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Ventura Foods

Ventura Foods, based out of Brea, California, is a global manufacturer of food products, both branded and custom. The company’s products can be found in more than 60 countries an

Learning & Development Manager – Product & Process

Location

California

Posted

34 days ago

Salary

$95.2K - $148.8K / year

Seniority

Senior

Bachelor Degree5 yrs expEnglish

Job Description

Learning & Development Manager – Product & Process

Ventura Foods

• Partner with R&D and Engineering to ensure that content is available to teach product and process knowledge to prepare plant teams to understand the products that they produce. • As part of onboarding, job skills training and ongoing development, ensure that teams understand product chemistry, ingredient functionality, and process steps required to produce our products with consistency and within specification. • Incorporate process and product knowledge into job skills training identified through skills gaps resulting from quality and financial data indicating process problems. • Identify training delivery methods and modalities to support initial skill gap closure and then incorporate into onboarding where applicable so that every new employee understands products that they are making, ingredient roles and formulations, and the criticality of the order of addition and process steps. • Responsible for the design, development and production or training materials, documents and training content at each site to ensure consistency, quality of content and delivery methods meet and support the overall L&D plan for Product and Process knowledge and Functional Excellence platforms. • Develop program to incorporate Certified Trainer Program to build SME level roles at each facility to ensure that every person producing our products are qualified to produce products and that each plant has the capability to deliver training without external support. • Ensure that data points are available to indicate the effectiveness of the training built/delivered and work with others to identify ROI on an ongoing basis. • Support a continuous improvement culture by partnering with operations leaders to identify Continuous Improvement activities. Approximately 25% travel required, with more frequent travel in the first year to support projects.

Job Requirements

  • 5+ years of relevant work and of increasing responsibility.
  • Bachelor's degree preferred in training, education, psychology, business management or related field.
  • Experience in a food manufacturing environment is required.
  • Ability to present ideas, coach and deliver messages related to performance in individual and/or group settings.
  • Experience working with and delivering training/information to peers, hourly teams and management.
  • Prefer experience with alternative training methods to help enhance the learner experience and provide a "safe to fail" learning experience.
  • Experience with content design software (Articulate or similar programs).

Benefits

  • Medical, Prescription, Dental, & Vision – coverage beginning on your 1st day for eligible employees
  • Profit Sharing and 401(k) matching (after eligible criteria is met)
  • Paid Vacation, Sick Time, and Holidays
  • Employee Appreciation Events
  • Employee Assistance Programs

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