Training Manager

About the role

Your Job Georgia-Pacific’s Foodservice Solutions division is seeking a Training Manager to support workforce development and training execution at our manufacturing facility in Janesville, Wisconsin.

Responsibilities

• Execute the plant-level training process in alignment with the broader training strategy and organizational direction.
• Facilitate and maintain training curriculum, skill matrices, task sign-offs, and certification records for plant roles.
• Partner with department managers to understand role expectations, training priorities, and skill gaps within their areas.
• Support new hire onboarding.
• Help ensure employees are progressing appropriately before being released into roles independently.
• Maintain visibility to employee training status, readiness concerns, and retraining needs.
• Work with supervisors and leads to reinforce standards after employees are released to the floor.
• Identify barriers in the training process and escalate gaps, concerns, or resource needs to plant leadership.
• Support a culture of continuous improvement, employee development, and workforce investment.

Qualifications

• Experience in a manufacturing, industrial, training, operations, or leadership role.
• Experience supporting or leading employee training, onboarding, skill development, or process standardization.
• Experience working with supervisors, department leaders, or cross-functional teams to execute plant priorities.
• Ability to organize training records, track progression, and follow up on open items.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience developing or maintaining training curriculum, skill matrices, certification processes, or standard work.
• Experience in thermoforming, sheet extrusion, packaging, or plastics manufacturing.
• Experience coaching trainers or supporting on-the-job training processes.
• Experience using systems such as SAP, learning management systems, or other platforms used for training, documentation, or employee records.