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Backed by advanced technology, lifecycle services and an industry-leading field organization, we elevate customer performance, turn goals into real-world results and help move society forward.\nWhat we offer\nCompetitive salary and bonus plan \nPaid vacation/holidays/sick time - 15 days of vacation first year\nComprehensive benefits package including 401K, medical, dental, and vision care - Available day one\nEncouraging and collaborative team environment \nDedication to safety through our Zero Harm policy \nJCI Employee discount programs (The Loop by Perk Spot) \nCheck us Out: A Day in the Life of the Building of the Futurehttps://youtu.be/pdZMNrDJviY\nRole Overview\nThe Associate Director, Learning & Development, Manufacturing & Global Supply Chain leads the design, development, and deployment of enterprise manufacturing learning and workforce capability programs across Johnson Controls' global plant network. The role partners with Manufacturing, Global Supply Chain, HR, Learning & Development, and Business System leaders to identify workforce capability needs, develop scalable learning solutions, and drive adoption of enterprise learning standards that improve workforce readiness and operational performance.\nWorking at the intersection of learning strategy and manufacturing operations, this role helps create consistent approaches to technical workforce development while enabling appropriate localization for plant, regulatory, language, and operating requirements. Success is measured through improved workforce readiness, stronger qualification and proficiency outcomes, increased consistency across plants, greater visibility into capability gaps, and sustainable improvements in manufacturing performance.\nKey Accountabilities\nManufacturing Capability Strategy and Workforce Readiness\nPartners with Manufacturing and Supply Chain leaders to develop and execute the enterprise learning strategy and roadmap for production workforce capability. Identifies critical capability gaps, establishes learning priorities, and aligns workforce development efforts with safety, quality, productivity, delivery, workforce readiness, and future talent requirements.\nPartners with operational leaders to distinguish true skill and knowledge gaps from issues related to process, equipment, staffing, leadership, or work design, ensuring learning investments address the right business needs.\nTechnical Manufacturing Learning Architecture\nLeads the development and continuous improvement of enterprise technical learning architectures across manufacturing environments, including assembly, welding and skilled trades, equipment operation, maintenance and reliability, quality procedures, safety-related qualifications, manufacturing engineering, onboarding, and trainer qualification.\nDevelops role-based learning pathways, capability progression models, qualification frameworks, certification requirements, and skills-verification approaches that create consistency across the global manufacturing network.\nManufacturing Learning Products and Governance\nSupports the development and execution of enterprise standards, learning products, curriculum priorities, and governance processes for technical manufacturing learning.\nEnsures learning solutions reflect operational realities, address common capability needs, and can be leveraged across multiple regions and plants. Establishes guardrails that balance enterprise consistency with legitimate local requirements such as regulatory, language, equipment, or process differences.\nEnterprise Learning Integration and Program Leadership\nLeads complex learning initiatives that require coordination across technical manufacturing learning, leadership development, onboarding, Lean capabilities, and other functional learning domains.\nPartners with content owners and stakeholders to align priorities, identify gaps, clarify ownership, maintain integrated roadmaps, and ensure learning journeys support workforce readiness and career progression.\nBusiness System Leadership\nApplies Johnson Controls Business System principles to manufacturing learning through the use of Gemba, standard work, visual management, root-cause problem solving, operating rhythms, and continuous improvement.\nHelps make capability gaps, priorities, adoption, and outcomes visible and supports fact-based decision making regarding workforce capability investments.\nTalent System Leadership\nLeads and develops manufacturing learning professionals while influencing capability building across the broader manufacturing learning network.\nPartners closely with plant training teams and learning stakeholders to promote shared standards, best practices, adoption of enterprise approaches, and continuous improvement while strengthening the effectiveness of the overall learning community.\nMeasurement, Insights, and Continuous Improvement\nDevelops the measurement approach needed to assess workforce readiness, qualification attainment, proficiency, learning adoption, and program effectiveness.\nUses workforce data, operational insights, learner feedback, and business outcomes to continuously improve curricula, deployment approaches, governance processes, and investment decisions.\nWinning Behaviors\nThis role must model and embed Johnson Controls' Winning Behaviors:\nWe Focus on What Matters. We align around customer and operational needs identified at Gemba, prioritize work that creates the greatest value, and support informed decision making where work happens.\nWe Win as One Team. We bring together diverse perspectives, collaborate across functions, promote shared ownership, and build strong partnerships that enable business success.\nWe Own the Outcome. We take accountability for results, drive disciplined execution, remove barriers to success, and always prioritize safety and integrity.\nWe Improve Everyday. We encourage transparency, seek root causes, learn continuously, and drive ongoing improvement to better serve our customers and colleagues.\nKey Leadership Attributes\nOperational Curiosity. Seeks to understand how work is performed in manufacturing environments by spending time with operational leaders, trainers, and frontline employees.\nSystems Perspective. Recognizes the connections among workforce capability, business processes, talent systems, career progression, and business performance.\nPragmatic Judgment. Balances enterprise consistency with local needs while making practical decisions regarding quality, speed, scalability, cost, and business impact.\nInfluences Through Partnership. Builds commitment across a global matrix through credibility, collaboration, operational understanding, and trusted relationships.\nEvidence Orientation. Uses workforce data, capability insights, operational metrics, and observed performance to inform decisions and evaluate outcomes.\nExecution Discipline. Transforms strategy into actionable plans, clear priorities, measurable outcomes, and sustained implementation.\nKnowledge & Experience\nRequired\nBachelor's degree required; advanced degree in Learning & Development, Organizational Development, Human Resources, Business, Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, Manufacturing, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, or a related field preferred.\n8+ years of progressive experience in learning, workforce capability, enablement, technical training, talent development, organizational development, or related disciplines within large, complex organizations.\nExperience supporting frontline, technical, operational, industrial, engineering, manufacturing, field, or skilled-worker populations.\nExperience developing role-based learning architectures, technical curricula, qualification frameworks, certification programs, onboarding systems, or workforce readiness initiatives.\nDemonstrated success partnering with operational leaders to identify capability needs and implement scalable learning solutions.\nExperience establishing enterprise standards, governance processes, and measurement systems across geographically dispersed stakeholders.\nProven ability to influence decisions and drive adoption within complex matrixed organizations.\nExperience leading and developing professional teams and/or large-scale enterprise programs.\nStrongly Preferred\nDirect experience supporting manufacturing organizations, plant operations, or global manufacturing networks.\nExperience developing manufacturing learning programs covering assembly, welding, equipment operation, maintenance, quality, safety qualifications, engineering, or frontline onboarding.\nExperience with qualification, certification, skills verification, proficiency management, or train-the-trainer programs.\nExperience applying Lean, Business System, Gemba, standard work, visual management, root-cause problem solving, or continuous improvement principles.\nExperience connecting learning initiatives to workforce readiness, time-to-proficiency, quality, safety, productivity, or operational performance outcomes.\nExperience integrating learning programs with talent, onboarding, workforce planning, HR systems, or operational processes.\nHIRING SALARY RANGE: $150,000-185,000 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.) This role offers a competitive Bonus plan that will take into account individual, group, and corporate performance. This position includes a competitive benefits package. The posted salary range reflects the target compensation for this role. However, we recognize that exceptional candidates may bring unique skills and experiences that exceed the typical profile. If you believe your background warrants consideration beyond the stated range, we encourage you to apply. To support an efficient and fair hiring process, we may use technology assisted tools, including artificial intelligence (AI), to help identify and evaluate candidates. All hiring decisions are ultimately made by human reviewers. For details, please visit the About Us tab on the Johnson Controls Careers site at https://jobs.johnsoncontrols.com/about-us\nJohnson Controls International plc. is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any other characteristic protected by law. To view more information about your equal opportunity and non-discrimination rights as a candidate, visitEEO is the Law. 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