Area Trainer

Forza Foods Ltd; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

10% In-store discount

Colleague Bonus Scheme

Annual leave allowance

Enhanced pension scheme

Life assurance (4x salary)

Health & wellbeing support

Grocery Aid assistance

Asda mobile discount

Exchange rate benefits

Ride-to-work scheme

Free car parking

Job summary

IPL, Forza & Kober in the United Kingdom seeks an Area Trainer to develop and deliver training across site teams. You will create, maintain and evolve training materials and SOPs, ensuring regulatory and mandatory training is effective and engaging for diverse learners.

You will monitor progress, log training in the database and coordinate with Operations SLT to meet the ongoing plan. A proactive trainer with coaching experience and H&S knowledge is ideal.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Operations/Factory/Production site.
• Basic understanding of Health and Safety procedures.
• Train the trainer qualification or willingness to undertake.
• Experience coaching colleagues with mixed abilities.
• Proficiency with MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Track record of delivering/consolidating KPIs.
• Desire to improve training effectiveness with new ideas.
• Strong problem solving and relationship-building abilities.

Responsibilities

• Write, maintain and evolve training material and SOPs.
• Plan and deliver engaging regulatory and mandatory training.
• Provide learners with policies, SOPs and regulations information.
• Maintain training database and log training within timescales.
• Monitor learner progress via feedback and manager discussions.
• Collaborate with senior teams to align training with operational plans.
• Ensure key performance measures are consistently delivered.
• Induct and train new colleagues with timely follow-up training.

Skills

Operations experience

Train the trainer

MS Word

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Coaching/Mentoring

Health & Safety knowledge

Relationship building

Tools

Training database

Job description

About The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Area Trainer to join our team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is looking to take the next step in their career and join a global business with a £2 billion + turnover.

Working within the Operations team, you will be responsible for creating, maintaining and effectively delivering training material whilst using a wide range of training methods to meet the needs of differing learning styles.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Write, maintain, update and continuously evolve our training material and standard operating procedures to constantly meet the needs of our business.


• Plan and deliver effective and engaging training to our site colleagues, focusing on regulatory and mandatory training. This includes providing the following training: Line Leader, Hygiene, Health & Safety, Compliance/BRC food safety and SOP Cleaning cards


• Provide learners with all relevant information e.g. policies, SOPs and regulations to clarify what is expected from them and to ensure their safety


• Keep up to date with all administration work and maintenance of the training database within the defined timescales, ensuring all training is logged correctly


• Monitor and review the progress of each learner through feedback questionnaires, observations and discussions with their line managers


• Work collaboratively with the Operations Senior Leadership team and Production Leaders team to ensure all training delivered is in line with the on-going operational plan and all training needs are fulfilled


• Ensure key performance measures are delivered consistently


• Maintain own expertise by keeping up to date with new processes, key developments, updates and changes to deliver an effective and efficient service to colleagues and stakeholders


• Induct and train all new colleagues into the business ensuring follow up training is completed within the timeframe set

What are we looking for?

• Proven experience of working within Operations/Factory/Production site ideally within a Production/ Operations/ Factory as an Area Trainer or equivalent


• Basic understanding of Health and Safety procedures in the workplace


• Internal or BSC Health & Safety Level 1 Course


• Train the trainer qualification or equivalent (Not required at point of employment but person must be willing to undertake this training)


• Experience of coaching/Mentoring colleagues with mixed abilities’


• Working knowledge of using MS Word, Excel & Power point


• Proven track record of consistently delivering/exceeding KPIs


• A desire to constantly improve training effectiveness by developing new approaches and ideas


• Well-developed problem solving abilities


• Able to develop good working relationships with a variety of colleagues both internally and externally

What's in it for you?

We are a rapidly growing and exciting business, dedicated to the development of our colleagues and committed to creating a great environment for people to come and work. In order to grow we need to find people already living our values, culture and commitment.

In return we will offer you development, a competitive salary and benefits package, inclusive of:

• 10% Asda In store Discount


• Colleague Bonus Scheme


• Paid Annual Leave Allowance – varies dependant on shift pattern


• Enhanced pension scheme


• Life Assurance - All our colleagues benefit from life assurance of 4 x their annual base salary.


• Help@hand - Free, direct access to health and wellbeing support service, including unlimited video consultations with a UK-based GP 24/7, physiotherapy and mental health support.


• Grocery Aid - We’ve partnered with Grocery Aid to our colleagues and their families with a wide range of emotional, practical and financial support services.


• Asda mobile Discount - 30% off a wide range of Asda Mobile bundles and add-ons for our colleagues and one of their family members.


• Asda Pet Insurance discount – Up to 10% Discount


• Exclusive Exchange Rates via Asda Money - our colleagues can get a better exchange rate for their travel money when buying currency through Asda Travel Money (TravelEx)


• Life Assurance - All our colleagues benefit from life assurance of 4 x their annual base salary.


• Ride-to-work scheme - We work with Evans to provide our colleagues with great savings across their range of bikes, clothing and equipment.

• Free car parking


• Plus lots more! - Depending on job band, other fantastic benefits are also available including private healthcare, car allowances and long term incentive schemes.

About Us

Our purpose here at IPL, Forza & Kober is simple, we are one team who creates exceptional value for our customers and our mission is to support Asda on their journey to becoming #2 in the marketplace.

Through our people we live and breathe our values and we play to our strengths, but we also support each other’s development. We are a community of passionate individuals who possess a wide variety of skills and expertise, who work collectively to form a high performing team and a company to be proud of.

We are committed to a fully inclusive business that is representative of our customers, locations and the communities we serve. We recognise the value in diversity and welcome applications from all candidates regardless of sex, age, race, religion, gender or sexual identity and socio-economic background. We are committed to making IPL, Forza and Kober a place where everyone can enjoy a successful career and have systems in place to support all our colleagues. We are seeking applications from candidates who share our values, culture and celebrate diversity in all its forms.