Role OverviewThe Training Manager leads training, qualification, and workforce-development programs for employees working within Production, Warehouse, Logistics, Material Handling, and other manufacturing-floor functions. This position is responsible for building and maintaining systems that successfully move employees from initial onboarding and training through demonstrated job proficiency and independent qualification.
What You Will Do
The Training Manager develops training programs and materials, personally delivers training, prepares and evaluates internal trainers, monitors employee qualification progress, identifies skill gaps, and continuously improves training effectiveness.
Why It Might Be a Fit
This position requires a strong manufacturing-floor presence, technical knowledge, and leadership skills to ensure employees acquire, demonstrate, and maintain the technical knowledge, operational proficiency, safety awareness, and quality standards necessary to perform their responsibilities independently and consistently.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in training and development, operations, manufacturing or a related field
- 7-8+ years of progressive experience developing, writing, implementing, and delivering employee training programs within manufacturing or industrial operations
- Prior manufacturing management or supervisory experience, including direct responsibility for frontline production, warehouse, logistics, material handling, technical, or similar employees
- Significant experience personally training frontline manufacturing employees in a production-floor environment
- Experience developing technical training materials, qualification standards, assessments, and training documentation
- Experience coaching and developing supervisors, leads, subject-matter experts, or designated On-the-Job Training Trainers (OJT) trainers
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