Bakery Manager

Head Baker

Midlands, Ireland Full-time, on site

Bring your baking expertise to a role where you can shape the products and the team behind them. This opportunity combines hands-on bakery leadership with recipe development and the satisfaction of improving how quality products are made.

Reliance Talent Solutions is recruiting a Head Baker for a specialist food producer. You will lead an established bakery production team, guide colleagues through daily manufacturing and take a leading role in developing new recipes and products. The business needs someone who pairs technical baking knowledge with clear leadership and disciplined production practices.

Where you will make an impact

• Lead the bakery team through daily production, setting clear priorities, providing practical guidance and maintaining consistent working standards.

• Oversee preparation, mixing, forming, proving and baking, making sure recipes and agreed product specifications are followed.

• Lead recipe formulation and product development work, turning ideas into products that can be made consistently in a production environment.

• Keep a close watch on process performance, investigate variation and follow improvements through into day-to-day practice.

• Build reliable checks and controls into the production routine so that food safety, quality and customer requirements are met.

• Ensure production records are completed accurately as work takes place, supporting traceability and effective process control.

• Coach colleagues, encourage teamwork and create a working environment where people understand what good performance looks like.

What you will bring

• At least five years of bakery experience, including a minimum of two years in a comparable Head Baker role.

• The practical skill and technical judgement to oversee a range of baked products and resolve production problems.

• Experience formulating recipes and contributing to new product development, with an understanding of consistency at production scale.

• Proven team leadership: you can give clear direction, develop colleagues and maintain standards during busy production periods.

• A strong approach to production processes, food safety, quality checks and accurate record keeping.

• The ability to communicate clearly in spoken and written English.

• Availability for early morning shifts and authorisation to work in Ireland. References confirming relevant experience will be requested.

Additional experience

Experience with gluten-free baking would be an advantage. The role offers an opportunity to apply your technical knowledge within specialist bakery production.

Apply today !