Culinary Production Specialist — Bake, Prep & Quality

Central Market; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Central Market in Austin, TX is seeking a Production Specialist with availability to include days, evenings, and weekends to handle the freshest quality ingredients.

Production Specialists work under direct supervision, applying basic and some advanced skills in procedures, techniques, tools, materials and equipment. This role requires attention to quality, sanitation, and customer service, supporting daily production and item readiness.

Qualifications

• Requires 2-5 years of related experience
• Experience with commercial production preferred
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to handle stressful situations
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to inform customers about ingredients
• Values diversity

Responsibilities

• Include mixing, shaping, baking, wrapping and stocking of products
• Ensures quality control of all product before sending to sales floor
• Maintains sanitation in the department
• Maintains organization of back storage, freezer, walk-in and production area
• Reads and executes daily production list
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as weights, discounts, percentages and volumes
• Provides customer service as required such as answering questions, taking orders on the phone
• Assists in monitoring the quality of goods and monitors shrink
• Orders and receives products and supplies
• Maintains transfer records
• Preps, wraps, prices, sells, and stocks products continuously
• Demos, or prepares customer samples for self-serve
• Provides superlative customers service
• Uses suggestive selling techniques to maximize sales

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Customer service

Stress management

Verbal communication

Written communication

Diversity awareness

Job description

Central Market in Austin, TX is seeking a Production Specialist with availability to include days, evenings, and weekends to handle the freshest quality ingredients.

Production Specialists work under direct supervision, applying basic and some advanced skills in procedures, techniques, tools, materials and equipment. This role requires attention to quality, sanitation, and customer service, supporting daily production and item readiness.