STIHL

Training Manager

STIHL  •  $89k - $100k/yr  •  Visalia, CA (Onsite)  •  4 hours ago
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Job Description

About Us

As a family-owned company, it’s the people who continue to make STIHL a successful, world-class brand.  Since revolutionizing the forestry industry in Germany with the first electric chainsaw in 1926, the STIHL name has remained synonymous with outstanding innovations, high-quality products and comprehensive service.

With competitive compensation, excellent benefits and exciting growth potential, it is a great time to join the STIHL team!

Why You’ll Love Working at STIHL:

  • Competitive pay with multiple bonus opportunities and potential for annual merit increases
  • Excellent health benefits including Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
  • Company-paid Life Insurance and Short & Long-Term Disability
  • Robust retirement offerings including:
    • A fully vested Pension Plan after 5 years
    • A 401(k) with generous employer match
  • Paid time off in addition to 11 Paid Holidays
  • A strong culture of stability, community, and innovation
  • Compensation: $89,000 - $100,000 per year. Actual compensation will depend on experience, qualifications, and internal equity

About You

You are a results-driven learning professional dedicated to creating engaging training experiences that connect people to products, purpose, and brand values. Adept at facilitating live instruction, coaching performance, and empowering teams to deliver exceptional customer and business outcomes.

Our ideal candidate will live in or around Southern, CA, or be open to relocation.

Purpose

The Training Manager serves as a key instructional leader within STIHL’s Commercial Learning and Development team, responsible for delivering impactful training experiences that sharpen our teams’ capabilities and deepen their connection to the STIHL brand. This role focuses on live instruction, coaching, and facilitation across STIHL’s sales channels and product categories — ensuring that commercial employees, dealers, and partners gain not just product knowledge, but also the skills to represent our legacy of innovation and quality.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

  • Facilitate in-person and virtual training sessions for STIHL commercial teams, dealers, and channel partners
  • Deliver engaging, brand-aligned instruction on product knowledge, sales strategies, and customer engagement
  • Partner with instructional designers to enhance existing training programs based on real-time learner feedback
  • Coach field reps and trainers to elevate facilitation techniques and improve learning outcomes
  • Assess learner performance and gather qualitative feedback to identify improvement opportunities
  • Represent STIHL values and culture in every learning interaction — modeling professionalism, integrity, and a passion for craftsmanship
  • All other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Specifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Education, Communication, Business, or related field
  • Professional training certifications (e.g., ATD Master Trainer, CPTM) strongly preferred
  • 5+ years in a training, facilitation, or coaching role in commercial, retail, or technical industries
  • Experience training on products or systems with hands-on components
  • Familiarity with STIHL’s product categories or dealer networks
  • Proven success in delivering high-impact instruction to adult learners
  • Up to 25% travel by air
  • Strong facilitation and public speaking skills for technical and commercial audiences
  • Familiarity with LMS platforms and classroom technologies
  • Ability to adapt instructional techniques to suit diverse learner needs
  • Basic proficiency with training software (PowerPoint, Teams, etc.)
  • Highly relational, strong interpersonal and coaching abilities
  • Confident, energetic presence
STIHL

About STIHL

STIHL builds on experience.

Founded in 1926 by Andreas Stihl as a one-man company, STIHL has branched out to be a world leader in the portable outdoor power equipment industry. We’ve held onto our values as we’ve grown, believing progress demands strong roots in order to flourish in a meaningful way. As a family-owned business with great global impact, sustainability is built into the structure of our company. STIHL is grounded in tradition and its command of innovation.

STIHL gets things done.

Working with nature requires both, skill and craft. STIHL products use highly sophisticated technology, developed to match our customers’ needs: straightforward, effective, long-lasting and hands-on. From the professional to the hobbyist, STIHL helps to face new endeavors and guarantees a reliable partner is at hand, whenever needed.

STIHL helps people grow.

A career at STIHL means innovative work, centered around our high-technology products. As a global company, we offer you international opportunities and entrust you with challenging tasks. Together, we seek new ideas while maintaining the highest standards of quality, which have reinforced STIHL’s legacy for almost a century. We can always rely on our highly motivated personnel, their diverse talents and varied expertise. At STIHL, you craft your career.

Thanks to our transparent structures, we create space for you to develop both personally and professionally. Your decisions will help shape STIHL’s future. As you grow, we’ll grow, together as a company.

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Industry
Manufacturing & Production
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
Waiblingen, DE
Year Founded
1926
Website
stihl.com
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