Bakery Manager

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Bakery Manager

Location: Anambra

Job Summary

• As our Bakery Manager, you will provide high-level leadership and operational oversight to ensure our bakery runs at peak efficiency, delivering high-quality products and an exceptional customer experience.
• This is a proactive, fast-paced role that requires a blend of culinary passion, team leadership, and sharp commercial insight, and we need someone ready to drive impact from day one.
• We look to you to manage everything from production schedules and ingredient scaling to inventory control and sales growth.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Staff Leadership & Training: You will recruit, onboard, and train bakers, pastry chefs, and front-of-house staff, creating a high-performance team culture and setting clear performance goals.
• Health, Safety & Compliance: You will enforce strict food safety, sanitation, and hygiene standards in full compliance with local health regulations and corporate policies.
• Inventory & Supplier Management: You will track stock levels of raw ingredients and packaging materials, place timely vendor orders, and ensure strict rotation (FIFO) to minimize spoilage.
• Customer Service & Merchandising: You will ensure the retail display is clean, inviting, and fully stocked, while building strong relationships with local customers and handling corporate or custom orders.
• Operational Oversight & Production: You will manage daily bakery operations, plan production schedules based on demand forecasts, and oversee the baking team to ensure consistency, quality, and freshness in all products.
• Financial Management & Cost Control: You will monitor ingredient costs, calculate recipe margins, manage wastage and shrinkage, and analyze daily sales data to optimize profitability.

What We Are Looking For

• Traits: High emotional intelligence to handle the pressures of early morning shifts and high-volume periods, a sharp problem-solving aptitude, and an uncompromising commitment to quality and work ethics.
• Technical Skills: Strong familiarity with bakery equipment operations, Point of Sale (POS) systems, inventory management software, and Microsoft Office Suite (especially Excel for tracking costs).
• Experience: A Degree or diploma in Culinary Arts, Hospitality Management, or Business Administration is preferred, combined with a minimum of 5 years of management experience in a commercial bakery, café, or food production environment.
• Core Competencies: Deep knowledge of baking techniques, ingredient functionality, food safety regulations (such as HACCP), and basic financial budgeting (P&L tracking).

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CVs and cover letters to: [email protected] with "Bakery Manager (Anambra)" as subject of mail.

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.