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About the Company
I am working on an exciting opportunity with a fast-growing artisan bakery in London, known for beautiful viennoiserie, breads, and pastries. With wholesale and retail growth on the horizon, the business is looking for a Production Lead to bring structure, consistency, and leadership as they scale.
This is a key operational hire with real autonomy and influence, ideal for someone who loves the challenge of scaling quality bakery operations from the inside out.
The Role
You will take charge of bakery production across multiple departments (bread, pastry, savoury), helping streamline operations, strengthen the team, and deliver consistent results at scale.
Why Join:
* Be part of a business with ambition and momentum
* Play a critical role in laying the foundation for future growth
* Share options available after 12 months
* Full autonomy, flat leadership structure, and space to make an impact
* Opportunity to shape a production team and evolve systems from the ground up
Key Responsibilities:
* Lead daily production across departments (bread and pastry split 30/70)
* Improve labour efficiency and reduce cost
* Oversee and refresh SOPs, training, and systems for consistency and quality
* Work with existing tools (Cybake, printouts) while supporting longer-term improvements
* Mentor supervisors and assist senior leads
* Support scaling wholesale production to meet commercial demand
* Collaborate with finance to review performance metrics and margin improvements
* Drive wholesale GP
* Take full ownership of change, with a flat structure and full autonomy
About You
* Experience leading bakery/pastry production in a scaling environment
* Comfortable managing daily output, staff planning, and performance
* Strong with systems, processes, and hands-on team development
* Commercially aware: can balance craft with margin
* Not afraid to challenge and lead change
* Familiar with Cybake or other bakery management tools a plus
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Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Production and Management
* Industries
Food and Beverage Manufacturing
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