Operations Capability & Training Leader

Appvion, Inc.; Appleton, Northern (WI, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Appvion, Inc. is seeking a Workforce Capability & Training Manager to strengthen production capability across operations in Wisconsin. The role shapes standards, learning systems, and frontline leadership to enable safer, faster, and more accountable performance.

The position partners with production, HR, safety, quality, maintenance, and site leadership to scale digital enablement and continuous improvement in training, competency, and execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
• 5+ years in manufacturing, operations, training, leadership development, continuous improvement, or workforce capability development
• Experience building/improving training programs, competency standards, standard work, or learning systems in an operational environment
• Comfortable using digital tools, learning systems, data, and AI-enabled resources to improve training effectiveness
• Demonstrated ability to develop frontline leaders, supervisors, trainers, or emerging operations talent
• Strong working knowledge of plant operations, safety, quality, productivity, and employee engagement drivers
• Ability to work cross-functionally with operations, HR, safety, quality, maintenance, and site leadership

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement production team competency standards, qualification processes, and training progression
• Create practical standard work and learning tools to improve consistency and readiness
• Build a structured frontline leadership curriculum; coach and develop supervisors, leads, and trainers
• Scale digital enablement and AI-enabled resources to improve knowledge access and execution speed
• Connect training and leader capability to measurable outcomes in safety, quality, and productivity

Skills

Facilitation

Coaching

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Digital tools / AI

Continuous improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in operations, manufacturing, organizational development, human resources, education, or related field

Job description

Appvion, Inc. is seeking a Workforce Capability & Training Manager to strengthen production capability across operations in Wisconsin. The role shapes standards, learning systems, and frontline leadership to enable safer, faster, and more accountable performance.

The position partners with production, HR, safety, quality, maintenance, and site leadership to scale digital enablement and continuous improvement in training, competency, and execution.