor program effectiveness, leverage analytics, and recommend enhancements that elevate employee experience and organizational capability. What We Are Looking For: Extensive experience in talent management, organizational efficiency/development, and performance management in a global or complex matrixed environment. Demonstrated ability to build and deploy large-scale talent programs with measurable business impact Strong facilitation, influencing, and collaborating skills, including experience partnering with senior and executive leadership. Preferred education: Organizational Development & Building, HR Management, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Preferred certifications: Organizational Design or related professional credentials. Ability to travel globally (1015%). #LI-AP1 KION brands keep the world moving globally, regionally, and locally. KION is the Supply Chain Solutions Company. With over 42,000 employees in more than 100 countries, we enable smart, sustainable, and reliable supply chains worldwide - wherever goods are stored, moved, or delivered. KION offers its customers the full spectrum of solutions to make their supply chains future-ready. Our international brands, Linde Material Handling, STILL, and Baoli and our regional brands, Fenwick and OM, stand for outstanding technological innovation, intelligent automation and service excellence in forklift trucks and warehouse equipment. Dematic complements this expertise with state-of-the-art automation technology and AI-supported software solutions that optimize intralogistics across warehousing, production, and distribution. Whether locally or globally we offer exciting career opportunities in an innovative environment shaped by our core values: Integrity, Collaboration, Courage, and Excellence. Together, we create the magic of supply chain solutions. Join our team Push it forward.