Lead Training & Development

Leads trainers in the management of training and retraining of the Distribution Center employees.  Key partner in the onboarding of new employees and assisting existing staff in skills development in areas of proper lifting techniques, safety, equipment operation and process changes.  Partners with Operations team, Industrial Engineer and Human Resources to ensure metrics, documentation, tools, and systems are current and following company standards.  

Principle Duties and Responsibilities: 

•Provides coaching, leadership, and oversight to the shift training team. 

•Plans training schedules for the team to support the needs of new hires and existing staff. 

•Provide one on one training to new hires following the onboarding guidelines and checklists as needed or when staffing demands require. 

•Certify trainers on training material and process. 

•Instruct new hires on how to select and palletize grocery, produce, meat, frozen food and dairy orders for shipment to retail stores accurately  

•Teach new hires how to operate pallet jacks, forklifts, and other material handling equipment in a safe and efficient manner 

•Assist Safety Specialist in implementation of monthly tips and recertify employees after incidents on equipment.  

•Monitor aisles and provide feedback/coaching to all employees on techniques. 

•Make recommendations for modifications to procedures or processes impacting their work group or distribution center that will maximize efficiency, productivity, and reduce costs. 

•Monitor overall new hire trends, metrics and collaborate with Human Resources and operation on retention strategies. 

•Interview and hire new trainers.   

•Ability to communicate in verbal and written correspondence.  

•Ability to work a variety of work shifts and schedules (length, time, weekends, holidays) 

•Ability to stand for long periods of time 

•Ability to hear a forced whisper at not less than 5 feet with or without use of a hearing aid 

•Commitment to excellence and a willingness to be trained in a variety of positions, demonstrating multi-skill capabilities. 

•Able to use personal computer for data entry and research purposes 

•Highly motivated self-starter and team player with strong attention to detail and the ability to prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment 

•Visual acuity of at least 20/40 (Snellen) in each eye with or without corrective lenses 

•Ability to wear a headset to support voice selection for all areas of warehouse selection 

•Ability to work in a –5 degree to 90+ degree Fahrenheit environment (temperature varies within each department) for long periods of time. 

•Ability to read and understand written and numeric product identifiers