Production Manager

Delicious well known foods - Modern facility - Easily accessible location **Key Responsibilities**: **Production Operations**: - Effectively manage all aspects of the facility, ensuring efficient production and adherence to SOPs. - Ensure employees are properly resourced and complete assigned tasks effectively. - Set up and maintain machinery readiness. - Report cultural breaches to the Production and Managing Directors. - Effectively communicate weekly rosters and allocate tasks aligned with production schedules and employee needs. - Allocate employees to support business requirements while considering personal commitments. - Ensure rosters are completed weekly for the following week. - Allocate time for SQF and required training, coordinating with the Compliance Manager. - Identify the need for new machinery/tools and report to the Production Director. **Leadership**: - Ensure training on Allergens and CARES values for all employees. - Communicate clearly and respectfully with employees and colleagues. - Foster a positive and collaborative work environment. - Ensure employees complete tasks efficiently. - Identify and manage underperforming team members. - Train current and new employees within the production team. - Ensure adherence to company procedures and food safety responsibilities. - Lead by example and promote positive workplace culture. - Support employee professional development. - Conduct performance reviews for direct reports (minimum annually). - Lead "Morning & Afternoon Huddle" meetings for each department. - Complete handover checklists with Afternoon Shift Supervisor. - Ensure clear expectations and tools are provided for staff operating in your absence. - Train and supervise shadow operators and new team members. - Identify recruitment needs to support operational requirements. - Report daily operation and HR concerns to the Production Director. - Respond to meeting invites promptly and notify attendees of changes. **Quality**: - Maintain familiarity with company quality policies, procedures, and hygiene standards. - Ensure quality standards are understood and met by all employees. - Maintain production and traceability records. - Advise the Production Director on evolving production systems. - Achieve >90% on monthly audits. - Communicate potential food fraud and product sabotage risks. - Record and report scraps to the Production Director. - Ensure proper labelling, sealing, and accounting of shop stock. **Safety**: - Report incidents impacting food safety (pests, foreign objects, CCP failures, allergen contamination) to Production Director and Compliance Manager. - Document and address OH&S incidents. - Ensure safe and hygienic operation of equipment and machinery by the team. - Follow SQF standards for bakery equipment usage. - Conduct regular safety checks with the Compliance Manager. - Ensure adherence to uniform safety standards by the entire bakery team. - Communicate production schedules and shortfalls to minimise allergen contamination risks. - Record machinery downtime and report it to the Production Director. - Assist in identifying food safety program shortfalls and notify the Compliance Manager. - Maintain secure premises and personalised security codes. **General Housekeeping**: - Ensure a clean and organised bakery environment for efficient workflow. **Education, Qualifications, Licenses**: - First Aid Certification - 3-5 years' experience in Production Management or similar **Skills**: - Strong communication, leadership, and organisational skills. - Punctuality, professionalism, and the ability to lead by example. - Strong interpersonal and customer service skills. - Problem-solving skills and the ability to work autonomously. - Accountability and follow-through with tasks. - Openness to give feedback. *Must have full working rights*