Bakery Supervisor
The WatchHouse Bakery Supervisor is hands-on and leads by example;
someone who is passionate about quality, consistency and provenance. An
empathetic team-leader, they are passionate about developing talent and sharing
knowledge. They are able to motivate and successfully lead a high performing
team in delivering innovative and best-in-class products to our Houses.
They are responsible for leading the day to day running of the
production schedule to ensure everything produced is to the required standard
and within budget. This role is also responsible for the day-to-day supervision
of health and food safety of the bakery ensuring full compliance with
WatchHouse’s operating procedures.
Directly reports into (Line Manager): Bakery Manager
Key Responsibilities:
· Maintain a positive culture and an engaged
team motivated to create a world-class bakery programme.
·
Lead, motivate and hold to account the
bakery team throughout your shift.
· Support the bakery manager with onboarding -
demonstrating new recipes and training production techniques out to the wider
team.
· Uphold standards with honesty and empathy to
ensure consistent quality.
· Coordinate team to ensure all orders are
produced to specification and dispatched correctly.
· Manage bakery stock management, ordering
appropriate levels of stock to control wastage.
· Ensure full bakery compliance, keeping records
of work practices to comply with Health and Safety legislation guaranteeing
safe food practice.
· Keep working equipment safe and good order
whilst ensuring any maintenance are flagged swiftly.
Key to this role:
· Genuine passion for food and desire to deliver
best in class products to our Houses.
· Ability to diligently follow recipe
specifications.
· Strong leadership abilities, with a positive
can-do attitude.
· Experience in lamination, viennoiserie,
enriched doughs and patisserie.
· Previous experience leading a team in a
high-volume production bakery - with the ability to deliver effective feedback
and hold their team to account.
· Level 3 Food Hygiene or successful completion
of by end of probation, knowledge of HACCP and ability to implement and manage
food safety practices
to remain compliant.
· Excellent verbal and written communication
skills.
· Ability to prioritise tasks to ensure
operational efficiency and success.
Working at WatchHouse
At WatchHouse, we are a people first business. We treat everyone with respect. We pride ourselves in creating an environment where diversity is celebrated, equality is insisted, and inclusion expected.
A company where we believe in having the right person in the role; and personality, individuality and uniqueness top the list of what we are looking for in applications and throughout our hiring process.
We also know that everyone is different, and we value and respect diversity, standing up for equality and standing against any form of discrimination.
Decisions about and the treatment of people at work should be based on the individual’s abilities, skills, performance, and behavior- these should be assessed against the WatchHouse job description requirements for each individual role.
We are always patient and considerate towards others. Encouraging, approachable and communicate brilliantly. We strive to be the best we can be, by giving and receiving regular and honest feedback in a professional manner.
We plan, prioritize and are mindful and respect the time of others. We complete every task to the best of our ability. Always happy to ask for help, work in cohesion with other people/departments and share successes.
We work to make WatchHouse an environment of trust and comradery, where others are inspired to play their part in working effectively together. Building strong relationships with others and demonstrating positive energy. We recognize and value the contribution of others across the business, working together to deliver the Modern Coffee experience to each and every person touched by our business.