Process Development Manager

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, food services, and retailers such as our GAIL’s Bakeries nationwide. As our teams grow, we seek our next Process Development Manager to join our team.

We Care about a 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. While ensuring we continue to provide everyone with nutritious high-quality food.

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

• You will co-ordinate and in conjunction with the production team run factory trials. Collate the relevant data and samples required for internal stakeholders' review, customer submission and validations.
• You will ensure that trials are documented in a trial report which captures the details of the trial such as a recipe, line settings, adjustments made through the trial if any, SPC data where applicable and any other relevant process information.
• You will be part of the team that will commission any new equipment acquired to ensure there is a smooth transition from the previous production process/technique to the new.
• Collect objective product measurements from the trials eg dimensions, aw, pH and any other relevant measures identified
• Input relevant information into product records/product packs for the new product before launch. I.e. Ensuring production trial and relevant process documents are audit-ready
• Leading, coaching, and developing a team of a Product and Process Technologists

Our team tells us you will be a great addition if you have experience in:

• Developing and maintaining in-depth knowledge and understanding of the site's manufacturing capabilities, systems, and processing parameters
• Developing strong working relationships with colleagues across the business to ensure trials are organised effectively and products are launched on time and in line with business objectives and customers' expectations
• With previous experience in a similar role, you will be familiar with operating root cause analysis techniques for problem-solving and can evaluate and interpret shelf life results. You will be an expertise in the interpretation of customer code of practice with strong food legislation and legal knowledge Understanding of HACCP and site technical standards
• Manufacturing development process – right people, right process, right behaviours
• Successful product launches – delivered on time, to cost, driving growth

What’s in it for you:

• Fresh bread daily to take home to enjoy with family and friends.
• 50% discount at GAIL’s and 40% off at The Bread Factory & The Flour Station Markets.
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Discounts and Savings from high-street retailers and restaurants
• 24-hour GP service
• Cycle to work scheme