Overnight Production Manager

Push Operations; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 36,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-paid benefits after probation

Job summary

Lee's Donuts in Vancouver is seeking an Evening Production Manager to lead our overnight production and commissary operations and ensure our shops wake up ready for another day.

This hands-on leadership role requires keeping plans organized, guiding a night crew, coordinating ingredients, orders and schedules, and building reliable processes for a busy bakery.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience in a kitchen, bakery, food production, or similar environment.

Responsibilities

• Oversee evening production to ensure orders are accurate and on time.
• Manage inventory, ingredients, and commissary organization.
• Create staff and production schedules with proper coverage.
• Coordinate shop orders, pre-orders, and invoicing.
• Train and coach team members with constructive feedback.
• Ensure next-day prep and production readiness.
• Support logistics, deliveries, and inter-location transfers as needed.
• Keep the Operations Manager informed on performance and needs.

Skills

Leadership

Inventory management

Scheduling

Team coaching

Training

Problem solving

Overnight operations

Job description

While the city sleeps, we make the donuts.

Lee's Donuts started in 1979 as a little mom-and-pop donut shop in the heart of Granville Island Public Market.

More than 45 years later, we've grown quite a bit, but we're still about the same things: great donuts, good people, warm hospitality, and taking pride in what we do.

We're looking for an Evening Production Manager to lead our overnight production and commissary operations and make sure our shops wake up ready for another day.

This is a hands‑on leadership role for someone who likes being trusted to run the show, keeps their cool when plans change, and gets a strange amount of satisfaction from a well‑organized production schedule.

If you're a night person, even better.

What does an Evening Production Manager actually do?

You set tomorrow up for success.

You'll lead our evening production and commissary team, making sure we have the right people, ingredients, supplies, orders and production plans in place to get everything where it needs to go.

That includes:

• Leading the team and overseeing production so orders are completed accurately and on time.
• Managing inventory, ingredient and supply ordering, and keeping the commissary organized.
• Creating staff and production schedules and making sure we have the right coverage.
• Coordinating shop orders, special pre‑orders and invoicing.
• Training and coaching team members and giving clear, respectful feedback.
• Making sure the products and prep needed for the following day are ready to go.
• Helping with the behind‑the‑scenes logistics, whether that’s coordinating deliveries, moving product or supplies between locations, or jumping in wherever the operation needs support.
• Keeping the Operations Manager informed about how things are running, what’s working and where you need support.

And when something unexpected happens at 2:17am?

There probably isn't a meeting you can schedule about it.

You're the person who figures out what to do next.

Leadership here also means jumping in. Whether that's helping with production, moving supplies, cleaning equipment, supporting a delivery or filling an operational gap, you're not there to watch the work happen.

You're there to help lead it.

You might be our kind of leader if...

You're organized and notice what needs attention before it becomes a problem.

You can lead a team without someone looking over your shoulder.

You give people clear direction, treat them with respect and aren't afraid to have a conversation when something needs to improve.

You stay calm when plans change, make good decisions and take pride in leaving the operation better than you found it.

Previous leadership experience in a kitchen, bakery, food production, manufacturing, restaurant or similar environment would be a strong asset.

Donut experience? Not necessary.

Good judgement, reliability and the ability to lead a team at 3am? Much more important.

The important stuff

Pay: $26.00/hour + tips

Position: Full‑Time, Permanent

Schedule: Overnight shifts between 8:00pm and 6:00am, approximately 40 hours per week

Benefits: 100% employer‑paid benefits after successfully completing your three‑month probationary period

This is an active position. You'll spend much of your shift on your feet in a commercial kitchen and production environment, lifting ingredients and supplies and occasionally moving between locations to support the operation.

Why Lee’s?

Because the work that happens overnight matters.

By the time our shops open their doors, thousands of little details have already had to go right. You'll lead the team responsible for making that happen.

You'll have the opportunity to develop people, improve how we work, build better processes and take real ownership over an important part of our operation.

And when you finish your shift and Vancouver is just starting its day, you'll know your team helped make sure there are fresh donuts waiting for it.

Not a bad night's work.

If you're a night owl who likes leading people, solving problems and leaving things better than you found them, we should probably talk.

Come run the night shift with us!