Training Supervisor

Simmons Foods•Gentry, AR

21h•Hybrid

About The Position

Drive Simmons’ value of Put People First by keeping team members safe, building relationships, providing training and support to operations, making team member welfare a priority, onboarding new team members and setting them up to successfully do their job. Participate as a member of the plant team, collaborating cross-functionally. Lead and manage People Champions.

Requirements

Minimum related one year experience.
Experience in the execution of TWI training and development.
Must have the ability to develop, train and implement SWI’s (Standard Work Instructions), work process and flow documents for training and development.
Basic computer experience required.
Must be able to work without direct supervision.
High School diploma or equivalent.
The ability to read and understand training material and policies.
Proficient in English, both written and spoken.

Nice To Haves

Instructional Design experience.
Preference for poultry, pet food, protein or food processing organization.
Associates or Bachelor’s degree.
Bilingual in Spanish preferred.

Responsibilities

Drive the Simmons culture of putting people first through training, development, caring for people and guiding our new team members to embrace the Simmons Values.
Spend majority of time on the production floor interacting with team members, leading training and development initiatives, and ensuring Simmons Values are demonstrated.
Facilitate new team member orientation and training with Simmons Values in mind. Ensure team members are aware of job safety, job expectations, and understand the Simmons culture. Develop an atmosphere that allows for open communication and trust.
Develop work tools such as standardized training plans, assessments, data gathering systems, qualification measurements and success rates that ensure team members are successful in their job.
Provide direction and leadership for People Champions. Serve as a liaison between People Champions and Training Manager. Collaborate with HR and People Champions to ensure team members are trained and retained. Collect training qualification and other data from People Champions.
Ensure work instructions are written using TWI training standards. Write job breakdowns, deliver job breakdowns and adhere to training timetables. Evaluate work instructions to ensure operators are performing operations as stated.
Work closely with plant Continuous Improvement to ensure the sustainability of lean efforts by helping support team members learn a standard way of conducting their daily job responsibilities. Partner with production in process reviews, time studies and development of Work Instructions.
Monitor the training process to determine if a new team member is receiving the best possible training and position based on his/her skillset.
Participate in the ongoing development, communication and implementation of team concepts, programs and policies. Coordinate work to ensure best practices with all team members. Attend appropriate team meetings. Foster strong cohesiveness regarding all major issues. Accept responsibility to quickly identify areas that lack cohesiveness, bringing them to the attention of the team leader and working with the team in a positive manner to resolve issues, reinforce actions needed, and achieve synergy within the larger organization.
Is familiar with Simmons’ established operating systems; understands the responsibility to maintain familiarity with the systems and this position’s role in support of these systems - including a consideration of the impact of individual actions on the systems and the responsibility to communicate concerns and continuous improvement ideas.
Performs other duties as necessary in support of business objectives.