Regional Production Training Specialist

Responsibilities

• Serve as the central point of contact for production training programs, coordinating communications, meetings, resources, and stakeholder engagement across Global Seed Operations.
• Partner with Production, Quality, EHS&S, and other functional teams to align training priorities, program requirements, and execution strategies.
• Lead the design, development, implementation, and continuous improvement of onboarding and training programs for production environments, including instructor-led, blended, and digital learning solutions.
• Standardize training and onboarding experiences across locations while incorporating site-specific processes, requirements, and operational needs.
• Provide guidance on learning strategy, adult learning principles, and training effectiveness to support consistent, high-quality delivery across production sites.
• Maintain training procedures, certification processes, learning documentation, and program resources to ensure compliance and standardized execution.
• Collaborate with Quality and EHS&S teams to ensure training content remains current, compliant, and aligned with organizational standards and best practices.
• Monitor training effectiveness through learner feedback, assessments, operational metrics, quality trends, audit findings, and stakeholder input to identify capability gaps and improvement opportunities.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives that enhance training quality, onboarding effectiveness, employee capability, operational performance, and cross-site collaboration.

Requirements

• Experience designing, developing, and delivering employee training programs.
• Knowledge of adult learning principles and instructional design methodologies.
• Strong facilitation, coaching, mentoring, and communication skills.
• Experience coordinating multiple projects and priorities across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Ability to influence without direct authority and build collaborative relationships.
• Strong organizational skills with high attention to detail.
• Experience developing and maintaining documentation, training records, learning resources, and Learning Management Systems (LMS).
• Expertise in Microsoft 365 applications including Teams, SharePoint, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Forms.
• Experience with instructional design for varied delivery methods.
• Experience in manufacturing, seed production, agriculture, or operations environments.
• Experience supporting Quality Management Systems and EHS&S programs.
• Knowledge of learning management systems and digital learning technologies.
• Experience leading onboarding, workforce development, or organizational capability initiatives.
• Familiarity with continuous improvement methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, or Standardized Work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Education, Agriculture Education, Agriculture Systems Management, Organizational Development, Human Resources, or a related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Skills

• Experience with instructional design for varied delivery methods.
• Experience in manufacturing, seed production, agriculture, or operations environments.
• Experience supporting Quality Management Systems and EHS&S programs.
• Knowledge of learning management systems and digital learning technologies.
• Experience leading onboarding, workforce development, or organizational capability initiatives.
• Familiarity with continuous improvement methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, or Standardized Work.

Benefits

• Numerous development opportunities offered to build your skills.
• Part of a company with a higher purpose and contribute to making the world a better place.
• Health benefits for you and your family on your first day of employment.
• Four weeks of paid time off and two weeks of well-being pay per year, plus paid holidays.
• Excellent parental leave which includes a minimum of 16 weeks for mother and father.
• Future planning with our competitive retirement savings plan and tuition reimbursement program.