Training Specialist

Aspire Bakeries is a North American baking company with a leadership position in specialty frozen baked goods. Formed from leading bakery companies, its innovative food portfolio includes breads, artisan breads, buns, cookies, donuts, muffins and pastries from beloved brands likeLa Brea Bakery,Otis Spunkmeyer, andOakrun Farm Bakery. With 13 bakeries in North America, we are committed to driving innovation, predicting upcoming consumer trends and flavors, and exceeding our customers' expectations. Aspire Bakeries champions the values of Integrity, Ownership, Customer Focus, Creativity and Care to help us deliver on People Safety, Food Safety, Quality and Collaboration.

Role Purpose & Overview

The Training Specialist role is a hands-on leader of training experiences with associates across the bakery. This role is critical to the successful skill development needs of our people, in areas including People & Food Safety and Job Skills such as operating equipment, ensuring product quality, and working together as a team of people committed to bakery success.

Core Accountablilites

• Design and deliver engaging training programs, including new hire orientation and safety, job skills and compliance training
• Create and maintain training materials such as SOP's, job aids and internal communications
• Work with the Supervisors and Managers to coordinate training schedules
• Work with the Training Supervisor to ensure all training materials and tools are up to date, and ready for use
• Work with the Training Supervisor to track associate skills development, training attendance and program outcomes
• Helps to coordinate Alchemy/Coach training for all departments and assists with delivery of orientation for all new hires
• Work with the training supervisor to monitor associate application of training to job performance and discuss gaps and solutions with people managers
• Other duties as assigned or required

Key Capabilities

• Quick learner on new technologies, and can teach others to navigate tools
• Collaborates with stakeholders and builds buy-in
• Engaging and effective trainer
• Ability to self-manage work progress, identify challenges, and propose solutions to completion

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal)
• Sound decision making and resourceful.
• Flexibility to work all shifts

Experience & Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year experience designing and delivering training programs
• Minimum of High School Diploma; or equivalent. Post-secondary education preferred
• Bilingual, English/Spanish required
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

• Experience in food manufacturing industry is desired
• Experience with MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)

Physical Requirements:

• Lift up to 50 lbs
• Work standing or walking for long periods of time
• Work bending and squatting
• Work making fast and repetitive hand motions
• Work in cold refrigerated and frozen conditions

The Work Environment:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts and is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions, wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, and extreme cold.
• The noise level in the work environment is often moderate to loud.

Aspire Bakeries is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.