TECHNICAL TRAINING MANAGER

Pilgrim; Cactus (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Pilgrim in Texas seeks an experienced Talent Management professional to lead learning, development and performance initiatives for salaried staff across facilities. You will build relationships with plant leadership, design programs, and drive change with measurable outcomes.

You'll analyze data, facilitate training, coordinate succession planning, onboarding, and career development, and ensure alignment with business goals while traveling as needed.

Qualifications

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience supervising in food production, preferably beef.
• Excellent organizational and follow-up abilities.
• Detail-oriented with multitasking capability.
• Analytical with data-driven approach.
• Proficient in MS Office.
• Experience facilitating training content.
• Willingness to travel and work extra hours/weekends.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate agile relationship-building with internal partners and stakeholders.
• Drive talent initiatives and measure effectiveness.
• Analyze data and present results clearly.
• Maintain relationships with plant management.
• Implement learning programs and training across formats.
• Facilitate HR initiatives and career planning discussions.
• Manage salaried employees needs including transfers, promotions, onboarding, succession planning, and training.
• Prepare curriculum for packing house degree program.
• Participate in interview, hiring, and onboarding for management roles.
• Conduct formal check-ins with new management at 30/60/90 days.
• Support SDP, international trainees, US trainees, and interns.
• Assist management with performance management tools.
• Use data and feedback to evaluate supervisor performance and drive improvements.

Skills

Communication

Negotiation

Organizational skills

Multitasking

Analytical

Facilitation

Travel willingness

Time management

Tools

MS Office

Training delivery platforms

Job description

• Demonstrate ability to be agile, build relationships, influence and gain commitment of internal business partners and key stakeholders with the ability to effectively provide consultative services, guidance, drive change and produce results through others;
• Continually think of new ways to improve all things talent, including but not limited to: the employee experience, key talent management practices, career development, leadership development, continuous learning, and performance management;
• Drive reporting and measurements of the effectiveness of talent initiatives, including sharing insights with relevant stakeholders and making adjustments as necessary;
• Analyzing data, organizing and presenting results in a clear and useful way (graphs, reports, presentations, etc);
• Maintaining close working relationships with plant management personnel
• Implement learning programs using multiple forms (classroom, e-learning, employee created learning, training programs, cross-functional job shadowing, etc.) that enable our employees and team to be more effective in their roles
• Provide facilitation and training on various HR and Talent Management related initiatives, career planning discussions, survey execution and analysis
• Manager any needs related to salaried employees at the facility. Including but no limited to, transfers, promotions, onboarding, succession planning, disciplinary actions, career development, and training.
• Prepares and coordinate curriculum for Packing House Degree Program.
• Participates in Interview, hiring, and onboarding for management roles
• Responsible for formal check-ins with new management team members at 30, 60, 90 days alongside dept mgrs.
• Manages SDP, International Trainees, US Trainees, and Interns through completion of their programs
• Supports management team on completion performance management tools.
• Use data and feedback to evaluate supervisor performance, identify gaps in people skills and leadership behaviors, and partner with plant leadership to implement improvement plans.

Required Abilities /Skills

• Have to be a good communicator (both verbal and written), negotiator and able to be train others
• Supervisor experience in food production, preferably Beef
• Must have a good sense of organization and good follow up
• Multitasking and detail oriented
• Analytical
• Proficient in MS Office Package
• Experience facilitating content
• Must be willing to travel
• Must be able to work additional hours/weekends as needed.