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Sr. Specialist Training Kansas City KS or St. Joseph MO

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Aug 05, 2021

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The Sr Specialist Training is responsible for identifying the training needs of Tyson’s Team Members in Prepared Foods with a focus on a region which includes Omaha, Council Bluff, St. Joseph, MO/Kansas City KC & Concordia facilities. The Sr Specialist Training oversees, coordinates, and executes training, serving as the primary point of contact for all technical skills training, new hire on-boarding, and frontline leader training needs (technical and soft skills). This person helps create, facilitate, and implement engaging training and materials, including facilitator guides, participant guides, job aids, computer-based training/learning options, and training videos. The Sr Specialist Training facilitates in person and virtual training sessions, in addition to conducting classroom seminars, team building activities, and train-the-trainer sessions.

Strong organizational and communications skills are essential for this role, as well as acute attention to detail, initiative, and ability to work well independently with little supervision. This position requires high levels of collaboration with cross-functional partners, such as Safety, FSQA, CI, Human Resources, Talent & Culture CoE, and Operations Leadership teams. The Sr Specialist Training compiles and maintains a variety of reports on individual and organizational developmental activities, including tracking progress of new hires (Hourly & Exempt), turnover rates, and training effectiveness measures.

Other duties include:


Partnering with the Prepared Foods Training Team (Technical & Soft Skills) to improve training processes, standardization, and impact.

B uilding strong partnerships with community colleges to assist with Tyson’s Upward Academy programs as the primary administrator in the plant.

Working with Plant Retention Committees to define, develop, and provide training that retains our Team Members.

Maintaining standard work instructions library in collaboration with the Continuous Improvement team.

Supporting the company Interpreter program.

Learning new training, tools, techniques, including certifications, as needed / requested.

Qualifications:



Bachelor's Degree preferred

3-5 years of related experience in: HR, organizational development, learning and development

Previous plant/manufacturing experience preferred

Highly organized and focused

Excellent project management and execution skills, with strong ability to multi-task and handle multiple priorities

Strong facilitation skills, ability to engage learners, use various techniques for knowledge and skill building, able to translate concepts to actions in context of learners’ day to day work

Intermediate skills in PowerPoint, Excel, SharePoint, Alchemy Systems

Strong orientation toward working collaboratively, with equal comfort working independently

Communication Skills: Excellent communication skills – including verbal, written and listening skills; ability to present effectively (internally and externally); demonstrated candor, specifically listening with an open mind, having courage to speak up and give feedback, and acknowledging mistakes/failures

Demonstrated creativity (continuous improvement mindset, willing to take appropriate risks and fail forward, develop ideas and take action to implement)

Seeks out and finds value in diverse perspectives and leverage cognitive diversity to ensure the best ideas are identified

Sound judgment (ability to see the implications of various actions and view things from multiple global perspectives)

Travel: 50% travel per year

1st shift, with capability to work off shifts when needed


*The selected candidate can be based out of one of the following Tyson Prepared Foods Plants:

St. Joseph, MO or Kansas City, KS.***


Work Shift:

1ST SHIFT (United States of America)

Successful applicants for this position must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Vaccine verification will be required by October 1, 2021 for Corporate based team members and by November 1, 2021 for Plant and Warehousing based team members.

Hourly Applicants ONLY -You must complete the task after submitting your application to provide additional information to be considered for employment.

Tyson is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, national origin, color, religion, age, genetics, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.

CCPA Notice. If you are a California resident, and would like to learn more about what categories of personal information we collect when you apply for this job, and how we may use that information, please read our CCPA Job Applicant Notice at Collection, click here (****applicant notification.pdf) .

Successful applicants for this position must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Vaccine verification will be required by October 1, 2021 for Corporate based team members and by November 1, 2021 for Plant and Warehousing based team members.

The vaccines against COVID-19 are free for new hires and are accompanied by a cash incentive for eligible non-corporate based hires. Readily available at select sites.

Our team members make the difference. If you are ready to grow your career with an industry leader and want to positively impact the team and community around you, then join us in helping us in raising expectations.Join us on the journey.

At Tyson, we are raising expectations for how much good people can do. Our Talent Strategy is to Attract, Grow, Reward and Retain the best talent, and we believe that our Culture is the connecting thread that drives that strategy!

We strive to be a talent magnet to establish a reputation for being a talent rich organization where team members can grow their career while growing the business.

We are a high performing organization where team members are rewarded (Pay, Benefits and Recognition) for their contributions, and given the opportunity to support and/or volunteer with programs that help Tyson make a lasting social impact in the communities where we live and work.

To learn more about our culture, please read Our Purpose (****.

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