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Bakery Production Manager, WatchHouse.
Watch House - Bakery
Bakery Production Manager, WatchHouse.
Watch House - Bakery
Full Time
4
Years
Experience
Up to £45000 / Year
Full Time
4
Years
Experience
Up to £45000 / Year
Skills
Bakery
People
Communication
Description
Bakery Production Manager, WatchHouse.
As Bakery Production Manager at WatchHouse, you'll drive the daily operations of our bakery—leading a skilled team, upholding exceptional product quality, and ensuring every item is delivered on time, in full, and to spec.
You’ll drive a high-performing team culture through effective leadership, recruitment, and training. Overseeing production, scheduling, stock, and fulfilment, you’ll ensure efficiency whilst maintaining the highest standards in food safety, hygiene, and compliance.
With an exciting bakery relocation underway, you’ll help shape our future—launching new products, optimising our space, and owning cost control, recipe documentation, and quality systems. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who thrives on structure, standards, and team success.
Directly reports into (Line Manager): Head of Food.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead, manage, and develop the Bakery team—ensuring a positive, engaged, and high-performing culture through accountability, recruitment, onboarding, and ongoing training.
Oversee all bakery operations, including food production, scheduling, stock control, and order fulfilment—ensuring all products are delivered on time, in full, and to spec.
Maintain exceptional product quality and consistency, upholding recipes, specifications, and standards across all product lines while supporting successful new product development and launches.
Uphold food safety and health & safety compliance, managing daily hygiene practices, cleaning rotas, and use of Trail logs, while addressing maintenance issues promptly.
Ensure the bakery space is well-utilised and operationally efficient, keeping equipment in safe working order and workflows optimised.
Monitor and manage bakery cost controls, including labour, ingredients, and wastage, while supporting the implementation of cost-saving strategies.
Own all recipe documentation and compliance systems.
Key to this role:
4 years minimum experience within a professional bakery.
Proactive and solutions-focused, with strong initiative, problem-solving skills, and the ability to stay calm and adaptable in a fast-paced environment.
Inspiring leader and team motivator, capable of effectively leading, managing, and developing others while fostering a positive, accountable culture.
Operationally and commercially minded, with a sharp eye for efficiency, recipe costing, margin management, and continuous improvement.
Detail-driven and quality-focused, ensuring all products consistently meet exacting standards and specifications.
Strong communicator and collaborator, with excellent interpersonal skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office for clear, organised reporting and planning.
What can you expect at WatchHouse:
Beautiful designed Houses, working on industry leading equipment and fellow hospitality professionals.
Contracted hours every week to give you stability and the ability to plan your personal life.
Access to the House Manager bonus scheme (up to £8,000 per year)
Free WatchHouse made drinks (even on your days off!).
On and off shift training when you join the team to ensure you are set for success.
Access to SCA training.
250g of free coffee each month.
Access to the Cycle to work scheme.
A day off shift induction within your first two weeks of joining WatchHouse.
Genuine opportunities for career growth within WatchHouse as we continue to grow.
Free lunch on every shift.
A social budget for each location to have fun with your team outside of work.
An invite to the annual WatchHouse Party; including presenting the Core Value Awards and prizes such as a trip to Coffee Farms!
30% off food in any of our House, any time.
30% off our WatchHouse retail coffee, anytime
Working at WatchHouse.
WatchHouse was born from a passion to do better—with diligence, detail, and a relentless pursuit of excellence at our core. We’re a people-first business that celebrates individuality and places respect, inclusion, and equality at the heart of everything we do. We believe in hiring the right person for the role, valuing personality and potential as much as skills and experience. As a team, we lead with empathy, communicate openly, collaborate effectively, and support one another to succeed. We hold ourselves to high standards, sharing in each other’s successes while staying mindful, kind, and committed to progress. Our four core values—passion, can do, diligence, and empathy—guide every decision we make and shape the culture we’re proud to build together.
Bakery Production Manager, WatchHouse.
As Bakery Production Manager at WatchHouse, you'll drive the daily operations of our bakery—leading a skilled team, upholding exceptional product quality, and ensuring every item is delivered on time, in full, and to spec.
You’ll drive a high-performing team culture through effective leadership, recruitment, and training. Overseeing production, scheduling, stock, and fulfilment, you’ll ensure efficiency whilst maintaining the highest standards in food safety, hygiene, and compliance.
With an exciting bakery relocation underway, you’ll help shape our future—launching new products, optimising our space, and owning cost control, recipe documentation, and quality systems. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who thrives on structure, standards, and team success.
Directly reports into (Line Manager): Head of Food.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead, manage, and develop the Bakery team—ensuring a positive, engaged, and high-performing culture through accountability, recruitment, onboarding, and ongoing training.
Oversee all bakery operations, including food production, scheduling, stock control, and order fulfilment—ensuring all products are delivered on time, in full, and to spec.
Maintain exceptional product quality and consistency, upholding recipes, specifications, and standards across all product lines while supporting successful new product development and launches.
Uphold food safety and health & safety compliance, managing daily hygiene practices, cleaning rotas, and use of Trail logs, while addressing maintenance issues promptly.
Ensure the bakery space is well-utilised and operationally efficient, keeping equipment in safe working order and workflows optimised.
Monitor and manage bakery cost controls, including labour, ingredients, and wastage, while supporting the implementation of cost-saving strategies.
Own all recipe documentation and compliance systems.
Key to this role:
4 years minimum experience within a professional bakery.
Proactive and solutions-focused, with strong initiative, problem-solving skills, and the ability to stay calm and adaptable in a fast-paced environment.
Inspiring leader and team motivator, capable of effectively leading, managing, and developing others while fostering a positive, accountable culture.
Operationally and commercially minded, with a sharp eye for efficiency, recipe costing, margin management, and continuous improvement.
Detail-driven and quality-focused, ensuring all products consistently meet exacting standards and specifications.
Strong communicator and collaborator, with excellent interpersonal skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office for clear, organised reporting and planning.
What can you expect at WatchHouse:
Beautiful designed Houses, working on industry leading equipment and fellow hospitality professionals.
Contracted hours every week to give you stability and the ability to plan your personal life.
Access to the House Manager bonus scheme (up to £8,000 per year)
Free WatchHouse made drinks (even on your days off!).
On and off shift training when you join the team to ensure you are set for success.
Access to SCA training.
250g of free coffee each month.
Access to the Cycle to work scheme.
A day off shift induction within your first two weeks of joining WatchHouse.
Genuine opportunities for career growth within WatchHouse as we continue to grow.
Free lunch on every shift.
A social budget for each location to have fun with your team outside of work.
An invite to the annual WatchHouse Party; including presenting the Core Value Awards and prizes such as a trip to Coffee Farms!
30% off food in any of our House, any time.
30% off our WatchHouse retail coffee, anytime
Working at WatchHouse.
WatchHouse was born from a passion to do better—with diligence, detail, and a relentless pursuit of excellence at our core. We’re a people-first business that celebrates individuality and places respect, inclusion, and equality at the heart of everything we do. We believe in hiring the right person for the role, valuing personality and potential as much as skills and experience. As a team, we lead with empathy, communicate openly, collaborate effectively, and support one another to succeed. We hold ourselves to high standards, sharing in each other’s successes while staying mindful, kind, and committed to progress. Our four core values—passion, can do, diligence, and empathy—guide every decision we make and shape the culture we’re proud to build together.
Bakery Production Manager, WatchHouse.
Full Time
4
Years
Experience
Up to £45000 / Year
Skills
Bakery
People
Communication
58 Riley Road, London, SE1 3DG, United Kingdom