{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"ac87c36a06bf2d58b7569965","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/ac87c36a06bf2d58b7569965","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/ac87c36a06bf2d58b7569965","title":"Workforce Capability & Training Manager","description":"The Workforce Capability & Training Manager strengthens the capability of Appvion operations by building clear standards, practical learning systems, and confident frontline leaders. This role connects production training, leadership development, and digital enablement so teams can execute safely, consistently, and with greater speed and accountability.\n\nKey Focus Areas\n\nProduction Team Competency & Standard Work – 45%\nEnsure production team members have the skills, standards, and confidence required to perform work safely, correctly, and consistently.\nEstablish role-based competency expectations, qualification standards, and training progression for critical production roles.\nCreate practical standard work and learning tools that improve consistency, reduce variation, and support faster employee readiness.\nProvide leaders with clear visibility to workforce capability, training gaps, and qualification readiness.\nFrontline Leadership Development – 30%\nBuild strong supervisors, leads, trainers, and emerging leaders who can coach performance, reinforce expectations, and drive accountability on the floor.\nDevelop a structured frontline leadership curriculum focused on coaching, communication, accountability, performance management, and consistent execution.\nStrengthen the trainer and supervisor network so expectations are reinforced consistently across shifts, departments, and sites.\nSupport leader readiness, succession depth, and targeted development for key hourly and salaried operations talent.\nOperational Capability, Digital Enablement & Continuous Improvement – 25%\nImprove the operating capability of salaried teams by scaling knowledge, simplifying access to information, and embedding modern tools into daily execution.\nBuild scalable learning systems for supervisors, area managers, process leaders, and teams supporting plant performance.\nChampion responsible use of digital and AI-enabled tools to improve knowledge access, training quality, problem-solving, and execution speed.\nConnect training, leader capability, and standard work to measurable outcomes in safety, quality, productivity, engagement, and operational discipline.\n\nKey Attributes & Strengths\n\nOperationally credible, with the ability to translate plant floor work into clear training expectations, standard work, and measurable competency.\nStrong facilitator and coach who can develop supervisors, trainers, leads, and salaried operations employees in a practical, business-relevant way.\nComfortable working across functions and levels, building alignment with operations, HR, safety, quality, maintenance, and site leadership.\nForward-looking and technology-curious, with the ability to promote responsible use of digital tools and AI-enabled resources to improve training access, knowledge sharing, and execution speed.\nDisciplined in follow-up, documentation, metrics, and accountability without allowing the role to become purely administrative.\nStrong communicator who can simplify complex operational expectations and create training tools that employees and leaders will actually use.\nContinuous improvement mindset with a focus on measurable impact in safety, quality, productivity, engagement, and leader effectiveness.\n\nRequired Qualifications\n\nBachelor’s degree in operations, manufacturing, organizational development, human resources, education, or a related field; equivalent practical experience may be considered.\n5+ years of experience in manufacturing, operations, training, leadership development, continuous improvement, or workforce capability development.\nExperience building or improving training programs, competency standards, standard work, qualification processes, or learning systems in an operational environment.\nComfortable using digital tools, learning systems, data, and AI-enabled resources to improve training effectiveness, knowledge access, and operating discipline.\nDemonstrated ability to develop frontline leaders, supervisors, trainers, or emerging operations talent.\nStrong working knowledge of plant operations, safety, quality, productivity, and employee engagement drivers.\nAbility to work cross-functionally with operations, HR, safety, quality, maintenance, and site leadership.\nStrong communication, facilitation, coaching, and change leadership skills.\n\n*LI-MD1\n\nEqual Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities\nThis employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.","company":"M2s Group","rawCompany":"m2s group","city":"Appleton","state":"WI","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-09-19T10:10:54.694Z","occupations":[{"code":"11-3131.00","title":"Training and Development Managers","slug":"training-and-development-managers"},{"code":"13-1151.00","title":"Training and Development Specialists","slug":"training-and-development-specialists"},{"code":"25-9031.00","title":"Instructional Coordinators","slug":"instructional-coordinators"}],"industries":[{"code":"611430","title":"Professional and Management Development Training","slug":"professional-and-management-development-training"},{"code":"611513","title":"Apprenticeship Training","slug":"apprenticeship-training"},{"code":"611420","title":"Computer Training","slug":"computer-training"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Workforce Capability & Training Manager","description":"The Workforce Capability & Training Manager strengthens the capability of Appvion operations by building clear standards, practical learning systems, and confident frontline leaders. This role connects production training, leadership development, and digital enablement so teams can execute safely, consistently, and with greater speed and accountability.\n\nKey Focus Areas\n\nProduction Team Competency & Standard Work – 45%\nEnsure production team members have the skills, standards, and confidence required to perform work safely, correctly, and consistently.\nEstablish role-based competency expectations, qualification standards, and training progression for critical production roles.\nCreate practical standard work and learning tools that improve consistency, reduce variation, and support faster employee readiness.\nProvide leaders with clear visibility to workforce capability, training gaps, and qualification readiness.\nFrontline Leadership Development – 30%\nBuild strong supervisors, leads, trainers, and emerging leaders who can coach performance, reinforce expectations, and drive accountability on the floor.\nDevelop a structured frontline leadership curriculum focused on coaching, communication, accountability, performance management, and consistent execution.\nStrengthen the trainer and supervisor network so expectations are reinforced consistently across shifts, departments, and sites.\nSupport leader readiness, succession depth, and targeted development for key hourly and salaried operations talent.\nOperational Capability, Digital Enablement & Continuous Improvement – 25%\nImprove the operating capability of salaried teams by scaling knowledge, simplifying access to information, and embedding modern tools into daily execution.\nBuild scalable learning systems for supervisors, area managers, process leaders, and teams supporting plant performance.\nChampion responsible use of digital and AI-enabled tools to improve knowledge access, training quality, problem-solving, and execution speed.\nConnect training, leader capability, and standard work to measurable outcomes in safety, quality, productivity, engagement, and operational discipline.\n\nKey Attributes & Strengths\n\nOperationally credible, with the ability to translate plant floor work into clear training expectations, standard work, and measurable competency.\nStrong facilitator and coach who can develop supervisors, trainers, leads, and salaried operations employees in a practical, business-relevant way.\nComfortable working across functions and levels, building alignment with operations, HR, safety, quality, maintenance, and site leadership.\nForward-looking and technology-curious, with the ability to promote responsible use of digital tools and AI-enabled resources to improve training access, knowledge sharing, and execution speed.\nDisciplined in follow-up, documentation, metrics, and accountability without allowing the role to become purely administrative.\nStrong communicator who can simplify complex operational expectations and create training tools that employees and leaders will actually use.\nContinuous improvement mindset with a focus on measurable impact in safety, quality, productivity, engagement, and leader effectiveness.\n\nRequired Qualifications\n\nBachelor’s degree in operations, manufacturing, organizational development, human resources, education, or a related field; equivalent practical experience may be considered.\n5+ years of experience in manufacturing, operations, training, leadership development, continuous improvement, or workforce capability development.\nExperience building or improving training programs, competency standards, standard work, qualification processes, or learning systems in an operational environment.\nComfortable using digital tools, learning systems, data, and AI-enabled resources to improve training effectiveness, knowledge access, and operating discipline.\nDemonstrated ability to develop frontline leaders, supervisors, trainers, or emerging operations talent.\nStrong working knowledge of plant operations, safety, quality, productivity, and employee engagement drivers.\nAbility to work cross-functionally with operations, HR, safety, quality, maintenance, and site leadership.\nStrong communication, facilitation, coaching, and change leadership skills.\n\n*LI-MD1\n\nEqual Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities\nThis employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.","datePosted":"2026-09-19T10:10:54.694Z","dateModified":"2026-09-19T10:10:54.694Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"M2s Group","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Appleton","addressRegion":"WI","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"ac87c36a06bf2d58b7569965"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/ac87c36a06bf2d58b7569965"}}