Training And Development Manager
CurrentLed training and development program and talent acquisition functions to drive organizational transformation and cultural change at manufacturing facility. Provided counsel to managers and employees on HR issues, organizational structure, and development. Identified staffing and recruiting needs, executed hiring and onboarding processes. - Executed hiring, succession planning, and training and development activities, keeping plant performance #1 despite 60% turnover- Conducted onboarding activities and directed training for 60+ new employees.- Performed training needs analyses, identified talent needs, job duties, qualifications, skills, and root causes of performance gaps, responsible for assigned reporting, data collection, and metrics - Coordinated and scheduled training, created development plans promoting safe work and continuous learning environment.- Implemented effective performance management system and measured success using key performance indicators.- Directed cross-training for 82% of production employees, increased bench strength by 450%, improving operational flexibility and eliminating skills gaps resulting from retiring workforce.- Conducted 270% increase in training hours with minimal impact to OT by working with all stakeholders to prioritize training and ensure it did not conflict with daily production.- Directed cross-functional teams for 8 continuous improvement events at plants across division, creating 130+ Standard Operating Procedures that standardized processes to deliver product at higher quality and lower cost.- Identified processes that impacted quality and cost, selected best practices, then created process documentation to standardize work.- Documents / processes used for training to avoid skills gaps as employees retired, developed SOPs and blended learning solutions to train workforce on advanced manufacturing equipment.
