Job Description

BAKERY PLANT MANAGER



Arz Fine Foods is looking for an experienced, dedicated, competent Bakery Plant Manager to join our team. This individual will be responsible in overseeing all aspects of bakery plant, including leading staff, managing budgets, ensuring food safety and quality, coordinating inventory and raw materials, and implementing production schedules to meet targets.

Responsibilities

- Managing, Planning, organizing, directing, and running optimum day-to-day bakery operations to exceed our customers' expectations.

- Maintain quality standards, safety programs, Good Manufacturing Practices and regulatory requirements by ensuring staff is trained and qualified to perform planned tasks.

- Create a work environment that promotes and encourages teamwork, to attain Company, department, and individual objectives.

- Implement continuous bakery plant improvements for increased productivity and production efficiency.

- Interface with Bakery Production leadership and Supply Chain to plan and prioritize bakery production scheduling activities.

- Oversee the development and implementation of production schedules to meet specific production targets.

- Increasing production, assets capacity, and flexibility while minimizing unnecessary costs and maintaining current quality standards.

- Ensure bakery plant compliance with company policies and government regulations.

- Implement cost reduction initiatives to minimize bakery plant and labor expenditures.

- Monitor production output, product quality, on-time shipping, and other Production Managers' responsibilities.

- Maintain proper documentation for all Bakery plant related activities.

- Execute product business plans, co-ordinates priorities, resolve issues. and participates in special projects and work schedules.

- Work closely with Human Resources Manager to ensure qualified candidates are hired for all vacant positions. Direct, coach, and mentors reporting staff to attain projected goals and objectives and to increase operational efficiency. Liaise with Human Resources to hire front line production and warehouse employees and supervision, approve payroll, and execute disciplinary action for production personnel.

- Review the job performance of each reporting staff member to ensure employee training.

- Establish goals, objectives, and guidelines covering all phases of Bakery plant operations and staff activities.

- Enforce procedures and controls within the Bakery plant to attain projected goals and objectives.

- Work closely with the JHSC to ensure all members of the team are aware of safety policies to provide a safe workplace for all employees.

- Oversee and manger detailed product costing to make sure all ingredients, labour cost / timing and overhead are captured accurately.

- Oversee the maintenance of production equipment, urgency level of breakdowns, and repairs.

- Plan and forecast Bakery plant requirements with respect to manpower, equipment, facilities, budget, and latest estimates.

Requirements/experience

- Degree or Diploma in Engineering, Manufacturing, or Business.

- 10+ years of experience in bakery manufacturing and operations leadership.

- Strong Leadership, Organizational, and Financial management skills

- Knowledge and working experience of Mediterranean pastries and desserts such Baklawa, Arabic Sweets, Cakes & Pastries, Cookies, Pita & Pies will be considered as an asset.

- Knowledge of Software in Nutrition analysis and product and product costing, preferably NutraCoster.

- Demonstrate success in production management, quality improvement, waste management and cost control.

- Experience implementing Lean principles, leading safety programs, and developing high-performing teams.

- Strong working knowledge of HACCP or Good Manufacturing Practices.

- Proven success leading growth initiatives such as shift expansion, factory scale-up, or capacity increases.

- Ability to work in Fast Paced environment and flexible hours.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

Dental care Extended health care
Work Location: In person