TRAINING SPECIALIST

American Woodmark•Hamlet, NC

About The Position

American Woodmark is one of the nation's largest cabinet manufacturers. By partnering with major home centers, builders, and dealers, we spark the imagination of homeowners and designer and bring their vision to life. Across our service and distribution centers, our corporate office and manufacturing facilities, you'll always find the same commitment to customer satisfaction, integrity, teamwork, and excellence. We are on a journey to encourage an inclusive Woodmark, and are taking meaningful actions to promote diverse representation across every part of the business. Together, every team member contributes to making American Woodmark a place where people can express who they are through what they do. POSITION PURPOSE:Overall Coordination of all training materials and training activities meeting and/or exceeding established plant goals and compliance with our training policy. IDEAL CANDIDATE PROFILE:To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and ability required.

Requirements

2-5 years work experience in a training - development role in a manufacturing or production environment.
Must have experience in developing and administering training programs including but not limited to, class room, computer based, and on the job training
Experience in developing presentations is a must.
Proven track record of successful project management a must.
Excellent personal computer skills in a network environment; Microsoft products experience preferred - Outlook-Word-Excel-Access-PowerPoint.
Experience in working in a team environment
Strong planning/organization - time management skills a must.
Demonstrated problem solving skills
Undergraduate degree in Business or Education related discipline
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common business and technical journals and financial reports.
Ability to listen and communicate effectively with customers/clients in an effort to respond to common inquires or complaints from customers/clients, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community and public.
Ability to develop presentations to be delivered to production team, plant level team, or public groups.
Ability to apply basic mathematical concepts like addition, subtraction, multiplication or division to basic manufacturing performance recording or financial performance recording.
Ability to read and use a tape measure.
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.

Nice To Haves

Video editing and computer based training development experience a plus.
Bi-lingual in Spanish is a plus.

Responsibilities

Lead the training efforts for cultural and technical training in a manner that ensures our employees have the training that they need to perform the work that they do. This includes utilizing the approved curriculum, effective and knowledgeable subject matter experts conduct the training, and that it gets recorded in a timely manner.
Coordinate On boarding and technical training for new employees both hourly and salaried to ensure that all employees are adequately trained and prepared to perform their jobs. This may include the direct supervision of new hourly employees during their introductory period.
Proactively work with operations leaders to anticipate training needs and to work to address needs in a timely manner.
Conduct Peer Trainer Certification classes to certify employees as peer trainers.
Serve as training liaison with Corporate Training and Development, to ensure consistency company-wide and to participate on cross function teams as needed. This may include helping to provide assistance with training needs at other locations as needed as well as assist with the on boarding of new Training Specialists for the Company.
Ensure standardization in training processes, tools and curriculums within plant and between like plants.
Provide timely training reports as needed.
Identifies unaddressed training needs and raises issues accordingly so that they can be addressed.
Develop training materials in support of local and corporate training needs.
Supports all areas of the operations including Production, Quality and Materials areas in order to provide adequate training to introduce new product as well as processes.
Maintains accurate and complete employee files concerning training - development profiles for salary and hourly employees.
Manage the administration, documentation, and coordinates the process of Hands-on Training. This includes: ensuring that Job Instruction Breakdowns are documented and up to date for all jobs and operations.
Develops and implements training and visual job aids as required.
Purchases, organizes and maintains training and development resources and equipment for the plant.
Ensures policies are followed and provides guidance.
Effectively utilize all resources to maximum potential performance to achieve SQDC goals.
Support and represent company as a union-free environment
Provide a safe and productive work environment, including housekeeping.
Participate in the identification and implementation of continuous improvement initiatives.
Role model CITE and Working in Teams principles.
Perform other tasks as directed by direct supervisor.