Production Operations Manager

Sourdough Sophia; Greater London; Presencial; GBP 45.000 - 65.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Paid sick leave

Free lunch

Bread

Descripción de la vacante

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.

Formación

• 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.

Responsabilidades

• 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.

Conocimientos

People leadership

Data-driven

HACCP knowledge

Teaching others

Sourdough production

Descripción del empleo

Sourdough Sophia began in a dining room during lockdown, when queues formed down the road for our micro bakery. With the help of a Kickstarter and nearly 600 local backers,we opened our doors in 2020.

Today we're a scaling independent bakery, and our priority is still people. Working in hospitality is hard, but it shouldn't be unfair. We're looking for a aProduction Operations Manager to build the systems and the team that let us scale, and to keep our production calm, safe and brilliant while we do. We're a seven-day operationwith night bakes, so you'll need to be happy working across the week, including nights.

Main responsibilities

• Leading the shift from the line, coaching our senior bakersand pastry chefs as you go
• Building the SOPs, routines and team that make us readyto scale
• Create the systems that turn new products intoeveryday production and get them to the stores
• Run the production schedule, write the rotas and cover logistics, from packing to delivery
• Own food safety and compliance to the higheststandards
• Track yield, waste and cost per unit, and leadimprovement projects
• Keep standards consistent across sites and wholesale, working with our Product Development and Standards Lead

Requirements

• 5+ years in food manufacturing, CPU orartisan bakery production, with real peopleleadership
• Hands-on experience producing sourdoughand laminated pastry
• Experience building systems from scratch
• Strong HACCP, hygiene and allergenknowledge
• Confidence using KPIs and data to driveimprovement
• A calm, visible, decisive style, and a love oft teaching others

What's in it for you

• Paid sick leave
• Free lunch, coffee and bread
• Wellbeing support, including massages and therapy