Training Manager

Georgia-Pacific LLC; Janesville (WI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific’s Foodservice Solutions division seeks a Training Manager to support workforce development and training execution at our Janesville, Wisconsin facility. You will help maintain training curriculum, track employee skill progression, and collaborate with plant leadership to ensure employees are prepared for independent roles.

You will oversee plant-level training processes, certify records, and partner with managers to identify skill gaps, support onboarding, and reinforce standards

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating or delivering workforce training in a manufacturing setting.
• Ability to maintain training curricula, skill matrices, and certification records.
• Experience collaborating with plant leadership, managers, supervisors, and trainers.

Responsibilities

• Execute the plant-level training process aligned with the training strategy.
• Facilitate and maintain curricula, skill matrices, sign-offs, and certification records.
• Partner with department managers to understand role expectations, priorities, and skill gaps.

Skills

Training execution

Cross-functional collaboration

Record keeping

Leadership

Manufacturing environment

Tools

SAP

LMS

Job description

Your Job

Georgia‑Pacific’s Foodservice Solutions division is seeking a Training Manager to support workforce development and training execution at our manufacturing facility in Janesville, Wisconsin. This position will help facilitate the plant‑level training process, maintain training curriculum, track employee skill progression, and partner with plant leadership, department managers, supervisors, and trainers to ensure employees are developing appropriately before being released into roles independently.

Our Team

Georgia‑Pacific Foodservice Solutions division operates four facilities that produce plastic packaging products under the Anchor Packaging and Panoramic brand names. Three facilities are located in northeast Arkansas (Jonesboro, Paragould, and Marmaduke) and one is in Janesville, WI. The Janesville, WI facility focuses on building capability across the workforce through structured training, consistent standards, and continued investment in employee development.

What You Will Do

• Execute the plant‑level training process in alignment with the broader training strategy and organizational direction.
• Facilitate and maintain training curriculum, skill matrices, task sign‑offs, and certification records for plant roles.
• Partner with department managers to understand role expectations, training priorities, and skill gaps within their areas.
• Support new hire onboarding.
• Help ensure employees are progressing appropriately before being released into roles independently.
• Maintain visibility to employee training status, readiness concerns, and retraining needs.
• Work with supervisors and leads to reinforce standards after employees are released to the floor.
• Identify barriers in the training process and seek resources or escalations to plant leadership.
• Support a culture of continuous improvement, employee development, and workforce investment.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience in a manufacturing, industrial, training, operations, or leadership role.
• Experience supporting or leading employee training, onboarding, skill development, or process standardization.
• Experience working with supervisors, department leaders, or cross‑functional teams to execute plant priorities.
• Ability to organize training records, track progression, and follow up on open items.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience developing or maintaining training curriculum, skill matrices, certification processes, or standard work.
• Experience in thermoforming, sheet extrusion, packaging, or plastics manufacturing.
• Experience coaching trainers or supporting on‑the‑job training processes.
• Experience using systems such as SAP, learning management systems, or other platforms used for training, documentation, or employee records.

Our Benefits

Our benefits plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria are set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy, or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E‑Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E‑Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).