This is an excellent opportunity to become part of a friendly and passionate team, working for a well-established and high-quality bakery.

About the Bakery Manager job

The role oversees the night-time operations of the bakery, ensuring smooth workflows, consistent product quality, and timely production. It involves hands-on bread making, developing new products, and managing a team to foster a positive, high-performing environment. Responsibilities also include efficient scheduling, maintaining food safety and hygiene standards, and providing clear handovers to ensure seamless continuity between shifts.

Key tasks

• Be involved in leading the night-time operations of the bakery, ensuring smooth, efficient workflows, organising team tasks, maintaining production schedules, and addressing any operational issues to consistently meet output and quality targets. It requires active participation in all stages of bread and pastry production, from mixing and shaping to baking and finishing, while meeting daily demands and maintaining product consistency according to established standards.
• Focus on developing new bakery lines by creating, testing, and documenting recipes, ensuring that new products can be produced consistently without compromising quality.
• Manage and motivate a small team, providing training, supporting skill development, conducting check-ins, and addressing challenges promptly.
• Efficient production planning and time management including scheduling, prioritising tasks, adjusting workflows, and anticipating bottlenecks to ensure timely delivery of products.
• Maintain a strict food safety, hygiene, and quality standards is critical, with regular checks, accurate record-keeping, and adherence to cleaning and allergen protocols.
• Prepare detailed handovers to the day-shift team, recording completed and outstanding tasks, noting stock levels or equipment issues, communicating priorities, and ensuring all documentation and workspaces are in order to support seamless continuity and consistent quality.

About You

• The successful candidate shall have experience in commercial baking and have a good understanding of various baking methods/techniques including dough mixing, oven work and finishing bakery products.
• Be reliable, self-motivated, and highly organised with a can-do attitude and thrive in a fast-paced, team environment.
• Demonstrate strong time-management and leadership skills.

More details

The Bakery Manager job (ref:9032) is paying £50,000 per annum according to your experience and is a nighttime shift position.

The bakery is in West Sussex and is commutable from Steyning, Shoreham-by-Sea, Small Dole, Worthing, Lancing, Brighton and Cowfold and surrounding towns within West Sussex.

The package includes Free food on site and parking available, 20 days of annual leave plus bank holidays.

The working hours are 5 nights a week - Monday to Friday, 8:00pm to 5:00am.

Alternate job titles - Head Baker | Bakery Supervisor | Production Manager – Bakery | Artisan Bakery Manager | Bakery Team Leader | Senior Baker | Bakery Operations Manager | Bakery Shift Manager | Bakery & Production Lead