Job Title
Training Lead
Company Name
Amy's Kitchen
Company website
Company Overview
Founded in 1987 by former CEO Andy Berliner and Rachel Berliner, incorporated since 1988, and still family owned and operated, Amy's Kitchen took its name from their then-newborn daughter, Amy. All of Amy's 250+ products are vegetarian and made with organic ingredients. The company has over 120 vegan offerings and makes over 130 gluten-free products.
At Amy’s, we make it easy and enjoyable for everyone to eat well. We are a family owned, proudly independent organic food company and Certified B Corporation® whose purpose is to make it easy and enjoyable for everyone to eat well. The company is committed to cooking authentic great tasting food with high quality, meticulously sourced organic ingredients and making them convenient for consumers.
Build a career with Amy’s and make a difference!
At Amy’s, we make it easy and enjoyable for everyone to eat well. We are a family owned, proudly independent organic food company and Certified B Corporation® whose purpose is to make it easy and enjoyable for everyone to eat well. The company is committed to cooking authentic great tasting food with high quality, meticulously sourced organic ingredients and making them convenient for consumers.
Build a career with Amy’s and make a difference!
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Job Duties
The Training Lead plays a critical role working closely with the Training Business Partner to ensure that all necessary training is happening in their plant during their shift. This role will help keep our training program updated and address new processes, tools, and machines. This role is responsible for developing the knowledge and skills of our manufacturing staff, ensuring that employees and temps receive critical Food Safety, Workplace Safety and Role Specific training in the classroom and on the job. They monitor and audit throughout the shift and collaborate with the Training Business Partner, department Supervisors, Team Leads and Line Performance Technicians to address issues and identify areas for training improvement. This position will report to the Training Business Partner.
TRAINING:
- Lead training efforts assigned to you.
- Provide on the job training. Work side by side with employees-in-training, commend their successes and provide constructive feedback on ways that they can improve.
- Provide effective and engaging classroom training.
- Monitor employees to make sure they are following workplace and food safety rules. Respectfully coach employees who are not adhering to company rules or are engaged in unsanitary or unsafe practices.
- Ensure that learners are learning in the language they are comfortable learning in.
- Ensure that new temps and direct hires receive the necessary guidance, support and feedback to be proficient in their new roles.
- Models the Amy’s core values. (Acts as an ambassador for Amy’s. Provides a warm welcome to new employees and is patient, helpful and supportive as they learn their new role.)
- Develop training for new products, new processes, new machines, new tools, and food safety changes.
- Able to facilitate training for new products, new processes, new machines, new tools, and food safety changes
- Works with Training Business Partner to coordinate/schedule monthly department training
- Works with Training Business Partner to develop and coach Training Specialists.
- Reviews & updates existing course content to ensure it is kept current.
- Works with Training Business Partner to cover overall plant training needs across the different shifts.
- Works with Scheduler to ensure new hires are scheduled for training in correct areas and inputs new hires in Quintiq
- Inputs trainer schedules and employee skills in Quintiq.
Conducts the following types of training:
- Temp/New Hire Training (1st Day, 1st Week)
- Role Specific Basic Training (FF, KIT, SAN), Batch Sheet Training, etc.
- Role Specific FF Training (HL & LL roles)
- Food Safety Training related to any changes that arise
- Alchemy Classroom Facilitation of monthly workplace & food safety topics
Conducts the following types of training for one or more departments*:
- Department specific LOTO& Machine training
- Critical Control Point (CCP) & Preventative Control (PC) training
- Machine Specific Training & Refresher Machine Specific training
- New Machine training
- PIT*
COMMUNICATION
Communicates with Training Business Partner daily to:
- Understand training goals (short & long term)
- Progress and proficiency of temps and employees-in-training. Ensure that they are scheduled appropriately according to their additional training needs.
- Report back on training issues, progress, any safety issues
Communicates with department Supervisors and leads on:
- Progress and proficiency of temps and employees-in-training
- Report any food quality, food safety or workplace safety issues immediately to department management and ensure the Training Business Partner is aware.
FLEXIBILITY
- If needed, work outside of shift and/or times to continuously support the training needs in the plant.
TRAINING:
- Lead training efforts assigned to you.
- Provide on the job training. Work side by side with employees-in-training, commend their successes and provide constructive feedback on ways that they can improve.
- Provide effective and engaging classroom training.
- Monitor employees to make sure they are following workplace and food safety rules. Respectfully coach employees who are not adhering to company rules or are engaged in unsanitary or unsafe practices.
- Ensure that learners are learning in the language they are comfortable learning in.
- Ensure that new temps and direct hires receive the necessary guidance, support and feedback to be proficient in their new roles.
- Models the Amy’s core values. (Acts as an ambassador for Amy’s. Provides a warm welcome to new employees and is patient, helpful and supportive as they learn their new role.)
- Develop training for new products, new processes, new machines, new tools, and food safety changes.
- Able to facilitate training for new products, new processes, new machines, new tools, and food safety changes
- Works with Training Business Partner to coordinate/schedule monthly department training
- Works with Training Business Partner to develop and coach Training Specialists.
- Reviews & updates existing course content to ensure it is kept current.
- Works with Training Business Partner to cover overall plant training needs across the different shifts.
- Works with Scheduler to ensure new hires are scheduled for training in correct areas and inputs new hires in Quintiq
- Inputs trainer schedules and employee skills in Quintiq.
Conducts the following types of training:
- Temp/New Hire Training (1st Day, 1st Week)
- Role Specific Basic Training (FF, KIT, SAN), Batch Sheet Training, etc.
- Role Specific FF Training (HL & LL roles)
- Food Safety Training related to any changes that arise
- Alchemy Classroom Facilitation of monthly workplace & food safety topics
Conducts the following types of training for one or more departments*:
- Department specific LOTO& Machine training
- Critical Control Point (CCP) & Preventative Control (PC) training
- Machine Specific Training & Refresher Machine Specific training
- New Machine training
- PIT*
COMMUNICATION
Communicates with Training Business Partner daily to:
- Understand training goals (short & long term)
- Progress and proficiency of temps and employees-in-training. Ensure that they are scheduled appropriately according to their additional training needs.
- Report back on training issues, progress, any safety issues
Communicates with department Supervisors and leads on:
- Progress and proficiency of temps and employees-in-training
- Report any food quality, food safety or workplace safety issues immediately to department management and ensure the Training Business Partner is aware.
FLEXIBILITY
- If needed, work outside of shift and/or times to continuously support the training needs in the plant.
Job Requirements
EDUCATION
- High school education; or equivalent combination of education and experience
EXPERIENCE
- 4 – 5 years’ experience working on a food manufacturing line.
- Experience in training employees on the job.
- Experience in facilitating classroom training to a group of employees.
- Knowledge of product standards, critical control points, food safety and workplace safety rules in a food manufacturing plant.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, extreme cold, slippery floor and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment moderate to high.
- High school education; or equivalent combination of education and experience
EXPERIENCE
- 4 – 5 years’ experience working on a food manufacturing line.
- Experience in training employees on the job.
- Experience in facilitating classroom training to a group of employees.
- Knowledge of product standards, critical control points, food safety and workplace safety rules in a food manufacturing plant.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, extreme cold, slippery floor and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment moderate to high.
Skills/Experience Preferred
SKILLS
- Knowledgeable on all aspects of Food Safety and Workplace Safety
- Knowledgeable on Products, Procedures and Processes at Amy’s Kitchen in all departments
- Knowledge of Training audit requirements
- Microsoft Office: Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint
- Alchemy: Sistem Creator, Sistem Manager (Learning Management System), Sistem Player, COACH
- Strong communication skills
- Detail oriented and highly organized
- Positive and professional attitude
- Interpersonal skills to motivate and coach employees to be their best and to achieve department goals.
- Demonstrated ability to support and listen to line workers.
- Willing to learn and grow within a teaching and coaching role.
-Ability to prepare and give presentations
LANGUAGE SKILLS
- Able to communicate effectively (written & spoken) in a Bi-lingual (English/Spanish)
- Ability to speak effectively before groups of employees
READING AND WRITING
- Ability to read policies, procedures and work instructions
- Ability to complete forms
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
- Ability to add, subtracts, multiply and divide numbers
REASONING ABILITY
- Can apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
- Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
- Knowledgeable on all aspects of Food Safety and Workplace Safety
- Knowledgeable on Products, Procedures and Processes at Amy’s Kitchen in all departments
- Knowledge of Training audit requirements
- Microsoft Office: Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint
- Alchemy: Sistem Creator, Sistem Manager (Learning Management System), Sistem Player, COACH
- Strong communication skills
- Detail oriented and highly organized
- Positive and professional attitude
- Interpersonal skills to motivate and coach employees to be their best and to achieve department goals.
- Demonstrated ability to support and listen to line workers.
- Willing to learn and grow within a teaching and coaching role.
-Ability to prepare and give presentations
LANGUAGE SKILLS
- Able to communicate effectively (written & spoken) in a Bi-lingual (English/Spanish)
- Ability to speak effectively before groups of employees
READING AND WRITING
- Ability to read policies, procedures and work instructions
- Ability to complete forms
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
- Ability to add, subtracts, multiply and divide numbers
REASONING ABILITY
- Can apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
- Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Benefits
When you work at Amy’s you become part of the Amy’s family and we believe in taking care of each other. Our benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage and a matching retirement savings plan. Our Free Family Health Center offers bilingual services for our employees and their families.
Hours
Full-time
Location
San Jose, CA
Other Application Requirements
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
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