Operations Training & Development Manager

About Schweid & Sons 

Schweid & Sons is a family-owned and operated premium ground beef company with a proud heritage spanning four generations. We supply top-quality beef to Retail, Foodservice, and National Account customers across the U.S. and are committed to quality, customer service, and innovation in protein manufacturing.

Summary:

The Operations Training & Development Manager leads the site learning system that builds organizational capability, eliminates losses caused by lack of skill or ineffective training systems, and creates a culture where every employee is both a learner and a teacher. This role owns the standard work processes, tools, governance, and coaching needed to deliver just-in-time, performance-based learning across manufacturing operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the site learning strategy aligned to business priorities and loss-elimination goals.
• Lead skill needs assessment and prioritization processes to identify current and future capability gaps by role, team, department, and value stream.
• Translate prioritized gaps into an annual and dynamic training plan, including curriculum, audience, trainer requirements, delivery methods, calendar, resources, facilities, and success measures.
• Design and govern performance-based learning solutions such as One Point Lessons, job aids, on-the-job training, workshops, self-study, digital learning, and roll-down training.
• Build and maintain trainer and subject matter expert systems, including trainer selection, qualification, coaching, recognition, and train-the-trainer capability.
• Ensure each training program includes clear learning objectives, task or knowledge requirements, hands-on practice, supporting materials, and a verification or qualification step.
• Own the qualification process and skill tracking system to verify that employees can demonstrate the required capability at the needed proficiency level.
• Partner with operations, quality, safety, maintenance, warehouse, engineering, and other process owners to integrate learning into daily work and eliminate skill-related losses.
• Maintain training materials, records, learning systems, and facilities so that training is available when and where needed.
• Measure learning effectiveness using in-process and outcome measures, including training completion, qualification at target level, training system health, and reduction of losses due to lack of skill.
• Develops and maintains site skills matrix to ensure depth of knowledge throughout the organization. 

Required Qualifications

• Experience leading learning, training, capability building, or continuous improvement systems in a manufacturing, supply chain, or operations environment.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct skill gap analysis, build curricula, manage training plans, and evaluate learning effectiveness.
• Strong facilitation, coaching, stakeholder management, communication, and change leadership skills.
• Ability to work across functions and influence leaders, subject matter experts, trainers, and front-line teams without relying solely on formal authority.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Integrated Work Systems, Total Productive Maintenance, Lean Manufacturing, or other zero-loss continuous improvement systems.
• Experience designing train-the-trainer programs, skill matrices, proficiency models, and role-based curricula.
• Familiarity with manufacturing performance measures such as safety, quality, production, cost, delivery, and morale.

Success Measures

• Reduction in losses linked to lack of skill, knowledge, or ineffective training systems.
• Percent of employees qualified at target proficiency levels for critical skills and roles.
• Completion and effectiveness of prioritized training plans tied to business needs.
• Improvement in training system health, standard work process maturity, and learning material availability.

 What We Offer

• Final compensation will be discussed during the interview process.

• Time Off: PTO, Safe & Sick Time, and Paid Holidays.
• Health Benefits: Medical, vision, dental, HRA and voluntary disability benefits.
• Financial Benefits: 401(k) + employer match and life insurance.
• Location: This is an on-site role located in College Park, GA.
• Environment: Our facility is refrigerated. In this role you will be exposed to < 40 degrees for multiple hours of the day.

Our Culture

At Schweid & Sons, our culture is built on our core values: Trust, Respect, Innovation, Passion, and Pride. We believe in creating an environment where people can collaborate, contribute ideas, and grow their careers while delivering the very best burger experience to our customers. Joining our team means becoming part of a company that values its people as much as its product.

Equal Opportunity & Accommodations

At Schweid & Sons we believe that to build the best team, we must hire using an objective lens. We are committed to fair hiring practices where we hire people for their potential and advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion. As such, we do not discriminate or make decisions based on your race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, marital status, disability, or any other protected class. If you need a reasonable accommodation, please let your recruiter know how we can make your interview process work best for you.

Disclaimer 

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the Team member(s) assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of individuals in this position. Position Expectations may be subject to change as the needs of the organization changes.