Training Specialist

Company Overview

For more than 60 years Blum has been manufacturing superior quality hinge systems, drawer runners, and lift systems that create motion and enhance user convenience in the kitchen. With every product, we strive to develop solutions to ensure that cabinet doors and drawers open with ease, close softly and effortlessly, and make workflow and everyday kitchen use easier.

Today, Blum has eight production plants in Austria, and manufacturing sites in Brazil, Poland and the United States. Approximately 9,000 Blum employees all over the world focus on product innovation.

Benefits

Blum USA believes in offering their employees an excellent benefits package that includes:

• Salaried position
• Possible bonus opportunities
• Health (Medical, dental and vision) & wellness benefit
• 401(k) with employee matching
• FSA & Dependent Care
• Three weeks’ vacation starting your second year on the job
• Paid sick leave (48 hours annually)
• Life insurance equal to annual salary at no cost to employee
• Onsite Health clinic

We are seeking a Training Specialist who has a passion for continuous improvement of training, high energy and a positive approach to learning and development. They will work with the following departments: Human Resources, Organization Development, Quality, Production, and IT and collaborate with Blum Austria to maintain our LMS Systems.

Responsibilities

• Designs and develops training programs, courses, or other instructional materials for on-the-job training, skill development, departmental onboarding and compliance material.
• Support Department Managers and collaborates with subject matter experts to ensure content is accurate and thorough.
• Create and developing job specific training to help employees maintain or improve job skills.
• Administration and maintenance of LMS system, creating eLearning, courses and content
• Conduct training analysis throughout the organization to determine training needs through interviews with employees, focus groups, consultations with managers, or other feedback channels
• Provide feedback on existing training and identify creative solutions for additional training opportunities and improvements
• Coordinate training activities among multiple departments
• Support managers and trainers to design, plan, organize and direct onboarding and training programs for employees
• Evaluate learning styles to assist managers with most effective training approach and techniques
• Work with and support departments to organize and develop training procedure manuals, guides, or course materials, such as handouts or visual materials
• Ensure compliance of departmental and safety/compliance trainings through reporting using LMS system and follow-up with department managers on missed training
• Create training, checklists and onboarding certifications to ensure consistent training throughout the organization
• Guide and mentor OJT trainers in production and logistics using a structured training approach
• Determine effective training delivery systems (internal vs. external training) hands on or eLearning content
• Coordinate training with external partners
• May assist with conducting safety or departmental trainings
• Other duties may be assigned
• Ability to work off-shift hours at times to support training on a 3 shift operation

Requirements

• HS diploma or GED required
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Education, Communications, Human Resources, Organizational Development preferred
• Minimum 2 years of experience training in a production or manufacturing environment preferred
• Equivalent training and experience can be substituted
• Prior experience with Learning Management Systems (LMS) is preferred
• Experience with Articulate Storyline helpful

• Preferred knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design
• Prefer understanding of teaching and instruction of individuals and groups
• Measuring the effectiveness of training
• Knowledge of business principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, production methods, and coordination of people and resources
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Collaborative team player that enjoys being and working with others (individual or group settings)
• Can work independently without constant supervision
• Works well in an environment where consensus building drives most decisions
• Flexible towards changing priorities and work assignments
• Can handle complex or multidimensional problems effectively