Training Manager

Training Manager

Looking for a Training Manager who plays a critical role in driving the success of the manufacturing training and development at Amy's Kitchen in the Medford plant. This individual must bring a strong foundation in learning & development and the ability to effectively balance a wide range of programs, including onboarding, food and workplace safety, job-specific training, and leadership development.

A central focus of this role is to strengthen leadership capabilities across the organization through impactful training, individualized coaching, and targeted development plans that support ongoing growth. The ideal candidate is dynamic, highly motivated, and an engaging facilitator who can build strong relationships across diverse stakeholder groups.

This leader must be an excellent communicator and a strategic partner to department leaders, ensuring training initiatives are seamlessly integrated into daily operations. They will play a key role in advancing leadership competencies, driving departmental training priorities, and continuously assessing and addressing evolving training needs.

In addition, this role leads, coaches, and develops a team of training specialists across three shifts. The Training Manager is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing comprehensive learning and development programs while fostering a culture of continuous learning that drives operational excellence.

Essential duties and responsibilities may include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Manage and grow training programs

New employee onboarding

• Follow a standardized onboarding program to ensure new hires gain the skills needed for success and have a positive experience.
• Adhere to general onboarding plans and role-specific training guides; document all training and ensure Scheduler is updated on new hire training progress
• Maintain communication with People team and Recruiting to stay informed on incoming hires to ensure proper onboarding and report out on New Hire Status.
• Track the buddy system, new hire progress and provide reports as needed.

Compliance and regulatory training programs

• Ensure all compliance and regulatory and record keeping is up to date and the plant is audit ready at all times:
• All MFG Monthly Food Safety & Workplace training requirements
• Role specific food & workplace safety requirements
• Maintains Compliance Reporting, ensuring plant leaders know the status of requirements. Communicates status proactively in MOS Process.
• Partner with plant leaders to efficiently incorporate new food and workplace safety changes into operations.
• Ensure the LOTO program is followed according to established guidelines
• Ensure the PIT program is followed according to established guidelines.
• Create / update training materials (as needed)

New people leader onboarding

• Ensure new people leaders have strong onboarding experience, learn the skills necessary to be successful in their job and introduce them to Amy's Competencies.
• Maintain line of communication with People & Recruiting teams to receive timely information of any new or promoted people leaders to ensure they are trained adequately and have a positive onboarding experience.

Job specific cross-training & continued job development

• Drive a Safety Always culture
• Identify and assess training needs, creating/updating tailored learning plans by department to ensure employees' skills continue to grow during their Amy's journey.
• Ensures 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. This includes role specific learning plans, training checklists, training observations (work instructions) and job aids.
• 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.

Leadership development

• 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.

Develop strong business partnerships

• Actively participate in plant MOS process, proactively getting involved
• Build strong relationships with all departments. Utilizes these relationships to help support improvement in processes, conditions, and equipment on the plant floor.
• Champions Amy's Food and Workplace Safety Programs within the plant by raising issues and working closely with Safety & QFS to ensure effective training programs are in place.
• Collaborate with Training Leadership Team to ensure training program consistency across plants and leverage overlapping work where possible.
• Collaborate with the plant management team to establish effective Key Performance Indicators KPIs…