Enterprise Technical Capability Strategy: Develop and lead the enterprise technical capability strategy.
Establish governance processes, standards, and expectations for technical capability programs across all manufacturing sites.
Ensure capability building priorities are aligned with the company's largest operational losses, strategic initiatives, asset management objectives, and business performance goals.
Partner with site leadership teams to identify capability gaps and develop targeted plans to address critical business needs.
Measure and improve workforce competency, qualification progress, and business impact.
Drive continuous improvement of training systems, methodologies, content, and delivery approaches.
Learning Systems: Serve as the enterprise leader for manufacturing and technical workforce development and capability.
Modernize manufacturing learning systems, qualification processes, training technologies etc. including instructor-led training, hands-on learning, simulation, digital learning, and on-the-job qualification processes.
Promote effective learning verification methods that ensure knowledge transfer and demonstrated capability, not simply training completion.
Capture and transfer critical technical knowledge across the organization.
Site Partnerships & Compliance: Partner with site and functional leaders to identify capability gaps and development priorities.
Align workforce capability development with recruiting, onboarding, career progression, succession planning, and retention.
Ensure qualification systems support regulatory, quality, food safety, environmental, and safety requirements.
Maintain consistent, audit-ready training and qualification processes across all sites.
External Training Partnerships: Develop relationships with OEMs, educational institutions, and industry organizations to strengthen workforce capability and talent pipelines.
Benchmark and adopt leading practices in technical learning and workforce development.
Leadership: Lead, coach, and develop direct reports to ensure successful execution of enterprise technical training objectives.
Build organizational capability through mentorship, coaching, and talent development.
Foster a culture of learning, continuous improvement, accountability, and operational excellence.