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American Woodmark · 5 hours ago

Training Specialist

Hamlet, NC

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

2+ years exp

American Woodmark is one of the nation's largest cabinet manufacturers, dedicated to customer satisfaction and teamwork. The Training Specialist will coordinate training activities and materials to ensure employees meet plant goals and compliance with training policies.

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Hiring Manager

Jennifer Rogers

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 products as well as processes

Maintains accurate and complete employee files concerning training - development profiles for salary and hourly employees

Manage the administration, documentation, and coordinate 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

Qualification

Training program developmentPresentation developmentProject managementMicrosoft Office proficiencyBi-lingual in SpanishTeam collaborationPlanningOrganizationProblem solvingTime management

Required

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, classroom, 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