Bakery Production Manager

About This Role

Manage and lead the Bakery Production team at Central Market, ensuring efficient production schedules, high-quality products, and superior customer service. Oversee daily operations, inventory, and merchandising to meet sales and budget goals.

Responsibilities

• Exercise independent judgment in making employment-related and business decisions, or effectively recommend such decisions
• Conduct interviews, performance reviews, Partner feedback, and training for the team
• Develop and lead a team to provide the highest level of customer service
• Ensure production schedules and quantities meet forecasts and maintain optimum product quality and presentation
• Support Bakery Manager with daily and weekly duties including forecasting and production planning
• Effectively manage product waste and monitor product assortment, shrink, labor, and wrap expenses to meet budget goals
• Support product ordering and inventory controls with the order writer
• Ensure appropriate planning to meet weekly and long-term budget goals
• Merchandise department to maximize sales, ensuring appropriate abundance and effective promotion
• Maintain multiple vendor relationships
• Ensure all government and company regulations for product freshness, safety, refrigeration, and sanitation are met
• Oversee the organization and rotation of coolers

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

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Bakery production, experience managing teams of at least 10 bakers, and experience training new bakers

Nice to Have

• Tortilla production experience
• Graduation from a Baking/Pastry school
• Pastry knowledge (Buttercream/Icings, cooked Creams and curds, Pate a choux, Sponge and Cheesecakes)
• Experience working with rack ovens, kettle, 80 to 140qt Mixers (Pastry)
• Bakery/Bread knowledge (European style baking using complex preferment like Levain, Sponge/Poolish)
• Experience working with Deck ovens, rack ovens, bread divider, bread divider rounder (Bakery/Bread)