Master Trainer Ii

Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company’s portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish®, Kibbles ‘n Bits® and 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn for the latest news.

Post Consumer Brands recently acquired several iconic pet food brands, venturing into a new market while remaining true to our purpose to provide delicious and accessible food that our consumers love. We’re always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio, and right now, we’re growing and need passionate, driven individuals with diverse perspectives to help us reach greater heights. That’s where you come in. Join a team where your voice is not only heard but valued. Make a real impact on brands enjoyed by millions of people and their pets.

The Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania facility is 1,120,845 square feet and home to about 470 hard working team members who are proud to produce iconic pet food brands like Kibbles 'n Bits® and 9Lives®. This location has a cannery that produces wet dog food and there is also a Distribution Center on-site. Bloomsburg is home to Bloomsburg University, a municipal airport, a landmark Town Park with many acres of recreational activities, and has one of the largest and longest running fairs in the country. With so much to do and see, Bloomsburg is a great place to live, work and play! 

Summary:

Under the direction of the Continuous Improvement Manager, the Master Trainer delivers performance improvement through championing standard job processes and best practices.  The position serves as a Master Trainer for training programs at multiple locations, oversees train-the-trainer programs and serve as the subject matter expert ensuring plant and food safety, quality, and continuous improvement.  The Master Trainer must be able to establish credibility and deliver high-energy programs through curriculum design/customization and project management that are required to satisfy the needs of a wide range of cultures and working professionals.  Training areas include, document creation, compliance, process improvement and technical, as well as professional development education and special initiatives designed to improve the performance of individual staff.  This role will partner with many departments to determine current and future skills and needs, liaising with peers in ensuring the successful delivery of innovative learning solutions; always ensuring our business expectations are exceeded through measurable return on investment.

Work Location:

Fully onsite at the Bloomsburg, PA Manufacturing Facility.  This is not a remote or hybrid eligible role. 

Work Schedule:

Monday - Friday Daytime hours; must be available to occasionally flex schedule work other than regularly assigned daytime hours such as afternoons, evenings, and weekends as needed for training.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Oversees site training program to ensure that training gaps are identified and plans in place to address annual goals and long-term strategy. Verifies proper methods are being used to effectively meet business/site needs.
• Works alongside leaders and peers to share best practices and drive program consistency across manufacturing sites.
• Provide work direction, leadership and a shared vision to a team or direct reports.
• Trains job instruction trainers: develop operations employees to meet and/or exceed performance expectations and conduct company standards for personal safety, productivity, quality, food safety, sanitation, environmental, regulatory compliance and SQF.
• Assesses needs of the organization assisting in identifying plant performance gaps and develop training strategies to close those gaps.
• Populate learning management system and could assist in developing operator task lists and job break down sheets.
• Adapts to changing business needs to maintain quality training.
• Develops, tracks and assess progress on training plan and schedule.
• Helps establish an “environment of success”, based on mutual respect, promotion of company culture, continuous learning, and operational excellence.
• Maintain harmonious relationships between shifts by effective communications and shift transfer meetings.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in business-related discipline or equivalent work experience required.

Experience:

• Excellent facilitator/trainer using adult learning principles, design, create and develop learning solutions to meet learning objectives.
• 7+years’ experience in food safety, sanitation, and/or food industry environment preferred.
• 7+ years’ experience in direct people management associated to a training function, inclusive of instructional design and planning teams preferred.
• Proficient at using Learning Management Systems; experience with remote and e-Learning a plus.
• Experience with a Management Operating System (MOS) highly desired; experience with Redzone software a big plus.
• Expertise in the development, delivery, and evaluation of training initiatives to support ongoing improvements in knowledge, skills, processes, and engagement.
• Highly detailed, organized, efficient, and deadline driven on all project and administrative tasks.
• Superior project management skills to steward a team through a project.
• Proficient with PowerPoint and Microsoft Office (Excel, Word).
• Must be able to read, write, and communicate effectively.