Warehouse Training & Onboarding Lead

ODW Logistics, Inc.; Lockbourne (OH); On-site; USD 71,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

ODW Logistics in Ohio is seeking a Training & Development Manager to design and deliver standardized hourly warehouse orientation and training programs across all facilities, ensuring safety, efficiency, and consistency. These programs support onboarding and on-the-job skill development, driving performance and retention.

You will partner with Operations, Safety, Quality and HR to define role-, site-, and process-specific requirements, develop materials, and certify compliance while tracking

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, education, human resources, continuous improvement, supply chain or equivalent education/work experience preferred
• 5 years of proven education and training experience from a similar role
• 3+ years of proven management experience
• Experience building or standardizing training materials, checklists, SOPs, learning paths, or onboarding programs across multiple sites preferred
• Adaptable and comfortable spending time on the warehouse floor to understand work processes and training need
• Proficiency in skills management and workforce qualification platform
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools preferred

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, organize, and manage a curriculum of standard training programs that support hourly onboarding and on-the-job skill development
• Ensure training programs are consistent with legal requirements and promote positive, engaging employee engagement and delivery across all sites
• Partner with Operations, Safety, Quality, and HR leaders to define training requirements by role, site, shift, customer, equipment type, and operational process
• Collaborate with Operations and Division Leaders to identify training needs, develop strategies and schedules, and align training programs with business goals
• Responsible for the instructional design of training materials and ancillary documents utilized during training delivery
• Implement standards for training completion, documentation retention, sign-offs, certifications, and compliance tracking across distribution centers
• Evaluate training effectiveness through associate feedback, leader input, onboarding surveys, quality/safety trends, turnover data, and time-to-productivity measures
• Ensure project objectives are identified, reported and managed and that post implementation reviews achieve successful delivery to ensure improvements can be made for future projects
• Conduct needs assessments through interviews, workflow analysis, and site visits to identify gaps and recommend process or performance improvements
• Support leadership development by equipping supervisors and managers with tools and training to coach, train, and sustain team performance
• Lead continuous improvement of hourly onboarding and training standards by incorporating associate feedback, operational needs, audit findings, and best practices
• Ensure training programs reinforce ODW’s values, safety culture, associate engagement, and expectations for performance, attendance, quality, and teamwork
• All other duties as assigned

Skills

Training design

Team leadership

Communication

On-the-floor

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

ODW Logistics in Ohio is seeking a Training & Development Manager to design and deliver standardized hourly warehouse orientation and training programs across all facilities, ensuring safety, efficiency, and consistency. These programs support onboarding and on-the-job skill development, driving performance and retention.

You will partner with Operations, Safety, Quality and HR to define role-, site-, and process-specific requirements, develop materials, and certify compliance while tracking