Training Manager

About the Organisation

We’re partnering with a well-established business operating in a fast-paced, multi-site environment. Known for its strong operational focus and commitment to quality and safety, the organisation has built a strong reputation within its sector.

This is a business that places real value on Learning & Development, with a diverse operational workforce across a multi-site environment - creating strong complexity, variety and the opportunity to partner closely with leaders across the organisation. The People & Culture team is well-regarded, playing a key role in driving capability, compliance and workforce performance.

About the Role

This is a newly created Training Manager role with real scope to shape, influence and embed training capability across operations. You’ll take ownership of mandatory and certification-based training across multiple manufacturing sites, ensuring a consistent, structured and forward-looking approach to compliance and capability.

This role sits right at the intersection of strategy and delivery - giving you the opportunity to design the framework, influence stakeholders and see it come to life across the business.

Key areas of focus include

• Owning and lifting operations training and compliance frameworks across multiple sites
• Leading training and safety compliance gap analysis, and building clear training matrices
• Embedding structure, consistency and governance across manufacturing environments
• Driving visibility through clear, forward-looking compliance reporting
• Supporting rollout and optimisation of the Learning Management System
• Partnering closely with operations leaders, safety teams, HR and SMEs to embed practical solutions
• Developing and refining training materials aligned to operational needs
• Leading change and improving how training is planned, tracked and delivered
• Managing and developing a direct report

About You

• Strong experience in operations training within manufacturing or similarly complex environments
• Proven ability to operate across multi-site, operational workforces
• Comfortable travelling to site on an ad-hoc basis to support leaders and maintain strong engagement with a distributed workforce
• Strong knowledge of training compliance, certification frameworks and audits
• Able to build credibility quickly and influence operational leaders at all levels
• Practical, structured and outcomes-focused, with the ability to bring clarity to complexity
• Enjoys balancing big-picture thinking with hands-on delivery

Why this role

• Newly created role with the opportunity to shape and build something meaningful
• Work across a complex, multi-site manufacturing environment with real variety
• Strong stakeholder exposure across operations, safety and HR
• A genuine blend of strategy and execution - see your work make an impact
• Opportunity to move training from reactive to structured, proactive and best practice
• High level of ownership, visibility and influence

How to Apply

If you are confident that your experience reflects the above criteria, please apply online quoting Ref no: 4041945. Should you have queries or would like to sense check your alignment, please email Nicole at ***email_hidden***

Tandem Partners is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.