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BAKERY / PACKAGING TEAM SUPERVISOR

The Free From Bakehouse is an award winning specialist baked goods business supplying a range of (gluten/wheat/dairy/egg/sugar free) products to shops/cafes throughout London and our Borough market stall.

We have a full time vacancy for a hard-working individual to join our small bakery team as an Experienced Bakery / Packaging Team Supervisor who is willing to take on a wide number of different duties across the business.

This is a hands on role and requires someone who has experience of multi-tasking, who possesses great attention to detail, and can prioritise workload. You will be working as part of a team, with an assistant, but the duties listed below will be your main duties. Our business has grown rapidly over the past few years and like to take on staff who enjoy responsibility, have passion for the job and show commitment. This role is crucial in ensuring that our products are packaged efficiently and meet the highest quality... standards.

Your main duties are:
• Being responsible for ensuring all private & wholesale customer orders are fulfilled correctly and timely. You will (within the team) prepare and pack products in accordance with the company’s established methods to ensure private & wholesale customers receive these in the correct and timely manner.
• Liaise closely with the Head Pastry Chef & team regarding all cake orders and cake quantities required for markets and customers.
• You will be responsible for checking that all packaged goods are despatched accurately, on time, and according to the business established processes.
• This will involve cutting up brownies/flapjacks etc, preparing loaf & whole cakes for packaging and ensuring correct labels (best before dates, allergens) are on each product before despatch.
• Cross-checking outgoing orders and correctly matching invoice/delivery notes to orders. Attention to detail is essential.
• Some simple cake decorating and preparation of baked goods (tho this is not a cake decorating or pastry chef role) – training will be given.
• Preparing the correct quantity of products to be sent daily to our main market stall, liaising with market staff re stock count and extra items required on market days.
• Making simple products e.g frosting, syrups (experience in this area not required as you will be given training).
• Weekly stock count of packaging & related items, as well as monitoring levels of cakes and labels.
• Planning ahead to ensure enough packaging is available each week to fulfil orders.

You should demonstrate the following:
• Experience in a commercial & fast paced food environment (preferably a bakery) is essential
• Supervisory/management experience of being solely responsible for executing tasks.
• Ability to multi-task is essential in order to be successful in this role
• Attention to detail imperative
• To use initiative when planning, prioritising and co-ordinating workload
• To be self-motivated and be able to work under tight timelines
• To be extremely organised and tidy
• Can adapt in a calm manner to new situations/changes/processes as they arise
• To have a knowledge of food hygiene practices (or be prepared to do training)
• Enthusiastic with a happy, friendly nature
• A team player who is always hands on
• Stamina is required (standing and lifting)
• Non-smoker and punctuality important
• A very good level of written & spoken English is required

The successful candidate should also possess a valid work permit and National Insurance number and should have recent experience in a similar role, working in the UK.

Please note as we are a food business, we operate a strict No Smoking Policy - smoking during work time is prohibited.

Hours: Monday to Friday - Approx 40-45 per week. 09.30am start – 18.30pm finish. Flexibility of hours is required as some days will be a little shorter and some longer. 30 minutes unpaid break.

Occasional weekend work (Sat or Sun) will be required during seasonal months (Dec).

Remuneration: Starting wage is £13.50 per hour plus benefits (pension, 28 days holidays, fruit and … cake!). You will be put on a monthly payroll. Your salary will be increased after a successful probation period. Ideally, you will come from a solid background in the food industry, either in operations, packaging, events or retail.

There may be the opportunity to develop the role, take on new responsibility (though it won’t become a cake decorating role) should the right qualities be demonstrated in time.

We reserve the right to change the skills, this job spec and content within according to business needs.

If you fit the above, then please forward your CV with covering email to the email address below to be considered for an interview. All suitable candidates will be sent an application form to complete prior to interview, after which you will hear from us again. If you are in a current job, please state your reason(s) for wanting to leave and how much notice you have to give.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From £13.50 per hour

Expected hours: 40 – 48 per week

Additional pay:
• Yearly bonus

Benefits:
• Company pension
• Discounted or free food
• Employee discount

Schedule:
• Monday to Friday

Experience:
• Organisational skills: 2 years (required)
• Food industry: 2 years (required)
• Supervisory: 2 years (required)

Language:
• English (required)

Work authorisation:
• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

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