Manufacturing Learning & Development Training Lead

Ventura Foods

Training Lead responsible for the onboarding and training process in manufacturing. Coaching certified trainers and managing performance feedback for high-quality training execution.

Posted 5/20/2026full-timeOntario • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $81,454 - $103,915 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Coaches, develops, and provides performance feedback to Certified Trainers to ensure they deliver a consistent, high‑quality onboarding and cross‑training experience.
Responsible for facilitating the Certified Trainer course for area and others as needed.
Owns the OJT experience by ensuring Certified Trainers and Line Leads follow standard training practices and consistently use the OJT system (Poka) to document and execute training.
Maintains and monitors the digital skills matrix, identifies skills and capacity gaps, and recommends solutions to the Area Manager and Supervisor.
Ensures all training activity is accurately captured in the OJT system and digital skills matrix; provides regular reporting on new‑hire progress, cross‑training status, and skill readiness.
Collaborates with the Process Lead to document, update, and deploy Standard Work, ensuring training materials remain accurate and aligned with current processes.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Demonstrated training capability and great communication (written and verbal) skills.
Demonstrated some expertise in at least one area of the manufacturing process.
Demonstrated capability of technical proficiency (Microsoft Suite, Windows operating system, etc).
Minimum: 2-3 years of relevant experience in a training, operations, or supervisory role, ideally within the same or a similar industry.
Preferred: 4-5 years of experience in a training or lead role within operations or manufacturing.
Experience specifically with cross-training, skills gap analysis, or implementing training documentation would be valuable.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, Prescription, Dental, & Vision – coverage beginning on your 1st day for eligible employees
Profit Sharing and 401(k) matching (after eligible criteria is met)
Paid Vacation, Sick Time, and Holidays
Employee Appreciation Events
Employee Assistance Programs

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Hard Skills & Tools

training capabilityskills gap analysiscross-trainingtechnical proficiency

Soft Skills

communication skillscoachingperformance feedbackcollaboration