Bakery Manager
Visa sponsorship
Hospitality · New Plymouth, New Zealand · Full-Time · $25/hr · Visa: Employer sponsored
Lead a New Plymouth bakery department while remaining involved in practical baking. The manager plans production, maintains quality and freshness and manages stock, waste and staff. Experienced Bakers and Senior Bakers with leadership potential are encouraged, alongside current Bakery Managers looking for a new challenge.
Eligible overseas professionals with relevant experience may be considered for employer sponsorship.
An English CV should connect your baking range with production planning, team coaching and commercial responsibility. prepare a hands-on bakery department management CV with examples of product development and using customer feedback. Explain how you balance daily availability, quality and department performance.
Key Responsibilities
- Own daily bakery performance and coordinate production so products are available when customers need them.
- Maintain consistent freshness, quality, portions and presentation and use bakery knowledge to improve products and processes.
- Develop new products for customer preferences and market opportunities and plan output from sales patterns and expected demand.
- Monitor stock, purchasing, waste and availability and support labour planning and productivity.
- Lead with clear direction, coaching, training and support, promoting accountability, teamwork and high standards while helping practically when needed.
- Resolve operational issues and monitor food safety, hygiene and workplace safety compliance in a clean, organised, customer-focused department.
- Use feedback to improve products and service and work with store management on business goals, budgets, costs and commercial performance.
- Continuously improve efficiency, quality and customer satisfaction.
Requirements & Eligibility
- Demonstrated professional baking in a supermarket, retail or commercial bakery or comparable food production setting.
- Strong practical preparation and production knowledge and proven consistent quality bakery products.
- Previous supervision or management is advantageous; experienced Bakers and Senior Bakers with leadership potential and current Bakery Managers seeking a challenge are encouraged.
- Strong interest in innovation and product development, able to lead, coach, motivate and develop staff.
- Strong planning and organisation and good knowledge of stock control, waste, labour utilisation and department performance.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, able to work independently and contribute to wider management.
- Hands-on leadership, customer service focus and commitment to quality, food safety, hygiene and workplace safety.
- Able to work well in busy retail.
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