Job Description

We're searching for a Production Pastry Chef with a minimum of three years of pastry production experience for a highly successful dessert company, a company that employs great people.

Qualifications:

• Lead by example to ensure safe work practices are followed
• Provide consistent follow-up ensuring proper procedures are followed and documented.
• Must monitor and enforce Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP's)
• Follow schedule and ensure work assignments are completed to quality and safety specifications
• Train employees, offer praise and accountability, address complaints and resolve problems, and evaluate performance
• Recommend measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, safety standards and quality of products
• Work collaboratively with peer department leaders: Quality, Packaging, Maintenance, and Warehouse
• Ensure proper up-keep of equipment; address and resolve problems, initiate work orders for repairs

Experience:

• 3+ years of successful, hands on, leadership experience within a large pastry production environment
• Bi-lingual (spanish) a plus
• Demonstrated ability to supervise and mentor both hourly production and salaried associates
• Good working knowledge of pastry production equipment such as mixers, ovens, and packaging equipment
• Working knowledge of process controls and industry standards
• Well versed in food safety, allergen, and other compliance requirements of a bakery production facility.
• Positive and professional communication and customer service skills. Ensure capabilities to meet market needs and support profitable growth of the products produced by the facility.
• Competent with computers – accustomed to working in an MS Office environment and competent in Excel

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