BAKERY PRODUCTION LEAD

About the role

This position is an integral part of the bakery production team, working to maximize the effectiveness, compliance, and day-to-day production function of the bakery with a lead by example mindset. The role assists the operations supervisor with all operational production site functions related to the manufacture of donut and bakery products.

Responsibilities

• Perform the necessary activities related to the timely manufacture of the donut bakery's finished goods, the picking of all bakery and fresh product orders, loading of trucks, dispatch of routes, and cleaning and sanitation of all equipment and plant.
• Communicate effectively with all bakery plant associates, maintaining Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Be a positive role model to all associates through your words, actions, and appearance, leading by example.
• Work with a purpose, set, meet, and exceed the production goals on a daily basis.
• Organize, maintain, and operate all production and picking areas throughout the production packing and picking processes in an efficient and safe manner.
• Provide and support the SAFE / Quality training of all associates in the mixing, sheeting, proofing, frying, production, icing, decorating, oven baking, flow wrapping packaged products, and picking functional areas of the bakery, providing guidance to any associate that may require assistance performing tasks assigned.
• Affirm that all HACCP and CCP guidelines as established by QA are followed and that all employees understand what is expected.
• Assist the supervisor in the start of the shift and pass out all job assignments for the day if and when call-out absences occur.
• Affirm that all production and sanitation areas are maintained organized and clean at all times.
• Affirm that dough mixer associates maintain proper batch and temperature recording sheets, follow batching processes as outlined, and ensure an uninterrupted supply of raw dough to the sheeter operation for a continuous production flow.
• Affirm that all material requests by work stations are pulled correctly and delivered in a timely manner to keep a continuous production flow.
• Complete all required Work Orders (WO) through accurate reporting of production counts and labor utilized.
• Troubleshoot operational distress pertaining to area workloads and monitor production associates and processes to ensure assigned job tasks are completed and followed, are on time, escalating any non-resolved issues to operations supervisor so that appropriate action is addressed.
• If an associate is not performing to time standards, communicate and monitor until times are met.
• Be able and willing to perform any/all job duties within the production/picking operation, be knowledgeable in all areas of product quality, adhere to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and enforce all quality and HACCP standards.
• Affirm the proper setup and operational readiness of all production equipment, including mixers, sheeters, proofer, fryers, glazers, icers, ovens, flow wrappers, and decoration stations.
• Print off all pick sheets for donuts and fresh items and distribute accordingly to assigned order pickers to meet BRTs (bakery ready time).
• Attend the daily KPI and performance board each morning.
• Participate in the daily Bakery Plant Leadership 6S walk.
• Attend and participate in F2F meetings with associates, communicating performance measures achieved from the previous day and the expectations of the current day.
• Support and help resolve Quality problems as communicated from QA team members.
• Oversee through effective supervision, dough mixing, sheeting, proofing, frying, glazing, filling, icing, decorating, baking, flow wrapping, packing, and picking of all manufactured and fresh products.
• Affirm that the loading of delivery trucks is conducted per SOPs in the proper load sequence based on routing requirements and dispatch time.
• Affirm that truck cleanliness is maintained and trucks get cleaned on a routine schedule.
• Utilize lead skills, work across all functions and levels of the bakery operation, effectively ensuring and role modeling high performance standards as related to the production, appearance, and quality of all finished goods.
• Affirm that plant equipment cleaning and sanitation is performed and meets operational expectations and compliance as established in SOPs.
• Affirm that Fresh minimum shelf life standards to stores are being met through proper date coding of all picked items in accordance to established minimum shelf life store expectations.
• Affirm that any rework of raw materials and finished goods is conducted as outlined in the product defect specifications.
• Enforce all employee GMP adherence policies and procedures.
• Communicate any employee attendance call out to operations supervisor/Report any associate performance issue to operations supervisor.
• Any and all other reasonable job duties as assigned by management.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• At least 2 years of experience in a similar role.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.
• Knowledge of HACCP and CCP guidelines.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Experience with food safety and quality assurance.
• Basic computer skills, including Microsoft Office.