Site Training Coordinator

About Princes

The Princes Group has over 7,000 employees with offices and production sites in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, France and Mauritius. Princes manufactures 350 different food and drink products responsibly sourced and enjoyed by consumers every day. None of this would be possible without striving to be an employer of choice, where our colleagues are proud to represent our business.

Role Description

Princes Long Sutton are recruiting for a Site Training Lead to join our Training Team and work out of Long Sutton. Long Sutton is one of the UK’s most critical food manufacturing hubs. Following an £80m site investment, we are in a period of unprecedented transformation. This is an opportunity to work as part of a UK Operations training team and work for one of the UK's leading FMCG businesses.

Role Purpose

Working as part of the UK Operations training team, the role leads the end-to-end site training experience—covering induction (Day 1 to 30/60/90), operational skills development, and compliance training governance. The postholder maintains an accurate training matrix, partners with people managers and site SLT to ensure statutory and mandatory requirements are met and drives a consistent ‘One Team’ gold standard across the Princes estate.

Working Hours

Monday - Friday 08.45 - 17.00. Please note for this role you may need to flex your hours based on business needs to work with colleagues who may be working after 5pm to help support colleagues who may work evening shifts.

Benefits

• 25 Days Annual Leave plus Birthday off
• 14.5% Pension – 5% employee opt in / 9.5% employer
• Flexible Holiday Option - Buy 5 Additional Days
• Enhanced Family Friendly & Carers Policies
• Critical Illness Cover
• Learning & Development Opportunities

Key Role Focus/Overview

• Induction & Operational Training Delivery: Plan, coordinate and deliver a blended induction journey (Day 1 to 30/60/90) that is welcoming, structured and measurable. Accountability to create and maintain site and group document-controlled training resources, SOPs/work instructions and on-the-job training plans in partnership with K.ART trainers and People Managers. Coach and assess colleagues on critical operational tasks, verifying competence through observed practice and knowledge checks (process confirmation). Deliver K.ART (internal TTT) programme and ensure effective knowledge acquisition, retention and transfer. Utilise 1-3-1 methodology to advise People Managers regarding training needs analysis.
• Training Governance & Compliance: Own the site training matrix (statutory, mandatory and role‑specific); ensure accuracy, coverage and timely refreshers. Integration of digital LMS system (POKA) requiring ownership and coordination of roll out for all training functionality at respective site. Co‑ordinate H&S, Technical/Food Safety, Environmental and Compliance training to meet legal, customer and certification requirements. E.G. External Vehicle training, Internal Leadership Development (MYS), Internal Auditor qualification. Ensure training content and delivery align to company policies, Princes Values and the Princes FMS. Deliver and support initiatives to drive colleague development at site (internal MYS and external ILM). Safeguard training data integrity and confidentiality in line with GDPR and company policy.
• Records, Reporting & Audit Readiness: Maintain methodical digital/paper-training records; ensure evidence is easily retrievable for audits. Produce weekly/monthly KPI reports (e.g., completion %, time-to-competence, overdue refreshers, evaluation scores) and elevate site risks. Lead training presentation for both internal and external audits by preparing documentation, facilitating interviews/traceability. Ownership of any related NCR actions as result of audits.
• Stakeholder Partnership: Collaborate with Operations, HSE, Technical/Quality, Engineering and HR to prioritise training needs and align capacity to production plans. Communicate training plans, calendars and changes to stakeholders; manage bookings, rooms, materials and external provider co‑ordination. Support and coach colleagues’ continuous professional development and or any specific learning requirements.
• Continuous Improvement & Systems: Use learner feedback and the four levels of evaluation (reaction, learning, behaviour, results) to improve impact. Apply Lean/CI problem‑solving tools to simplify processes, reduce waste and improve right‑first‑time competence alongside Princes 2030 Green Goals. Leverage LMS/SharePoint and site systems to automate reminders, dashboards and version control; leading paperless implementation of digital learning systems.

This list is not exhaustive; flexibility is expected to meet business needs as agreed with the line manager.

Role Requirements

Knowledge, Skills & Experience: Proven experience delivering engaging, blended operational training (classroom, on-the-job, digital). Strong presentation, facilitation and coaching skills with clear written and verbal communication. Highly organised with excellent planning, prioritisation and time management; comfortable in an FMCG environment. Competent user of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and collaboration tools (e.g., SharePoint/LMS). Working knowledge of H&S and compliance frameworks relevant to a manufacturing/FMCG environment (or willingness to learn). Understanding of FMCG audit expectations (or willingness to learn).

Requirements:

• Excellent Training Delivery Experience (Blended) – Essential.
• Excellent presentation skills – Essential.
• Excellent personal and time management skills – Essential.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with colleagues at all levels of the business – Essential.
• Computer literate with good Word, Excel and PowerPoint skills – Essential.
• Is self‑motivated but a key team player within a remote working team – Essential.
• Understands and actively uses the 4 levels of training measurements – Essential.
• Highly organised with the ability to multi‑task – Essential.
• Ability to respond flexibly to a constantly changing environment – Essential.

Desirable Skills:

• L3 Train the Trainer – Desirable.
• L3 HACCP/Food Safety – Desirable.
• Internal Auditor – Desirable.

At Princes we are committed to making all stages of our recruitment process accessible to all candidates (including application). Please let us know as soon as possible of any additional support or reasonable adjustments you require through the recruitment process by emailing Recruitment@princes.co.uk.