Sr Learning and Development Specialist

About Lamb Weston

You’ve probably enjoyed our fries without even knowing it! As a leading manufacturer in our industry, we inspire and bring people together with foods they love and trust. Our customer base includes international food service providers, restaurants, and households in over 100 countries around the world. A highly innovative global corporation with a start-up mindset, we empower every individual to make a genuine difference. You’ll gain access to hands-on training to fuel your growth and success, explore opportunities for new solutions, and you’ll join a winning team of 10,000+ people all dedicated to raising the bar – together.

Job Description Summary

This role oversees the plant’s Learning & Development (L&D) pillar including workforce skill deficiency identification, training course development, maintenance and delivery, team member training engagement and key training performance metrics tracking. This role also manages applicable Learning & Development systems and communicates key performance metrics to stakeholders. This position will be a liaison between leadership and team members on all training-related needs and will collaborate with all Lamb Weston Pillars and team members to ensure the facility maintains a culture of continuous improvement and skill building to achieve strategic business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Leads the design, planning, and implementation of skills capability programs.
• Directs, mentors and develops the Plant Learning & Development team.
• Utilizing adult learning and development tools, develops, administers, and facilitates team member training.
• Performs skills gap analysis to identify workforce training gaps and needs to determine the basis for training.
• Manages the development and sustainability of plant training materials.
• Coaches subject matter experts in course development, ensuring alignment with instructional design principles and defined learning objectives.
• Collaborates with shift leadership to schedule and conduct training.
• Maintains training and participation records and ensures that all team members receive all required training and recertifications.
• Ensures team member participation, the implementation and quality of training, and the resolution of related issues.
• Ensures instructor credibility and integrity by responding to trainee feedback and needs.
• Ensures plant training needs are met, and training and qualification records are available to plant leadership.
• Leads the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of standards in the learning management system, including e-learning modules.

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred in Organizational Development, Operations Management, Educational Studies, Adult Education, or related fields.
• 3-5 years in a leadership or site-level training management role within a manufacturing environment.
• Proven experience building and scaling learning plans, including on-the-job training (OJT), skill matrices, career pathing, and skill needs analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to leverage adult learning theory, behavior-based training, and frontline engagement models.
• Demonstrated success in aligning L&D strategies with KPIs such as workforce retention, safety performance, and audit readiness.
• Process Quality certified preferred or other similar manufacturing certifications.
• Effective communicator, capable of briefing plant leadership, influencing cross-functional stakeholders, and managing upward communication on capability risks and successes.
• Demonstrated ability to coach and mentor front-line leaders, supporting leadership development, and succession pipelines.
• Builds and maintains strong organizational credibility; operates as a trusted advisor on capability strategy.
• Demonstrated experience in leading change and situational leadership.
• Strong project management skills, able to handle multiple priorities and deadlines.

Capabilities

• Drive Continuous Improvement
• Effective Business Partner
• Learning mindset
• Functional Communication
• Technical Aptitude
• Change Management

Benefits

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision
• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts
• Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program
• Paid Time Off
• Financial Wellness – Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance
• Family-Friendly Employee Events
• Employee Assistance Program services – mental health and other concierge type services

Pay

$86,380.00 - $129,570.00