Key Responsibilities
Production & Standardization
- Execute bulk pastry and bakery production according to approved recipes, SOPs, yield, and portion control.
- Ensure consistency in taste, texture, weight, packaging, and shelf life across all batches.
- Follow daily and weekly production plans aligned with outlet demand.
- Monitor critical control points during mixing, baking, cooling, freezing, and packing.
Section & Workflow Management
- Take full responsibility for assigned production area (bakery, cakes, desserts, frozen items, doughs, fillings, etc.).
- Organize mise en place and production sequencing to meet dispatch timelines.
- Coordinate with packing, dispatch, and logistics teams.
- Ordering, Inventory & Cost Awareness
- Assist in raw-material ordering based on production forecasts.
- Monitor stock levels, expiry dates, FIFO, and batch traceability.
- Control waste, rework, and overproduction.
- Follow approved recipes strictly to support food-cost targets.
Staff Supervision & Training
- Supervise Commis and production staff during shifts.
- Train team members on SOPs, equipment usage, hygiene, and safety.
- Ensure productivity targets are met within allocated labor hours.
Food Safety, Hygiene & Compliance
- Ensure compliance with HACCP, food safety standards, and local authority regulations.
- Maintain proper documentation: temperature logs, cleaning schedules, batch records, and traceability.
- Ensure correct labeling (production date, expiry, batch code).
- Innovation & Continuous Improvement
- Support trials, new product development, and process improvements.
- Assist in scaling recipes from kitchen trials to mass production.
- Propose efficiency improvements in production flow, yield, and shelf life.
Qualifications and Skills:
- Culinary or Pastry Diploma preferred.
- 35 years pastry experience, with exposure to commissary or bulk production preferred.
- Experience with central kitchen equipment and production planning is an advantage.
- Strong understanding of large-scale production and standardization.
- Good time management and planning skills.
- Cost awareness and waste control mindset.
- Ability to work under pressure in a high-volume environment.
