Bakery Production Ops Lead — Scale & SOPs, Nights

Sourdough Sophia; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid sick leave

Free lunch

Bread

Job summary

Sourdough Sophia in Greater London is seeking a Production Operations Manager to build the systems and team that allow us to scale, keeping production calm, safe and brilliant as we grow. We bake seven days a week with night bakes, so you must be able to work across the week, including nights.

You will lead shift coaching, develop SOPs, manage production schedules, and own food safety and cost improvements while coordinating with development and standards teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in food manufacturing or artisan bakery production with real people leadership.
• Hands-on experience producing sourdough and laminated pastry.
• Experience building systems from scratch.
• Strong HACCP, hygiene and allergen knowledge.
• Confidence using KPIs and data to drive improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead the shift from the line, coaching senior bakers and pastry chefs.
• Build SOPs, routines and team to enable scaling.
• Create systems turning new products into everyday production and distribution to stores.
• Run production schedule, write rotas and manage logistics from packing to delivery.
• Own food safety and compliance to high standards.
• Track yield, waste and cost per unit; lead improvement projects.
• Keep standards consistent across sites and wholesale, coordinating with the Product Development and Standards Lead.

Skills

People leadership

Data-driven

HACCP knowledge

Teaching others

Sourdough production

Job description

Sourdough Sophia in Greater London is seeking a Production Operations Manager to build the systems and team that allow us to scale, keeping production calm, safe and brilliant as we grow. We bake seven days a week with night bakes, so you must be able to work across the week, including nights.

You will lead shift coaching, develop SOPs, manage production schedules, and own food safety and cost improvements while coordinating with development and standards teams.