Job Description

Rise Baking Company was founded by bakery experts passionate about providing our customers with high quality products and providing a positive, collaborative place to work for our people.

We are a company built on elevating expectations. It’s what sets us apart from others in the baking industry. And our people are our finest ingredient.

We believe the quality of our people is just as important as the quality of our products. Our environment encourages creativity, and we value an entrepreneurial and industrious approach to work —a place where honesty, respect, and trust are the essential ingredients for how we do business. We take pride in working with creative individuals with a passion for what they do, and we’re always looking to expand our team.

We offer a wide variety of professional and management opportunities, including sales, product development, account management, general management, finance, engineering, administration, and information systems management. We also employ a diverse workforce of hourly food production, packaging, quality assurance, warehouse, sanitation personnel, leads, and supervisors.

Like our products, our benefits package offers quality that makes a difference.

Coverage options may include:

• Medical, dental, life, disability, vision, and supplemental insurance
• Company paid holidays
• Paid Time Off (PTO) plans
• Performance bonus potential
• 401k plan with company match

Expectations Deliciously Exceeded.

Job Purpose

Manage shift operation of bread manufacturing facility, including production and packaging of finished goods, personnel, labor cost control, waste control, sanitation, equipment maintenance, and food safety.

Essential Functions

• Execute production schedule to meet customer orders and ensure quality and food safety standards are maintained

• Establish employee schedule and coordinate work of production associates to achieve plant goals/metrics

• Operate within the Production labor budget; report on direct labor, production efficiencies, quality, and safety

• Utilize performance measurement systems to provide feedback to direct reports in areas of productivity, cost, quality, food safety, and employee safety

• Hold employees accountable for attendance, job expectations, cGMPs, productivity metrics, and SOP compliance

• Ensure production procedures are followed including recipes, preferments, dough temperatures, molding techniques, portion control, molded quantities, bake temperature and color, freezing, and packaging

• Ensure proper equipment setup for production runs

• Manage equipment downtime according to issue, saving as much product as possible

• Maintain safe working conditions

• Collect/return ingredients for production order(s); complete all necessary paperwork

• Verify all production paperwork is fully completed, signed, and assembled in assigned production folder

• Verify cleaning procedures have been followed on all workstations used during shift

• Complete daily end of shift report and packed product reports

• Interview and select production employees who will fit well into the working culture and share the Company’s core values

• Continually train, coach, and supervise new and existing employees

• Foster a sense of team responsibility for achieving goals

• Support employee growth through individual development planning and management

• Work with Human Resources regarding personnel and performance issues

• Support food safety program, quality standards, and legality of manufactured products

• Perform other job-related duties as assigned

Qualifications

• College degree in business or related field preferred or equivalent work experience

• 2–5 years of leadership experience in production, preferably in the food industry, or manufacturing experience required

• Bread, bakery experience desired

• BRC, SQF, or AIB certification knowledge desired

• Working knowledge of computers, including Microsoft Office applications

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to organize, manage multiple priorities, and maintain high attention to detail in a fast-paced environment

• Strong leadership and team-building skills with a strong desire to drive positive change

• Self-directed with the ability to work without close supervision

• Willing to cover varied shifts if needed

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