Central Market Artisan Bakery Production Manager - Fort Worth

Central Market•Fort Worth, TX

11d•Onsite

About The Position

The Artisan Bakery Production Manager is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of the Bakery department. The manager gets to know customers and provides excellent service while supervising a team of Bakery Production Partners. The role leads bakery production, including planning production schedules and quantities to meet forecasts, maintaining product quality and presentation, and supporting the Bakery Manager with forecasting and production planning. It also contributes to sales and budget goals through product ordering, inventory controls, merchandising, promotional events, waste management, and vendor relationships. The manager oversees hiring and other employment-related decisions, Partner feedback and performance reviews, training and development, and department scheduling. The role also ensures food safety, freshness, refrigeration, sanitation, cooler organization, and rotation standards are followed. Work takes place in a fast-paced retail environment and may involve flexible shifts and physical tasks.

Requirements

Proven experience in bakery production.
Experience managing teams of at least 10 bakers.
Experience training new bakers to achieve proficiency.
Experience planning production and sanitation standards.
Ability to troubleshoot recipe and product issues.
Ability to work flexible shifts.
Ability to perform the physical demands of the role, including standing and walking frequently, reaching and grasping, occasional bending and climbing movements, and lifting up to 50 pounds; the role also requires managing items in excess of 70 pounds while following safe-lifting practices.
Ability to work in a fast-paced retail environment and attend to customer needs.

Nice To Haves

Tortilla production experience.
Graduation from a Baking/Pastry school.
Pastry knowledge covering basic component manufacturing, including buttercream and icings, cooked creams and curds, pâte à choux, sponge, and cheesecakes.
Experience working with rack ovens, kettles, and 80- to 140-quart mixers.
Bakery/bread knowledge of European-style baking using complex preferments such as levain and sponge/poolish.
Experience working with deck ovens, rack ovens, bread dividers, and bread divider rounders.

Responsibilities

Direct, coordinate, and evaluate the Bakery department and supervise Bakery Production Partners.
Use independent judgment in employment-related and business decisions, including hiring, promoting, disciplining, suspending, discharging, rewarding, and resolving Partner-related matters, or effectively recommend such decisions.
Conduct interviews, performance reviews, and Partner feedback; train and develop Partners; and write department schedules.
Lead the team in providing superior customer service.
Ensure production schedules and quantities meet forecasts.
Ensure products delivered to customers meet quality and presentation standards and maintain in-stock conditions.
Maintain product knowledge and support the Bakery Manager with daily duties and weekly forecasting and production planning for the product assortment.
Effectively manage product waste.
Support monitoring product assortment, shrink, labor, and wrap expenses to meet budget goals.
Support product ordering and inventory controls with the order writer.
Plan with the Bakery Manager to meet weekly and long-term budget goals.
Sell products for promotional and special events throughout the store.
Merchandise the department to maximize sales through appropriate abundance, effective presentation, signage, art display, and promotion of services and products.
Maintain relationships with multiple vendors.
Ensure government and company standards for product freshness, safety, refrigeration, and sanitation are met.
Oversee cooler organization and rotation.
Work with the Food Safety leader to conduct regular ORT, self-assessments, and meet other food safety requirements.