Bakery Supervisor

Hot Numbers Coffee Ltd is a vibrant and independent coffee roasting business serving fresh and exciting food at our three cafés in Cambridgeshire. Our large commercial bakery, specialising in slow fermentation bread and sourdough, is based at The Roastery Café in Shepreth. Our bakery has state of the art equipment and a large open space to work in. Our passionate bakery team produces a wide range of artisanal bread, cakes and pastries, always to the highest standard, for our three cafés in Cambridge and our range of wholesale customers.

If you are confident in developing new recipes and products in response to popular trends, you thrive when managing a team and you want to be part of a quickly growing bakery, then we want to hear from you.

**Responsibilities**:

- Overseeing the production of our range of bread, cakes and pastries to a high standard, including hands-on preparation on a daily basis.
- Taking a creative approach to designing new, exciting products to add to our displays as well as specials and seasonal bakes.
- Managing the daily operation of our pizza section including dough production and ingredient prep for toppings.
- Confidently leading your team of bakers, ensuring good communication and assisting them in reaching their potential.
- Ordering of ingredients and stock control.
- Maintaining a high level of food safety and cleanliness throughout the bakery.
- Resolving customer queries and complaints.

**Requirements**:

- Have experience across a wide range of baked goods from bread to cakes, viennoiserie, and biscuits.
- Have excellent organisational and time management skills.
- Ability to promote a positive and professional working atmosphere and encourage the team to exceed customer expectations.

**Work Benefits**:

- Opportunity for creative input and product development
- Free lunch and hot drinks on shift
- Discounted food and retail products for staff at all three cafés
- Safe onsite cycle parking and cycle path to Cambridge
- Free car parking
- Friendly and vibrant team

**Hours of work**:
Availability to work early mornings and weekends is essential. Our bakery shifts start as early as 5.30 am and staff are rotated accordingly. We also run pizza nights on Fridays and Saturdays with later starts and closes that can run to 9pm. Our standard contracts are 40 hr/week, to be negotiated with the successful applicant. We operate as a business seven days a week.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: From £11.50 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Store discount

Schedule:

- 10 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Weekend availability

**Experience**:

- Baking: 2 years (preferred)
- Supervising: 1 year (required)

Work Location: One location