Lead Baker

Job Introduction

We are looking for a highly experienced, creative Lead Baker with a passion for food to join our Sodexo team onsite, working alongside our valued client, Heritage Portfolio at The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. You will be responsible for creating scrumptious baked goods for our customers. From rustic victoria sponges, to elegant éclairs, full afternoon teas, and savouries. 

This is a fantastic opportunity to join us in an exciting new venture, helping to create and develop a new site. Your excellent leadership and communications skills, and ability to remain positive and professional in a fast-paced environment will be crucial to the role. 

Role Responsibility

• Provide exceptional bakery produce to the specifications agreed
• Ability to demonstrate a wide range of skills in order to create a diverse and interesting range, with an expansive repertoire of non-gluten containing, dairy free and vegan dishes
• Ensure a focus on customer/client needs and feedback and ensure that any food queries or complaints are dealt with promptly and professionally
• Collaboration with Retail Development Chef on Bakery offer development
• Ensure all equipment under your supervision is maintained in working order and kept clean, has clear operations instructions, is safe and secure with any issues being reported at the first available opportunity, and that all staff are regularly retrained on use of equipment
• Ensure that all Health & Safety legislation is carried out correctly and recorded as necessary. This includes all HACCP, Saf3gard/ EHO visits, Fire Evacuation Procedure, First Aid at Work and safe working practices at all times. Maintain a focus on food allergens and customer information

The Ideal Candidate

What we are looking for

• Natural creative and innovative flair with a genuine love of food and an eye for detail
• Proven track record of experience in a similar role, baking and providing savouries
• Level 3 Food Hygiene, Health and Safety and Allergens certifications 
• Experience managing produce, ordering goods and budgeting 
• Professional, motivated, driven, flexible and enthusiastic, with excellent leadership skills
• Industry awareness from high street to high end cafes, and be aware of competitors for benchmarking purposes, for current and upcoming trends
• Excellent people management skills, with a desire to share knowledge and best practises
• Computer literate, particularly using Excel, Word and Microsoft Outlook
• Ability to multi-task, provide innovate solutions and prioritise workload

Package Description

£24,000

We also offer Sodexo Discounts site promoting discounted mobile phone tariffs, savings across restaurant chains and days out, where you and your family can save money on everything from your weekly food shop to the latest cinema blockbuster and much more

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 36,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the energy, corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

At Sodexo we are committed to a leading role in promoting equality opportunities and valuing diversity and inclusion. We seek to create a work environment based on mutual respect for all individuals, building a culture that appreciates and values the experiences and skills brought by each person to benefit our organisation and work hard to ensure that all people, whatever their race, colour, sex, gender identity  disability, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religion or belief, marital/partnership or family status, sexual orientation, age, social class, educational background, employment status, working pattern, are welcome to and included within our organisation.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.