Who are we?

The Bread Factory is London’s leading Artisan Bakery, known for award-winning breads, pastries, and cakes, supplying top-quality products across e –commerce, grocery, foodservices, and retailers such as our GAIL’s Bakeries nationwide.

As our teams grow, we are on the lookout for our next Hygiene Manager within our Operations Department.

Every day is different at The Bread Factory, but here are some of the things you will be doing:

Maintain and develop The Bread Factory’s deep cleaning programmes to ensure all areas of the factory and equipment are cleaned to the standards required.
Maintain and review the site Hygiene KPIs and communicate to the team and wider stakeholders
Develop, review and update Standard Operating Procedures and Cleaning Instruction Cards to ensure continuous improvement through the hygiene system.
Ensure safe and cost-effective management of all cleaning chemicals used on site in line with COSHH legislation.
Advise on Hygiene and cost-saving improvements in cleaning methods
Contributes to the business with specialist knowledge within designated areas of hygiene.
Managing and participating in hygiene-related improvement projects.
React to crisis and incident management within designated areas by completing root cause analysis and driving change through solutions.
Effectively communicating with stakeholders in relation to , investigating issues and complaints, compliance, queries, audits and continuous improvement plans.
Produce appropriate training materials and support Learning and Development in the rollout of hygiene training programmes.
Work with Bakery Production Managers to ensure hygiene standards are maintained and developed to remain aligned with the expectations of third-party audit requirements and customer requirements.
Working in conjunction with the site technical team to ensure all hygiene-related non-conformances are closed out in line with the business requirements.
Work with the site management team to ensure GMP and Hygiene Standards are being adhered to and continually improved upon.
Management and Completion of the Hygiene Audits conducted on site including microbiological swabbing and actions from any failures.
All audits and customer audits to be AA grade or GREEN status.
Hygiene Audit Scores.
Maintain and review Audit outcomes, complaints and testing requirements.
Complaint Root Cause Analysis of Hygiene-related incidents.
All Hygiene staff to be trained to the appropriate level and maintenance of the training schedule.

Our team tells us you will be a great addition if you have/are:

Strong literacy and numeracy skills
A high level of accuracy and attention to detail
Organizational skills and effective time management
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong influencing and expectation management abilities
Over 5 years of experience in food manufacturing, preferably in a technical role
Level 3 HACCP certification
Previous experience in a Production Hygiene environment and proficiency in Microsoft Office applications

What’s in it for you:

Take as much fresh bread home to enjoy with family and friends.
50% discount at GAIL’s and 40% off at The Bread Factory & The Flour Station Markets.
33 days holiday
Discounts and Savings from high-street retailers and restaurants
24-hour GP service
Cycle to work scheme

We care about Job Well Done:

Since 1993, we have been champions in traditional baking with the finest ingredients and techniques. We always do things the right way, not the easy way.

We care about Baking:

At The Bread Factory all our teams take pride in crafting beautiful, freshly baked loaves, pastries, and cakes. We are all passionate about our products and share knowledge among us all.

We care about each other:

We always act with respect, empathy, and support to our employees, neighbours and customers.

We care about community:

We believe in minimising unsustainable practices and reducing waste. Whilst ensuring we continue to provide everyone with nutritious high-quality food.

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