The Role
The Training Solutions Manager oversees training content development, manages projects, and optimizes training processes to align with business needs and ensure effective knowledge transfer.
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Position Summary:
The Training Solutions Manager will oversee the content and solutions development team for maintenance and technical training. The manager will influence decisions of training content modality and translation of business needs into skill based and knowledge transfer learning solutions. This position will manage projects and oversee overall program design to ensure solutions are aligned, sustainable and flexible to the growth and changes of the business and learners. The manager will be responsible to leverage technology to support the modernization of training for the maintenance department. In addition to managing projects, this role will optimize team processes within unit or across the maintenance training team to enhance overall efficiency and speed to market. The position is the main point of contact to prioritize and resolve issues related to training content and solutions development.
Major Responsibilities:
•Manages direct reports through weekly assignments and project timelines to deliver training solutions such as training content, course and program design, material curation.
•Ensures deliverables meet SME or stakeholder expectations, and content is engaging, interactive, professional and modern.
•Ensures training solutions are designed to drive skill development and effective knowledge transfer of learners.
•Project manager for cross collaboration of maintenance training team projects, including but not limited to HOW2 projects, special projects, tech showdown, content development, maintenance or training process improvement projects. Responsibilities include planning, resource time management, progress monitoring, risk assessment, and keeping upper management informed.
•Uses problem solving to determine needed advancements and solutions in a process or training related opportunity. Assist Maintenance teams with process and product testing.
•Serves as a key maintenance training team lead on strategic alignment, planning, resource allocation, effectiveness evaluation, and business value analysis.
•Other projects and tasks as assigned
QualificationsQualifications:
•High School diploma or equivalent required
•Bachelor's Degree in Education, Human Resources, or Organizational Development preferred
•Six Sigma, Project Management, and Instructional Design certifications preferred
•10+ years' experience with designing training with emphasis on adult education
•10+ years' foundation knowledge and use of learning theory and instructional design techniques
•10+ years' project management experience
•5 years' experience with leading teams or responsible for the performance of others
•Microsoft office, intermediate
•Project management, intermediate
•Technology solutions, intermediate
•Adult learning theory, intermediate
•Collaboration and effective communication
•Ability to work independently with organization and time management skills
•Decision making with focus on balance of internal team needs and customer needs
•Ability to manage people.
•Ability to manage projects and prioritize tasks.
•Ability to design and manage training content and programs at a large scale.
•Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job.
•Willingness to travel as necessary, work the required schedule, work at the specific location required, complete Penske employment application, submit to a background investigation (to include past employment, education, and criminal history) and drug screening are required.
Physical Requirements:
-The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
-The associate will be required to: read; communicate verbally and/or in written form; remember and analyze certain information; and remember and understand certain instructions or guidelines.
-While performing the duties of this job, the associate may be required to stand, walk, and sit. The associate is frequently required to use hands to touch, handle, and feel, and to reach with hands and arms. The associate must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25lbs/12kg.
-Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
Penske is an Equal Opportunity Employer
About Penske Truck Leasing/Transportation Solutions
Penske Truck Leasing/Transportation Solutions is a premier global transportation provider that delivers essential and innovative transportation, logistics and technology services to help companies and people move forward. With headquarters in Reading, PA, Penske and its associates are driven by a dedication to excellence and a commitment to customer success. Visit Go Penske to learn more.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's Degree in Education, Human Resources, or Organizational Development preferred
- Six Sigma, Project Management, and Instructional Design certifications preferred
- 10+ years' experience with designing training with emphasis on adult education
- 10+ years' project management experience
- 5 years' experience with leading teams or responsible for the performance of others
- Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office, Project Management, and Technology solutions
- Ability to design and manage training content and programs at a large scale
Penske Logistics Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Penske Logistics and has not been reviewed or approved by Penske Logistics.
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Retirement Support — Retirement options include a 401(k) and, in some driver roles, a 100% company‑funded pension that provides strong long‑term value. These retirement features are described as rare and valuable within certain assignments.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid vacation, holidays, and sick leave are part of the standard package, with some roles offering PTO starting on day one. Time‑off provisions are consistently presented alongside core benefits.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, vision, and hearing coverage are complemented by telemedicine, mental‑health support, and disability options. FSAs/HSAs and wellness resources contribute to broad healthcare coverage.
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The Company
What We Do
Penske Logistics is a Penske Transportation Solutions company. We provide supply chain management and logistics solutions to leading brands around the world. Penske Logistics delivers value through its design, planning and execution in transportation, warehousing, freight management, and dry-van truckload services. Penske offers customized supply chain and logistics solutions including: Dedicated Contract Carriage; Distribution Center Management; Freight Management; Freight Brokerage; Transportation Management Solutions (TMS); Lead Logistics Provider (LLP), Control Tower and 4PL Solutions. We serve a variety of industries including: automotive; food, beverage, grocery, wine and spirits; cold chain; convenience and drug stores; quick service restaurants (QSRs); retail; big box retailers; building and construction products; CPG; healthcare; industrial manufacturing; consumer appliances and consumer electronics; and many others.
