Training Manager

Abbott; New Zealand; In loco; NZD 90.000 - 140.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Medical insurance

Wellbeing support

Competitive rewards

Descrizione del lavoro

Abbott NZ Nutrition seeks a Training Manager to lead the implementation and governance of training and capability programs. You will ensure employees have the required technical capability, compliance knowledge, and development opportunities to support safe, efficient operations and high quality output.

Working with site leadership and SMEs, you will drive workforce readiness, maintain LMS and training metrics, and foster a culture of continuous learning aligned with Abbott's global standards.

Competenze

• Lead the implementation, governance and continuous improvement of training programs.
• Ensure alignment with Abbott learning, quality, compliance and operational excellence.
• Provide technical and development expertise on capability development.

Mansioni

• Ensure training and capability programs support site objectives and compliance.
• Identify capability gaps with site leadership and set development priorities.
• Align learning initiatives with enterprise standards and strategic goals.
• Provide leadership on capability development, workforce readiness and adult learning.
• Manage the site's Learning Management System (LMS) for assigned team members.
• Maintain training records and materials to meet compliance requirements.
• Provide daily guidance to the training team and set clear expectations.
• Drive continuous improvement programs using Lean and RCA techniques.

Conoscenze

Leadership

Adult learning principles

Training program governance

LMS administration

Data reporting

Strumenti

Learning Management System (LMS)

Descrizione del lavoro

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people's health. We're always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

Our nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow, to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands, including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure® and Glucerna®, to help get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest life.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You will have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Benefits that support you and your family to stay healthy, financially secure, and supported throughout life's journey, including comprehensive medical insurance coverage, wellbeing support, and competitive rewards that recognize your contributions.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.

The Opportunity

As the Training Manager, the Training Manager is responsible for leading the implementation, governance, and continuous improvement of NZ Nutrition's training and capability programs in alignment with Abbott learning, quality, compliance, and operational excellence frameworks.

The role ensures employees have the technical capability, compliance knowledge, and development opportunities required to support safe, efficient, and high-quality operations. Working closely with site leadership, functional teams, and subject matter experts, the Training Manager drives workforce capability, organisational readiness, and a culture of continuous learning while ensuring consistency with Abbott's global standards and expectations.

The Training Manager is responsible for training governance, competency management, learning systems, capability reporting, and developing the site's training resources to support current and future business needs.

What You'll Do

• Ensure training and capability programs support site objectives, workforce requirements, compliance expectations, and future operational needs.
• Partner with site leadership to identify capability gaps, workforce development priorities, and succession requirements.
• Ensure learning and development initiatives are aligned with organisational priorities and enterprise standards.
• Provide leadership and technical expertise on capability development, workforce readiness, and adult learning practices.
• Manage the site's Learning Management System(s) (LMS) for assigned team members, including generating reports and maintaining the system in a compliance-ready state.
• Maintain training records and materials to meet internal and external compliance requirements.
• Provide daily guidance and direction to training team on task assignments and expectations.
• Model the organization's values and drive a culture of engagement throughout the organization by providing effective leadership, direction, development, and support of the team.
• Develop plans and execute efforts required to train and develop employees to improve overall site capability to deliver performance results.
• Responsible for creating a project plan for training that includes activities and deliverables that enable associate readiness for new equipment startup and beyond.
• Oversee the assessment of training requirements for site employees to ensure organizational readiness in anticipation of new line/equipment startup.
• Identify and develop trainers for equipment associated with site expansion.
• Identify, maintain, and report training metrics for the project.
• Maintain close liaison with all department managers and supervisors to ensure optimal utilization of training resources, both internal and external, to accomplish training objectives.
• Champion positive employee relations by maintaining a high-profile presence on the floor, direct engagement with employees, regular open communications, and encouraging knowledge sharing and open exchange of ideas.
• Model and drive continuous improvement programs utilizing operational excellence and common tools (e.g., Lean, Root Cause Analysis (RCA)) and methodologies in training processes and procedures within the department.
• Actively plan and organize the day-to-day training operations and schedules.
• Anticipate, lead, and drive proper alignment and prioritization between training and customer teams toward common objective delivery that supports the shift/line/department.
• Attend regular departmental meetings with relevant manager/supervisor to build in continuous feedback mechanisms.
• Meet the requirements of ISO by complying with all relevant Quality policies and procedures to ensure the Quality objectiv