Bakery Manager

Reliance Talent Solutions; Longford; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Reliance Talent Solutions in Midlands, Ireland is seeking a Head Baker to lead a skilled bakery production team and drive recipe development. This hands-on leadership role combines daily manufacturing supervision with technical baking expertise to deliver consistent, high-quality products.

The successful candidate will oversee mixing, proving and baking, manage production records and drive food safety and quality checks, while mentoring staff and shaping the team’s performance during busy shifts.

Qualifications

• At least five years of bakery experience, including a minimum of two years in a comparable Head Baker role.
• The practical skill and technical judgement to oversee a range of baked products and resolve production problems.
• Experience formulating recipes and contributing to new product development, with an understanding of consistency at production scale.
• Proven team leadership: you can give clear direction, develop colleagues and maintain standards during busy production periods.
• A strong approach to production processes, food safety, quality checks and accurate record keeping.
• The ability to communicate clearly in spoken and written English.
• Availability for early morning shifts and authorisation to work in Ireland. References confirming relevant experience will be requested.

Responsibilities

• Lead the bakery team through daily production, setting clear priorities, providing practical guidance and maintaining consistent working standards.
• Oversee preparation, mixing, forming, proving and baking, making sure recipes and agreed product specifications are followed.
• Lead recipe formulation and product development work, turning ideas into products that can be made consistently in a production environment.
• Keep a close watch on process performance, investigate variation and follow improvements through into day‑to‑day practice.
• Build reliable checks and controls into the production routine so that food safety, quality and customer requirements are met.
• Ensure production records are completed accurately as work takes place, supporting traceability and effective process control.
• Coach colleagues, encourage teamwork and create a working environment where people understand what good performance looks like.

Skills

Bakery leadership

Recipe development

Production management

Team leadership

Food safety & quality

Record keeping

English communication

Job description

Head Baker

Midlands, Ireland Full-time, on site

Bring your baking expertise to a role where you can shape the products and the team behind them. This opportunity combines hands‑on bakery leadership with recipe development and the satisfaction of improving how quality products are made.

Reliance Talent Solutions is recruiting a Head Baker for a specialist food producer. You will lead an established bakery production team, guide colleagues through daily manufacturing and take a leading role in developing new recipes and products. The business needs someone who pairs technical baking knowledge with clear leadership and disciplined production practices.

Where you will make an impact

• Lead the bakery team through daily production, setting clear priorities, providing practical guidance and maintaining consistent working standards.


• Oversee preparation, mixing, forming, proving and baking, making sure recipes and agreed product specifications are followed.


• Lead recipe formulation and product development work, turning ideas into products that can be made consistently in a production environment.


• Keep a close watch on process performance, investigate variation and follow improvements through into day‑to‑day practice.


• Build reliable checks and controls into the production routine so that food safety, quality and customer requirements are met.


• Ensure production records are completed accurately as work takes place, supporting traceability and effective process control.


• Coach colleagues, encourage teamwork and create a working environment where people understand what good performance looks like.

What you will bring

• At least five years of bakery experience, including a minimum of two years in a comparable Head Baker role.


• The practical skill and technical judgement to oversee a range of baked products and resolve production problems.


• Experience formulating recipes and contributing to new product development, with an understanding of consistency at production scale.


• Proven team leadership: you can give clear direction, develop colleagues and maintain standards during busy production periods.


• A strong approach to production processes, food safety, quality checks and accurate record keeping.


• The ability to communicate clearly in spoken and written English.


• Availability for early morning shifts and authorisation to work in Ireland. References confirming relevant experience will be requested.

Additional experience

Experience with gluten‑free baking would be an advantage. The role offers an opportunity to apply your technical knowledge within specialist bakery production.