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Southeast

Provide leadership and key support to the plant management staff by developing, implementing, driving, and maintaining training programs for EHS, sustainability and job specific trainings for the existing Glass Mat plants. Lead the training efforts of the entire staff during the commissioning and startup of the new $170mm Glass Mat plant.

South Carolina, United States

Support training efforts of the Economic Development Division of the SC Technical College System by providing customized training for new and expanding business and industry in the state per approved training curricula according to project scope. Training topics include but not limited to the following: OSHA, leadership, teambuilding, communication, train-the-trainer, and lean manufacturing concepts.

Greenville, South Carolina Area

Promoted to this position due to previous process knowledge, training experience, deep understanding of the business and products, and strong relationships with employees across the entire site. In this role, my primary focus has been around the screening, interviewing, and selection of potential candidates for various roles in the organization. Other duties include continued management of the site’s LMS, tracking regulatory compliance / maintaining training records, and developing new training programs and course content based on customer needs. Some of my results include: - Achieved hiring goals through creative and effective recruitment strategies - 90% employee retention rate of newly-hired employees - Successful SAP training campaign

Greenville, South Carolina Area

In this role I supported training efforts across the business. Responsibilities included; designing training plan for expansion project, assembling team of internal subject matter experts to help assist in the training of new hires, aligning the right technical resources to deliver critical training in support of new plant expansion and start-up, managed the development of over 300 process SOP’s, designed / developed training modules to support startup and operation of newly-installed equipment, and worked closely with HR to hire and train resources. Some notable achievements in this role include:- Designed training plan, assembled high performance management team, and hired over 100 employees that led to the successful commissioning and startup of $350mm expansion project. - Partnered with Greenville Technical College to develop operator apprenticeship program

Greenville, South Carolina Area

Greenville, South Carolina Area