Training Lead - 1st Shift - Days Off: Wednesday & Thursday

Founded in 2013, Home Chef is the leading meal solutions company with both a retail and online presence. Available online at homechef.com and in retail at more than 2,100 Kroger grocery stores, Home Chef is committed to inspiring and enabling more people to cook simple, delicious meals, no matter how busy they are.

In 2023, Home Chef introduced a new brand, Tempo! Tempo features a rotating selection of ready-to-heat meals delivered directly to your door. These meals are better-for-you versions of familiar favorites, designed to save you time and reduce stress while maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Our Tempo menu includes options that are protein-packed, fiber-rich, calorie and carb conscious, keto-friendly, and dietitian-approved.

Similar to our recipes, we recognize that variety is the spice of life, and therefore, our employees also bring their uniqueness and color to our fantastic team. We're eager to work with humble team players and pragmatic next-level thinkers to innovate on Home Chef's offerings.

This role follows a 1st shift schedule, working from 6:30 AM to 3:30 PM, with designated days off on Wednesday and Thursday.

The Training Lead is responsible for supporting training activities for hourly new hires across departments, ensuring that they are adequately aware of the ops team and the overall processes, and that all new hourly hires complete their initial online training on the lms. They need to have a focused approach on training hourly production new hires and ensure that they are trained on all production processes and that they understand expectations on human safety, food safety and general behaviors. Training leads are also responsible for ensuring that online refresher training is completed as assigned for the hourly teams (associates and leads). In addition to new hires, Training leads will support CI initiatives as needed and also support any retraining efforts across departments for the hourly population. Training leads, like other roles, may also be asked to join the production floor and assist based on operational needs.


Detailed Responsibilities

New Hire Training and Management

The Training Lead is responsible for working with the Training Superintendent to drive a culture of community and positivity in the training program and on the production floor while working to set up new hires for success in their new roles. The training lead will

• Be an expert on all aspects of the production floor to include Production processes as well as an understanding of how supporting departments work with Production
• Assist and coach new hourly employees on floor processes and procedures
• Understand the training program, policies, and procedures
• Track and document employee progress on the floor with the provided checklist of skills and competencies
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with Production Supervisors and Shift Managers
• Understand key KPIs and demonstrate the ability to communicate KPI targets to new and existing associates effectively
• Oversee all other tasks that involve new hires including supporting other departments' new hires through their LMS training etc

Support CI Initiatives and Retraining

• As part of the CI Department, Training leads will support in implementing new processes, gathering data around any existing or new processes and retraining as needed based on needs
• Training leads will also support in retraining other departments based on any one-page lessons or SOPs and conduct knowledge checks as needed.

Refresher Training:

Training Leads are responsible for ensuring that team members across departments have the necessary support needed to complete required compliance training. They need to be the advocates for compliance training and should effectively communicate with site leaders on where they are as a site and how to ensure that 100% compliance is met.


General Responsibilities:

• Complete daily, weekly, monthly tasks as determined by standard work
• Follow the facility GMP's and help enforce them throughout the facility
• Support the efforts of the company to maintain our food safety system (SQF) and quality programs as well as our employee safety initiatives
• When not actively engaged in training lead duties, the individual will provide support and work directly on the production floor.

This position requires 0% travel.

Qualifications

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, ability and/or other characteristics needed for this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

• General high school degree, or equivalent, (e.g. GED)
• 6+ months of production/warehouse environment required
• Desire to train and willingness to learn new skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment alongside others as a team
• Open availability to work nights and weekend shifts
• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds with or without reasonable accommodation
• Must have floor presence and be able to stand/walk for up to 10-12 hours

More About Us

Perks and Benefits

• Candidates can experience Home Chef as a customer - enter promo code PEOPLE30 for $30 off your first order!
• Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance available
• Paid holidays, sick time and vacation time
• 401k program
• Flexible spending accounts for qualified medical, dependent care, parking, or transit expenses

How We Work Together

We are humble team players.
We are warm and gracious with team members and customers. We seek feedback to improve ourselves - and respectfully listen to and accept input.

We are pragmatic next-level thinkers.
We come up with novel and unique ideas. We explore new strategies to avoid being constrained by conventional thinking.

We take ownership.
We approach ambiguous problems, prepared to dive in, get curious, and learn more. We are results-driven, always challenging ourselves to exceed goals.
Be at Home at Home Chef

We all show up authentically at Home Chef. Our team includes individuals with a variety of identities, backgrounds, and perspectives. You can trust that you'll be able to bring your whole self to an inclusive and enjoyable workplace.

We welcome people of all races, colors, religions, national origin or ancestry, sex (including sexual identity), age, physical or mental disabilities, pregnancy, veteran or military status, unfavorable discharge from military service, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, order of protection status, citizenship status, arrest record or expunged/sealed convictions, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law.

Home Chef is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Home Chef will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact our People team at View email address on click.appcast.io.

Home Chef offers the base salary range as posted below, with the exact offer depending on factors such as geographic location, experience, skills, and internal equity. While compensation is within the provided range, it is not typical for offers to be made at the upper end. In addition to base salary, Home Chef provides a comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare coverage, 401k match, and paid time off.

Illinois Pay Range

$22.75-$22.75 USD

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