Country Training Manager

About the role

CANPACK is looking for a Country Training Manager who owns the region's technical skills implementation and execution strategy around global training standards and processes. The role is accountable for regional technical capability outcomes and workforce readiness, and leads a geographically dispersed team of 4 to 9 training specialists across the region.

Key responsibilities

• Own the regional strategy, role-based proficiency pathways, plant-level delivery, business impact measurement, workforce readiness, standardization, knowledge transfer and the regional training team.
• Lead and govern all training initiatives, develop the technical training process and rigor, and integrate training operations across plants while allocating resources across the region.
• Ensure training aligns with global methodology, plant needs and operational requirements, and audit training routines against global standards.
• Consolidate KPIs for all plants, analyze training data to find trends and capability gaps, and report insights to Managing Directors, Operational Directors and the Global Director of Training.
• Lead, coach and build the capabilities of training specialists and mentors, remove cross-site barriers and build a collaborative regional network.
• Partner with Operations, Engineering, Quality and HR leaders, and lead training at investment sites (green fields, expansions, replacements, improvements), including budget, timelines and hiring and onboarding of new team members.
• Travel 50% to support sites, corporate initiatives, investments, professional development and meetings.

Required profile

• University degree in Education, Manufacturing, Adult Learning, L&D, Organizational Development or a related field; Master Trainer, TWI, Project Management and Change Management certifications preferred.
• At least 10 years in training and L&D roles within manufacturing, 10 years leading teams or projects, and 10 years implementing training standards in a technical process, preferably high-speed manufacturing.
• Experience with remote team leadership, multi-site responsibility and multicultural teams.
• Fluent reading, writing and speaking in English and the country's business language.

Required skills

• MS Office Suite, instructional design and learning/skills management systems.
• Multi-site comparative analysis of training data and reporting to senior leadership.
• Virtual and online multi-site workshop delivery.
• Knowledge of on-the-job training, mentoring, skills assessment, technical writing and compliance.