Almarai Company — the world’s largest vertically integrated dairy company and MENA’s number one FMCG brand — is hiring an experienced Team Leader for its Bakery Plant Production division in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. This role involves organising and leading assigned production shifts, executing production plans within agreed time schedules, maintaining defined quality standards and budgetary controls, and supervising bakery plant operators to deliver efficient, safe, and high-quality bread and pastry production outcomes.
About Almarai — World’s Largest Vertically Integrated Dairy & FMCG Leader
Founded: 1977 — over five decades of sustained growth as the MENA region’s most trusted food brand
Market Position: World’s largest vertically integrated dairy company; #1 FMCG brand in MENA; market leader across GCC, Egypt & Jordan
Revenue: SAR 22 billion in sales and SAR 2.4 billion net income reported in 2025
Workforce: Over 43,000 Quality Makers employed across GCC, Egypt, and Jordan
Bakery Brands: L’usine, 7DAYS, Bakemart, Premier Chef — leading bakery and pastry brands across the GCC market
Why Join Almarai as a Bakery Plant Team Leader in 2026?
Brand Prestige: Almarai is the #1 FMCG brand in MENA — a career-defining name on any food manufacturing CV
Competitive Package: Almarai offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package for the right candidate
Career Growth: Team Leader → Senior Team Leader → Production Supervisor → Production Manager → Plant Manager
Scale & Exposure: Work in world-class automated bakery facilities producing at a scale that fewer than 1% of food professionals experience globally
Position Overview
As a Team Leader for Bakery Plant Production at Almarai in Jeddah, you will be the operational leader on the production floor during your assigned shift — organising the team, executing production plans on schedule, enforcing quality and food safety standards, maintaining budgetary discipline, and directly supervising bakery plant operators running automated bread and pastry production lines. This is a demanding, high-responsibility role in one of the world’s most respected food manufacturing environments.
Why This Role Matters: As Bakery Plant Team Leader at Almarai, you are the direct link between production planning and shop-floor execution — leading operators, maintaining quality standards for iconic brands like L’usine and 7DAYS, and ensuring millions of baked products reach consumers across the GCC every day at the quality level that Almarai’s “Quality you can trust” promise demands. This role builds the foundational leadership experience that drives careers to Plant Manager level.
Key Responsibilities
Production Planning & Shift Leadership
- Organise and lead the assigned production shift, ensuring all bakery plant activities are executed in strict alignment with the agreed production plan, time schedules, and daily output targets.
- Coordinate pre-shift preparation activities — including raw material readiness, equipment checks, team briefings, and work order distribution — to ensure a smooth, on-time production start every shift.
- Monitor production progress throughout the shift, proactively identifying and addressing any deviations from schedule, quality specifications, or safety requirements before they escalate into production stoppages.
Operator Supervision & Team Management
- Directly supervise and guide bakery plant operators, ensuring all team members work efficiently within defined safety standards, quality protocols, and operational procedures throughout every shift.
- Allocate tasks effectively across the shift team, balancing workloads to optimise individual and collective production performance on automated bread and pastry production lines.
- Coach, mentor, and develop operators through on-the-job guidance — building team capability, reinforcing standard operating procedures, and supporting continuous improvement in line performance.
Quality Standards & Food Safety Compliance
- Enforce defined quality standards consistently across all production activities, ensuring every batch of bread and pastry products leaving the line meets Almarai’s exacting product specifications and “Quality you can trust” brand promise.
- Ensure full compliance with food safety regulations, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), and all relevant HACCP control measures applicable to automated bakery plant operations.
- Identify, document, and escalate any quality non-conformances or food safety deviations promptly, supporting root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
Budgetary Control & Operational Efficiency
- Monitor and manage shift-level expenditures and resource utilisation — including raw materials, packaging, and labour — to ensure production activities remain within approved budgetary parameters.
- Drive waste reduction initiatives on the bakery production line, identifying opportunities to minimise raw material waste, reduce rework, and improve overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) on automated plant machinery.
- Report shift performance KPIs — including output volumes, quality metrics, waste levels, and downtime — accurately and on time to the Production Manager for operational review and continuous improvement planning.
Qualifications & Requirements
Educational Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Bakery Technology, Food Technology, Food Science, or a closely related discipline — this is a mandatory educational requirement for all shortlisted candidates.
- Additional professional certifications in food safety, GMP, HACCP, or bakery production management are a valuable advantage for candidates applying to this senior production role.
Experience Requirements
- Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in a similar Team Leader or supervisory role within a professional bakery manufacturing environment — this is a firm shortlisting criterion.
- Demonstrated hands-on experience in the production of bread and pastry products in a structured, quality-controlled food manufacturing setting.
- Minimum 3 years of direct operating experience on automated bakery plant machinery in a similar production leadership position — essential for managing Almarai’s high-volume automated production lines.
Essential Skills
- Solid understanding of bakery production processes — including dough preparation, automated forming, proofing, baking, and packaging — for bread, pastry, and related baked goods categories.
- Strong production planning and shift management skills with the ability to maintain schedule adherence, quality standards, and team performance simultaneously during high-volume production runs.
- Effective team leadership and operator supervision skills, with the ability to motivate diverse production teams and maintain discipline, safety, and performance standards throughout each shift.
- Good communication skills in English; Arabic language proficiency is a significant advantage for effective team communication in the Saudi Arabia manufacturing environment.
About Almarai’s Bakery Division — L’usine, 7DAYS & Beyond
Almarai’s bakery division is one of the most significant and fastest-growing segments of the company’s diversified FMCG portfolio. Operating under iconic brands including L’usine, 7DAYS, Bakemart, and Premier Chef, Almarai’s bakery plants produce millions of bread, croissant, pastry, and baked goods units daily — distributed across the GCC, Egypt, and Jordan through the company’s powerful direct-to-market distribution network.
Career Excellence: Joining Almarai’s bakery production leadership team means working within a world-class manufacturing infrastructure, supported by Almarai’s extensive training and development programmes, and positioned on a clear career path toward senior plant management roles within one of the world’s most ambitious food companies.
Who Should Apply?
- Bakery Production Supervisors: With 3+ years leading shifts in automated bakery plants seeking a career-defining role with MENA’s most prestigious FMCG employer.
- Food Technology Graduates: With hands-on bakery plant experience and a proven track record of team leadership in bread or pastry production environments.
- Automated Plant Operators: Who have progressed into supervisory responsibilities and are ready to formalise their leadership role as a Team Leader at scale.
- FMCG Production Professionals: From bakery, biscuit, or pastry manufacturing backgrounds in the GCC or internationally, attracted by Almarai’s brand, scale, and career development framework.
- Saudi Arabia-Based Candidates: With relevant bakery production leadership experience currently working in the Kingdom or planning to relocate for a permanent role with one of Saudi Arabia’s most iconic employers.
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