A premium food and beverage group in the UAE is seeking an experienced and operationally strong Bakery Production Manager to lead daily production operations at its central bakery CPU. The role requires managing high-volume production of breads, pastries, viennoiserie, cakes, doughs, and desserts — supplying restaurants, cafés, retail outlets, and external clients — while maintaining artisanal quality, full HACCP and food safety compliance, efficient cost control, and a high-performing production team.
Production Scope — Central Bakery CPU Operations
Product Range: Breads, pastries, viennoiserie, cakes, desserts, doughs — full bakery category management
Supply Channels: Restaurants, cafés, retail outlets, external clients, events, and seasonal specials
Production Flow: Mixing → Proofing → Baking → Cooling → Finishing → Packing → Storage → Dispatch
Team: Bakers, pastry chefs, cake decorators, bakery assistants, packers, and production support staff
Standards: Approved recipes, portion specifications, brand quality standards, and artisanal consistency
Key Performance Indicators
✅ On-Time, In-Full Production: Daily delivery commitments met across all outlet and client orders
✅ Consistent Product Quality: Texture, appearance, weight, taste, finish, and shelf life — every batch
✅ Controlled Wastage & Accurate Yields: Minimised losses through planning, portioning, and rotation
✅ Food Safety Compliance: HACCP, municipality standards, allergen controls, and temperature management
✅ Labour Efficiency: Productive, well-managed team with minimal errors and customer complaints
Position Overview
This Bakery Production Manager role in the UAE is a senior operational leadership position within a premium, multi-outlet food and beverage group. You will take full responsibility for the daily production schedule of a central bakery CPU — managing everything from batch planning, mixing, proofing, baking, finishing, and packing through to storage, dispatch, and supply to restaurants, cafés, retail outlets, and external clients. The role demands strong bakery production knowledge across breads, pastries, viennoiserie, cakes, desserts, and doughs — combined with excellent team management, HACCP compliance, cost control, equipment maintenance oversight, and the operational discipline to manage a high-volume, high-quality bakery environment consistently and efficiently. This is a role for a hands-on bakery professional who leads from the production floor and takes genuine pride in the consistency, quality, and timeliness of every product that leaves the CPU.
Why This Role Matters: As Bakery Production Manager at a premium UAE food group’s central bakery CPU, you will lead high-volume production of artisan-quality breads, pastries, and viennoiserie that supply multiple restaurants, cafés, and retail outlets daily, enforce HACCP and food safety standards that protect every consumer across the supply chain, develop and manage a skilled bakery team with the discipline and craft to deliver consistent excellence at scale, and build a senior F&B production career at the heart of the UAE’s world-class and rapidly growing premium hospitality and food sector.
Key Responsibilities
Daily Production Planning & Management
- Oversee the full daily bakery production schedule across breads, pastries, viennoiserie, cakes, desserts, doughs, and all other required bakery products — ensuring every item is produced on time, in full, and to the highest brand standards
- Plan and coordinate batch production according to outlet requirements, event orders, delivery schedules, and forecasted demand — balancing efficiency, quality, and resource utilisation across the full production day
- Manage workflow seamlessly across all production stages — mixing, proofing, baking, cooling, finishing, packing, storage, and dispatch — ensuring smooth, uninterrupted production flow throughout each shift
- Ensure all products are produced consistently and in full compliance with approved recipes, portion specifications, and quality standards — maintaining the artisanal character of the brand at high-volume production scale
Team Leadership, Training & Development
- Supervise and coordinate a large production team — including bakers, pastry chefs, cake decorators, bakery assistants, packers, and production support staff — allocating daily tasks and monitoring productivity, attendance, and performance
- Train team members comprehensively on recipes, baking techniques, equipment use, quality standards, hygiene procedures, and food safety requirements — building a skilled, consistent, and motivated production workforce
- Maintain a disciplined, clean, respectful, and highly productive working environment — fostering a team culture where quality, precision, accountability, and food safety are understood and lived by every team member every day
- Support the Executive Chef and Head of Bakery with recruitment, onboarding, training planning, performance reviews, and long-term team development across the bakery CPU workforce
Quality Control & Product Consistency
- Conduct regular, systematic quality checks on product texture, appearance, weight, taste, finish, shelf life, and packaging compliance — ensuring every item leaving the CPU meets the brand’s quality specifications without exception
- Identify, report, and immediately correct any non-compliant products — implementing root cause analysis and corrective actions to prevent recurrence of quality failures across production batches
- Maintain absolute consistency across all bakery items supplied to outlets and external clients — managing the critical challenge of delivering artisanal product quality at high-volume production scale
- Work closely with the Head of Bakery to continuously improve recipes, refine production methods, optimise yields, and enhance product presentation in line with evolving brand and market requirements
HACCP, Food Safety & Hygiene Compliance
- Ensure full, rigorous compliance with HACCP principles, UAE municipality food safety regulations, international food safety standards, and all internal hygiene policies across every area and activity within the bakery CPU
- Monitor and manage temperature controls, storage procedures, expiry date management, product labelling, allergen control systems, and structured cleaning schedules — maintaining audit-ready compliance at all times
- Ensure all team members consistently follow personal hygiene requirements, uniform standards, and safe food-handling practices — conducting regular food safety training and hygiene briefings to maintain compliance awareness
- Maintain accurate, complete production records for production logs, cleaning schedules, temperature monitoring, wastage reports, goods receiving documentation, and full batch traceability — ready for internal and external audit at any time
Inventory, Cost Control & Wastage Management
- Monitor ingredient usage, stock levels, production yields, and wastage on a daily basis — identifying inefficiencies and implementing practical measures to reduce waste and improve cost performance across the bakery operation
- Coordinate proactively with procurement and stores teams to ensure all raw materials, ingredients, and packaging supplies are available ahead of scheduled production runs — preventing costly delays or shortfalls
- Minimise wastage through disciplined production planning, accurate demand forecasting, correct FIFO stock rotation, appropriate portion control, and effective management of production volumes against outlet orders
- Support recipe costing, product costing, and margin control activities — providing the Head of Bakery and management with accurate production data that supports informed financial decision-making across the bakery portfolio
Equipment Maintenance & Facility Management
- Ensure all bakery equipment — ovens, mixers, proofers, blast chillers, refrigerators, freezers, sheeters, and other production machinery — is operated correctly, safely, and efficiently by all team members at all times
- Monitor the condition of all production equipment proactively — reporting maintenance issues promptly and coordinating with the maintenance team to minimise downtime and ensure maximum production availability
- Ensure proper cleaning, care, and preventive maintenance of all production equipment — extending equipment life, ensuring food safety compliance, and protecting the quality and efficiency of the entire bakery operation
Required Experience & Qualifications
Experience Requirements
- Minimum 5–7 years of hands-on bakery production experience — with at least 2–3 years in a supervisory or managerial role leading a production team in a high-volume bakery environment
- Proven experience in a bakery CPU, hotel bakery, high-volume artisan bakery, central kitchen, or premium F&B production environment — direct central production unit management experience is strongly preferred
- Strong, comprehensive knowledge of breads, enriched doughs, pastries, viennoiserie, cakes, desserts, and bakery production processes — a genuine craft and technical understanding of the full bakery product portfolio
- UAE or GCC bakery production experience is preferred — familiarity with the UAE food regulatory environment and municipality compliance requirements is a significant advantage for this role
Qualifications
- Culinary, bakery, pastry, or hospitality qualification from a recognised institution — professional bakery or pastry training is a clear advantage for senior production management candidates
- HACCP or food safety certification — demonstrating a formal, recognised understanding of food safety management systems as applied in a bakery or food production context
- Relevant professional bakery training certifications, advanced pastry qualifications, or specialised viennoiserie or artisan bread training are all viewed positively for this senior management position
Skills & Competencies
- Strong, hands-on bakery production knowledge — able to work on the production floor, guide techniques, assess quality, and resolve production issues with practical expertise and authority
- Excellent team management and leadership skills — the ability to inspire, direct, train, and hold a large, diverse production team accountable while maintaining a positive and respectful working environment
- Strong planning, organisation, and time-management capability — essential for coordinating complex, multi-product daily production schedules across a busy central bakery CPU
- Cost-conscious and commercially aware — understanding the relationship between production efficiency, wastage control, recipe adherence, and the overall financial performance of the bakery operation
- Ability and genuine willingness to work early mornings, weekends, public holidays, and flexible shifts as required — bakery production leadership in the UAE demands full operational commitment across all production hours
About This Bakery Production Manager Role in the UAE
The UAE’s food and beverage industry is one of the most dynamic and internationally sophisticated in the entire GCC — with premium restaurants, cafés, hotel dining, and artisan retail bakeries setting exceptionally high standards for quality, consistency, and innovation across every product category. For experienced Bakery Production Managers, the UAE offers outstanding career opportunities within well-invested, multi-outlet F&B groups that operate large-scale central bakery CPUs to supply their premium brands with the artisanal-quality products their discerning customers expect every single day.
Who Should Apply?
- Senior Bakery Production Managers: With 5–7 years of high-volume bakery experience and 2–3 years in a supervisory role — preferably within a UAE, GCC, or international central bakery CPU environment
- Central Kitchen Bakery Supervisors: Ready to step into a full production management role — overseeing a large team and managing the complete product lifecycle from planning through dispatch
- Hotel Bakery & Artisan Bread Specialists: With proven expertise in viennoiserie, enriched doughs, pastries, and premium bakery products who can maintain artisanal quality at high-volume production scale
- HACCP-Certified Food Safety Leaders: With strong municipality compliance knowledge and experience managing temperature controls, allergen systems, and audit-ready food safety documentation in a UAE bakery context
- F&B Production Operations Managers: With a cost-conscious, commercially aware approach to bakery management — skilled in wastage control, recipe costing, yield optimisation, and multi-outlet supply chain coordination
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