Training Manager

Office•White City, OR

10d•Onsite

About The Position

Amy's Kitchen is a family-owned, independent organic and vegetarian food company committed to making it simple and enjoyable for everyone to eat well. As a Certified B Corporation, they focus on crafting authentic dishes with high-quality organic ingredients. The company offers comprehensive benefits including health plans, mental health support, a 401(k) with employer match, scholarship programs, tuition reimbursement, family-forming benefits, paid time off, and product discounts.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
3 years of experience in a food manufacturing environment.
5 years of experience in a training role.
5 years of experience in a supervisory role.
Strong communication skills.
Ability to build training presentations.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers and teams.
Strong Skills in Microsoft Office: Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams.
Data Analysis: Trends, Risks, Data Significance.
Familiarity with learning management systems (LMS).
Willing to learn and grow within a development and coaching role.
Able to motivate, lead, and coach employees.
Able to effectively support and listen to employees.
Able to give timely feedback in a constructive manner.
Able to effectively facilitate classroom and on the job training.
Proficient in written and spoken English.
Ability to speak effectively before groups of employees.
Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
Detail oriented, results focused and highly organized.
Positive and professional attitude.
Models the Amy’s core values.
Demonstrates long-term thinking; inspires others; listens and communicates effectively; stays organized; solves problems; and collaborates well.
Demonstrates the ability to partner with all plant leaders so that they can achieve plant KPI’s.
Attends daily Tier Meetings; actively helps the plant solve problems.
Attends critical plant meetings (production scheduling meetings, recruiting meetings, RCAs).
Effectively Communicates proactively with training team, entire Plant Management team and Training Leadership Team.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual (preferred) - Proficient in written and spoken English and Spanish.

Responsibilities

Manage and grow Training programs, including New Employee Onboarding, Compliance and Regulatory Training, and New People Leader Onboarding.
Ensure all compliance and regulatory record-keeping is up-to-date and the plant is audit-ready.
Create and update training materials as needed.
Drive a Safety Always culture by identifying and assessing training needs and creating/updating tailored learning plans.
Ensure there is a process in place for cross-training and continued skill development across all departments.
Partner with department managers and supervisors to advise and provide guidance on updates needed for role-specific department training programs.
Partner with Engineering to ensure smooth transition and training plan for new equipment.
Partner with Plant leaders to ensure smooth transition and training plan for new processes and products being launched.
Responsible for actively embedding Amy’s Leadership competencies into all development activities.
Responsible for developing, coaching and growing the leadership skills of all manufacturing leaders.
Coaches and mentors Supervisors and Team Leaders to inspire exceptional leadership.
Actively participate in plant MOS process, proactively getting involved and building strong relationships with all departments.
Champions Amy’s Food and Workplace Safety Programs within the plant.
Collaborate with Training Leadership Team to ensure training program consistency across plants.
Collaborate with the plant management team to establish effective Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and operational objectives.
Evaluate and measure current training processes/programs to continue to optimize and grow training and development programs.
Represent the plant in audits and understand all training-related audit requirements.
Lead and participate in Root Cause Analyses, update training materials as needed.
Be an active participant in daily Tier board activities.
Provide training data that is timely and accurate, and update Tier boards with appropriate weekly updates.
Directly manages Training Team across all 3 shifts.
Monitors training team’s effectiveness assuming overall responsibility for the performance of the plant training.
Manages the team’s time, ensuring all timekeeping, attendance, PTO and payroll records are accurate.
Create a culture of continuous improvement, problem solving and teamwork among team members.
Support a culture based on engaged team members actively promoting ideas to improve the team and the training.
Plans, assigns, and directs work for the training team.
Manages the team’s performance and provides timely feedback.
Timely addresses complaints and resolves problems with the team and stakeholders.
Actively develops all team members.
Effectively utilize the capabilities of Training Lead to ensure shift performance.
Effectively communicates, manages and leads the training team.
Maintains a positive work environment.
Promotes a high level of teamwork by maintaining a cohesive group and by managing in a positive work environment that is inclusive and with an open-door policy at all levels.

Benefits

Comprehensive health plans with Medical, Eye & Dental coverage, including virtual physical therapy options.
Lyra mental health support.
401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match.
Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts.
Referral Rewards and Scholarship Program.
Tuition Reimbursement Program.
Family-forming benefits.
Paid Time Off for vacations and sick days.
9 paid US Holidays annually.
Amy's product discount reimbursement.
Remote gym discounts.