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  • Bakery Manager - Eataly Chicago
    Bakery Manager - Eataly Chicago
    2 hours ago
    $75000 yearly
    Full-time
    River North, Chicago

    Eataly is the world’s largest artisanal Italian food and beverage marketplace! Eataly is not a chain; each Eataly is different, with its own character and own theme – but all with the same aim... for our guests to: • EAT authentic Italian food at our restaurants, cafés and to-go counters, • SHOP a selection of high-quality Italian, local and homemade products, • LEARN through our classes and our team’s product knowledge The Bakery Manager oversees the production of bread products for an Eataly, including but not limited to: breads, pizza alla pala, rolls, focaccia and seasonal items. The Bakery Manager leads and develops a team of Bakers, Pizza Makers, and the Assistant Baker Manager in a 24-hour-operating bakery. Reports directly to the Head Chef and reports functionally to the Head of Bakery Operations. • Organizes the store’s Bakery operations to maximize profitability while upholding the company’s mission, values, policies, quality, and guest experience standards, • Builds and leads a high-performing team: sources and hires, effectively trains, motivates, evaluates, develops, and retains talent, • Responsible for administrative tasks such as writing employee schedules, approving vacation and unpaid time, and submitting payroll, • Reviews financial information such as sales/costs and monitors budget to ensure efficient operation and spending within the specified budget; works with the Head Chef to correct any deviations from the budget, • Prepares bread products for restaurant and retail operations in accordance with Eataly’s authentic Italian recipes and quality standards, • Maintains and nurtures natural yeast, local and organic flour, and naturally leavened products, • Collaborates closely with store leadership to ensure all necessary parties are aware of daily bakery activities, including absences, schedule coverage and product availability, • Communicates with the Head Chef and Head of Bakery Operations on new recipes for the bakery, • Orders and monitors inventory of all ingredients and products for the bakery, including tracking and documenting daily transfers and waste in the appropriate system, • Maintains a clean and sanitary food production area according to Department of Health standards, • Addressing guest and employee incidents; documents, investigates, elevates incidents in collaboration with store leadership and HR, including employee terminations, • Performs other duties as required or assigned Qualifications • 5+ years of experience in bread and related production, • 2+ years of experience managing a sales and production team; preferably in a grocery bakery department, • Excellent communication skills, • Outstanding time management stills, • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, • Degree from a post-secondary culinary arts training program highly preferred Job Requirements • Availability to work onsite with a flexible schedule often including evenings, weekends and holidays, • Ability to lift up to 50 pounds, • Ability to exert well-paced mobility for up to 8 hours, including standing, walking, bending and squatting, • Ability to work with a wood burning oven, electric pizza convection oven and commercial spiral mixer

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