Education & Training Leader

The J.M. Smucker Company; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The J.M. Smucker Company in McCalla, AL is seeking an Education and Training Leader to drive E&T standards across the site and maintain training materials.

You will own the skills matrix, manage qualifications, coach site E&T leaders, and collaborate with corporate to implement best practices and drive organizational growth. Key responsibilities include ownership of the E&T scorecard, managing training records in Workday, facilitating training meetings, and developing teams to perform current

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or 5 years of experience building and leading education and training systems in a manufacturing environment.
• Minimum of 2 years of manufacturing operational experience.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience leading, supervising, or managing others.
• Experience facilitating meetings and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Own E&T scorecard and monthly results.
• Owns and maintains E&T skills matrix.
• Assess needs to achieve zero loss due to training outages.
• Point of contact with corporate for all company E&T initiatives.
• Identify E&T standardization, consistency, and implement best practices.
• Act as leadership team’s liaison to the teams E&T outages & wins.
• Work with operations leaders to identify loss due to lack of training.
• Coach and develop E&T Functional Leaders.
• Facilitate E&T skill building and meetings on regular cadence.
• Facilitate all step up card revisions, getting approval from Operations, Technical Team, Equipment Owners.
• Own, record, and manage Step-up card and qualification process.
• Own and facilitate all computer qualification testing and training.
• Owns master copies of all operator manuals, working closely with EO’s to keep material up to date.
• Maintains the Document control system for site.
• Maintain personnel training records and reports.
• Manage training files in Workday Learning Module.
• Support the Development/Execution of training materials for the site.
• Administer Mechanical Aptitude Test.
• Support and model Operational Excellence work system behaviors.
• Preserve Smucker culture.

Skills

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Organizational skills

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Facilitation

Problem solving

Team coaching

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Workday Learning Module

Job description

**Your Opportunity as the Education and Training Leader**The primary function of this role is to lead and execute Education & Training (E&T) standards across the site. This includes owning and maintaining training materials, managing the skills qualification process, and ensuring training documentation systems remain accurate and compliant. The role is accountable for E&T performance by maintaining the site skills matrix, analyzing and reporting monthly training results, and developing and coaching site E&T functional leaders to drive capability and organizational growth.**Location:**McCalla, AL**Work Arrangements:**Monday–Friday with flexibility to support operations during occasional evenings, nights, or weekends, based on operational and business needs.**In this role you will:*** Own E&T scorecard and monthly Results* Owns and maintains E&T skills matrix* Assess needs to achieve zero loss due to training outages* Point of contact with corporate for all company E&T initiatives* Identify E&T standardization, consistency, and implement best practices* Act as leadership team’s liaison to the teams E&T outages & wins* Work with operations leaders to identify loss due to lack of training* Coach and develop E&T Functional Leaders* Facilitate E&T skill building and meetings on regular cadence* Facilitate all step up card revisions, getting approval from Operations, Technical Team, Equipment Owners* Own, record, and manage Step-up card and qualification process* Own and facilitate all computer qualification testing and training* Owns master copies of all operator manuals, working closely with EO’s to keep material up to date* Maintains the Document control system for site* Maintain personnel training records and reports* Manage training files in Workday Learning Module* Support the Development/Execution of training materials for the site* Administer Mechanical Aptitude Test* Support and model Operational Excellence work system behaviors* Preserve Smucker culture* Workday Learning Partner* Utilize team members to successfully drive high-performance work culture with a focus on understanding, prioritizing, eliminating losses, and building and executing effective short- and long-term plans* Effectively communicate expectations, provides timely feedback, and manages performance of team* Develop team members to successfully perform current and future roles**What we are looking for:**Minimum Requirements: * A bachelor’s degree is required or 5 years of experience building and leading education and training systems in a manufacturing environment.* Minimum of 2 years of manufacturing operational experience or food manufacturing preferred* Minimum of 2 years of experience leading, supervising, or managing others preferredAdditional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role:* Ability to work under limited supervision while managing multiple priorities and projects* Strong Organizational skills* Experience facilitating meetings and presentation skills* Demonstrates strong computer skills Microsoft word, Excel, Power Point, etc.* Ability to lead team to execute plans and achieve results* Can lead, coach, and develop others* Strong leadership skills* Project management skills* Problem solving skills* Strong inter-personal skills* Strong written and verbal communication skills* Willingness to work a flexible schedule that most effectively supports the organization* Ability to work off-shifts or weekends as needed