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Manager In Training Program Disciplines

Explore the seven disciplines in the Manager In Training program to select the one that best aligns with your interests and skill set.

Production

The Production Manager In Training Program exposes you to the tasks and responsibilities of a Home Building Management professional. As a Production Manager In Training, you will learn all facets of the home building process to prepare you for a position in production leadership. 

Areas of Concentration: 

  • The home construction process from start to finish 

  • Phases of in-facility production

  • HUD codes and standards

  • Budgeting, costing, and analysis 

  • Creating a world-class team member environment 

  • Quality and continuous improvement

Materials/Supply Chain

The Materials Manager In Training Program exposes you to the tasks and responsibilities of a homebuilding materials management professional. As a Materials Manager In Training, you will learn about the procurement process of building materials in a vertically integrated system.

Areas of Concentration

  • The manufactured home construction process

  • Facets of a material management role

  • Quality control methods

  • Service, repair and parts activities at a homebuilding facility

  • Budgeting, costing, and analysis

  • Purchasing processes and strategies

  • Enterprise Resource Planning roles and responsibilities

Customer Care

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The Customer Care Manager In Training Program exposes you to the tasks and responsibilities of a home building customer care management professional. As a Customer Care Manager In Training, you will learn our process of providing world-class customer service.

Areas of Concentration

  • The manufactured home construction process

  • Relationship between Sales and Customer Care

  • Responsibilities of the Customer Care Manager

  • Customer care technology platforms

  • Creating feedback loops to improve quality

  • Understanding profit and loss implications of service

  • Creating relationships with retailer partners and customers

Environmental Health and Safety

An Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Manager ensures that industrial operations comply with environmental regulations while maintaining safe working conditions. As an EHS Manager In Training, you will gain working knowledge of the EHS role in the modern manufactured home construction process.

Areas of Concentration

  • Compliance with EHS laws and regulations

  • Risk assessment and mitigation

  • Safety training for Team Members

  • Promoting a culture of safety

  • Injury and incident Investigation and prevention

  • Records maintenance and reporting

  • ISO® 14001 program.

ISO is a registered trademark of the International Organization for Standardization.

Team Member Experience (HR)

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The Team Member Experience (TMX) path exposes you to human resources management. As a Team Member Experience Manager In Training, you will learn what it means to provide a world-class team member experience while ensuring alignment with our culture and values and maintaining compliance with employment laws and regulations.

Areas of Concentration

  • Workday human resources software

  • Pay and rewards, compensation plans, and benefit plans

  • Employment practices

  • Recruiting and hiring

  • The performance management processes

  • Leadership engagement and development

  • Job skills training

Operations and Supply

The Operations Management/Supply Manager In Training path exposes team members to the tasks and responsibilities of daily manufacturing operations. You will get to travel between Clayton Supply facilities and learn how we manufacture and distribute product throughout Clayton.

Areas of Concentration

  • Developing a safety-first culture

  • Working knowledge of various supply manufacturing facilities.

  • Quality assurance and customer relationships

  • Team member management, leadership and coaching

  • ERP systems and inventory management

  • Budgeting, costing, and analysis.

  • Manufacturing operating systems and continuous improvement

Sales

The Sales Manager In Training program is an immersive process designed to provide the building blocks for becoming a subject matter expert across all facets of Clayton Home Building Group® . Our sales organization’s strategic focus is to earn trust, provide unparalleled value and foster customer success, elements critical to performing well in a Customer Success Manager role.

Areas of concentration

  • Working knowledge of the modern manufactured home building process

  • Understanding material management

  • Exposure to retail and community operations and processes

  • In-depth understanding and job shadowing relating to B2B sales

Questions? Contact Kimberly Jones, HBG Talent Acquisition Manager

The company does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, ethnicity, ancestry, citizenship, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, military status, family/familial status, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.