Education & Training Leader

The J.M. Smucker Co.•McCalla, AL

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The primary function of this role is to lead and execute Education & Training (E&T) standards across the site. This includes owning and maintaining training materials, managing the skills qualification process, and ensuring training documentation systems remain accurate and compliant. The role is accountable for E&T performance by maintaining the site skills matrix, analyzing and reporting monthly training results, and developing and coaching site E&T functional leaders to drive capability and organizational growth.

Requirements

A bachelor’s degree is required or 5 years of experience building and leading education and training systems in a manufacturing environment.
Minimum of 2 years of manufacturing operational experience or food manufacturing preferred
Minimum of 2 years of experience leading, supervising, or managing others preferred

Nice To Haves

Ability to work under limited supervision while managing multiple priorities and projects
Strong Organizational skills
Experience facilitating meetings and presentation skills
Demonstrates strong computer skills Microsoft word, Excel, Power Point, etc.
Ability to lead team to execute plans and achieve results
Can lead, coach, and develop others
Strong leadership skills
Project management skills
Problem solving skills
Strong inter-personal skills
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Willingness to work a flexible schedule that most effectively supports the organization
Ability to work off-shifts or weekends as needed

Responsibilities

Own E&T scorecard and monthly Results
Owns and maintains E&T skills matrix
Assess needs to achieve zero loss due to training outages
Point of contact with corporate for all company E&T initiatives
Identify E&T standardization, consistency, and implement best practices
Act as leadership team’s liaison to the teams E&T outages & wins
Work with operations leaders to identify loss due to lack of training
Coach and develop E&T Functional Leaders
Facilitate E&T skill building and meetings on regular cadence
Facilitate all step up card revisions, getting approval from Operations, Technical Team, Equipment Owners
Own, record, and manage Step-up card and qualification process
Own and facilitate all computer qualification testing and training
Owns master copies of all operator manuals, working closely with EO’s to keep material up to date
Maintains the Document control system for site
Maintain personnel training records and reports
Manage training files in Workday Learning Module
Support the Development/Execution of training materials for the site
Administer Mechanical Aptitude Test
Support and model Operational Excellence work system behaviors
Preserve Smucker culture
Workday Learning Partner
Utilize team members to successfully drive high-performance work culture with a focus on understanding, prioritizing, eliminating losses, and building and executing effective short- and long-term plans
Effectively communicate expectations, provides timely feedback, and manages performance of team
Develop team members to successfully perform current and future roles