Country Training Manager

About the role

The Country Training Manager 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 assigned 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 ensure training aligns with global methodology and plant needs.
• Audit training routines against global standards and share best practices across plants.
• 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 develop training specialists and mentors, remove cross-site barriers and build a collaborative regional network.
• Build partnerships with Operations, Engineering, Quality and HR leaders, and lead training at investment sites (green fields, expansions, replacements, improvements).
• Manage the training budget, coordinate global resources, adhere to timelines and the training process, and handle 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, Learning & Development, Organizational Development or a related field.
• Master Trainer, TWI, Project Management and Change Management certifications preferred.
• At least 10 years in training and learning & development roles in a manufacturing environment.
• At least 10 years leading teams, projects or new initiatives, implementing training standards and managing remote, multi-site teams in multicultural settings.
• Fluent reading, writing and speaking in English and the country-specific 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.
• Performance management of remote, multi-site teams in a matrix reporting structure.