manufacturing Talent Management
Take the Next Step in Talent Management
Build a Stronger Workforce. Drive Business Success.
Your people are your greatest asset. WMEP’s Talent Management Solutions help manufacturers attract, develop, engage, and retain top talent while fostering a culture of innovation and productivity.
$951k
Average Revenue Growth, Retained Revenue, and Cost Savings Achieved by WMEP Talent & Culture Clients
Why Investing in Talent Management Matters
In today’s competitive market, manufacturers must prioritize workforce development to stay ahead. WMEP offers proven talent strategies that enhance team performance, reduce turnover, and increase employee engagement and productivity.
- Retain & Develop High-Potential Employees – Strengthen internal leadership pipelines to ensure future growth and stability.
- Optimize Hiring & Onboarding – Ensure the right fit from day one with streamlined processes that match the right talent to the right roles to accelerate productivity.
- Improve Employee Productivity – Equip teams with the skills they need to excel.
Our Services
Talent & Culture Diagnostic
WMEP’s Talent & Culture Diagnostic helps manufacturers align talent strategies with business objectives by evaluating their organizations across the entire employee lifecycle. This foundational assessment delivers data-driven insights and a prioritized roadmap customized to the organization and aligned with industry best practices.
At WMEP, we understand the unique challenges you face and are here to help you build a resilient, high-performing organization from the ground up. Our Organizational Design & Development services are tailored to meet your specific needs, ensuring that you have the right structure, strategy, and people in place to succeed.
- Key Focus Areas: Organizational Structure, Systems and Processes, Employee Engagement, Change Management, Leadership Development.
- Results: Strategic alignment of structure and strategy for long-term business success and retention of talent.
Organizational Design & Development
Workforce Planning & Optimization
Future-proof your business with strategic workforce planning. Our experts help manufacturers align talent strategies with long-term business goals, ensuring you have the right people in the right seats.
- Key Services: Talent Assessments, Strategic Workforce Planning, Succession Planning.
- Results: Improved workforce stability, better hiring decisions, and increased operational efficiency.
Recruiting & Employer Branding
The first step in building a great team is attracting the right people. WMEP helps manufacturers communicate their value propositions to attract top talent.
- Key Elements: Competency Models with Role Profiles, Recruitment Strategies, Onboarding Process
. - Results: Talent aligned with strategy, values, and culture.
Ensure business continuity with succession planning and leadership pipeline development. WMEP guides manufacturers to establish meaningful, sustainable processes to plan for the future.
- Key Elements: Identifying Future Leaders, Cross-training, Succession Frameworks.
- Results: Minimized leadership gaps, improved long-term stability, increased growth potential.
Succession Planning & Key Positions
Employee Engagement & Retention
A strong company culture leads to higher employee satisfaction and productivity. WMEP helps manufacturers implement proven retention strategies to reduce turnover and boost engagement.
- Focus Areas: Engagement Surveys, Culture Assessments, Performance Development.
- Benefits: Stronger employee loyalty, reduced hiring costs, enhanced workplace morale.
Skills Development & Training Programs
Enhance workforce skills with targeted training and development programs to upskill employees and increase operational effectiveness. WMEP offers curated training programs for a variety of disciplines, all with the aim to build capability and effectiveness.
- Training Areas: Project Management, Communication, Operational Excellence & Lean Manufacturing, Technical and Human Skills Development, Train the Trainer.
- Impact: A highly skilled workforce ready for modern manufacturing challenges.
Case Studies
Palmer Hamilton: Overcoming Workforce Challenges and Doubling Growth Through Strategic Partnerships
COMPANY PROFILE: Palmer Hamilton, established in 1880, began its journey into education furniture in 1965. Since then, it has grown into a company that offers comprehensive services, creating innovative designs and furnishing solutions for various markets like K-12, higher education, commercial sectors, libraries, fab labs, and makerspaces. Based in Elkhorn, WI, with over 200 employees,…
Componex Uses Standard Work Instructions to Gear Toward Greater Productivity
Componex, which operates a facility in Edgerton, Wisconsin, is a division of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma-based Maxcess International. Componex manufactures precision, aluminum idler rollers that have extremely low rotational inertia. Its products include WINertia idlers, which feature free spinning, low inertia rollers. SITUATION: WMEP Manufacturing Solutions has been doing business with Componex since 2005. The relationship…
WMEP assists Sub-Zero to create a sustainable method to train operations leaders
Company Profile Launched in 1945, Sub-Zero Freezer Co. introduced the first system for preserving food at ultra-low temperatures. The company quickly established a reputation for quality and innovation. The third-generation, family-owned business, which operates as Sub-Zero Group Inc. based in Madison, Wisconsin, consists of three divisions – Sub-Zero refrigerators and freezers; Wolf Appliance cooking appliances; and Cove…
Testimonials
It’s always a pleasure to work with WMEP. There is exceptional value in all the training we do with the organization. Our business structure is changing with our company being bought by a larger corporation. The challenges that we will have will be much more operational and geared toward greater productivity. I look forward to working with WMEP and its team more.
Darcy Perona
,Director of OperationsComponex