Bakery Production Manager

About This Role

Manage the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of the Bakery department within Central Market, ensuring excellent customer service and high-quality product production. Lead and develop a team of Bakery Partners and contribute to achieving budget goals.

Responsibilities

• Exercise independent judgment in making employment-related and business decisions for the Bakery department
• Conduct interviews, performance reviews, and training for Partners
• Develop and lead a team to provide superior customer service
• Ensure production schedules and quantities meet forecasts
• Maintain optimum quality and presentation of products and in-stock conditions
• Support Bakery Manager with daily duties, forecasting, and production planning
• Manage product waste effectively
• Monitor product assortment, shrink, labor, and expenses to meet budget goals
• Support product ordering and inventory controls
• Ensure government and company regulations for product freshness, safety, refrigeration, and sanitation are met

Requirements

• Proven experience in Bakery production
• Experience managing teams of at least 10 bakers
• Experience training new bakers to achieve proficiency
• Experience in planning production and sanitation standards
• Ability to troubleshoot recipe/product issues
• Knowledge of pastry production (Buttercream/Icings, cooked Creams and curds, Pate a choux, Sponge and Cheesecakes)
• Experience working with rack ovens, kettle, 80 to 140qt Mixers
• Knowledge of European style baking using complex preferment (Levain, Sponge/Poolish)
• Experience working with Deck ovens, rack ovens, bread divider, bread divider rounder
• Ability to work flexible shifts

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Bakery production; experience managing teams of at least 10 bakers; experience training new bakers; experience in planning production and sanitation standards

Nice to Have

• Tortilla production experience
• Graduation from a Baking/Pastry school