Manufacturing Training Manager

Manufacturing Training Manager | Global Animal & Human Health | Girona, Spain

We're working with a global pharmaceutical company headquartered in Girona, Spain, with manufacturing sites producing vaccines and biological products across both animal health and human health divisions.

They've created a brand new role: Manufacturing Training Manager - a strategic position built to own and transform how manufacturing training works across the organisation.

The role

This is not a training delivery role. You'll be joining at a moment when the company has outgrown its current model and needs someone to build a professional, governed training function from scratch - with full strategic ownership from day one.

This is a Manager-level individual contributor role, reporting into the People & Organisation function, working across both manufacturing sites with visibility across all of Operations.

What you'll own:

• Define and govern the training and qualification framework for manufacturing - qualification plans, requalification cycles, competency matrices, audit readiness
• Challenge and redesign how training is delivered - accelerating time-to-competency for operators working in complex, technically demanding biological manufacturing environments
• Lead the digital transformation of training - LMS evaluation and implementation, automation, data-driven KPIs, and increasingly AI applied to learning
• Act as a strategic partner to Manufacturing, QA and People - not an executor of someone else's plan

What we're looking for

You'll have a strong manufacturing or operations background - ideally in pharma, biotech, or a similarly regulated environment - and you'll have built up genuine training, qualification or capability-building experience alongside it.

• Production Manager or Operational Excellence Manager who has owned training/capability-building as part of the role
• Continuous Improvement Manager with a qualifications or validation background
• Manufacturing professional currently running digital systems (e-BR, MES, LMS) alongside training responsibilities
• Someone from a large pharma company where this kind of dedicated manufacturing training role already exists, who wants to own the function fully for the first time

GMP experience is essential. Biologics or sterile manufacturing knowledge is a genuine advantage given the technical complexity of the environment.

This role is not right for pure commercial or sales trainers, corporate L&D generalists without manufacturing floor experience, or clinical trials training specialists.

The opportunity

• Newly created role with real strategic mandate - you'll be building something, not maintaining it
• Clear progression pathway as the company builds out its Operational Excellence function
• On-site in Girona area (split across two sites) - Spanish and English required
• Competitive salary - details on application