Technical Baker and Commecialization Specialist

Description

At izzio Artisan Bakery, we believe great bread starts with great ingredients—and great people. As the #1 selling and fastest-growing sourdough brand, we craft our bread in small batches using time-honored techniques, simple ingredients, and a passion for quality. Naturally fermented and incredibly delicious, izzio is real artisan sourdough. Our team is at the heart of everything we do—and a key ingredient in our success.

We are seeking an experienced Technical Baker and Commercialization Specialist who combines artisan baking expertise with a passion for bringing new products to life in a commercial manufacturing environment. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working hands-on in the bakery, solving technical challenges, supporting product launches, and partnering across departments to ensure every product delivers the quality, consistency, and performance our customers expect.

The Technical Baker and Commercialization Specialist will serve as the technical bridge between Product Development and commercial production. This position is responsible for supporting the commercialization of new products, optimizing existing baking processes, troubleshooting production challenges, and ensuring artisan baking standards are successfully executed at scale.

Working closely with Operations, Product Development, Engineering, Quality, and Maintenance, this role plays a critical part in translating innovative formulations into repeatable, efficient manufacturing processes while preserving the integrity of izzio's artisan breads.

• Serve as a technical expert in artisan and commercial bread production, including fermentation, mixing, dough development, dividing, shaping, proofing, baking, cooling, and packaging.
• Provide on-the-floor technical support during daily production to troubleshoot product and process issues.
• Monitor product quality and recommend process improvements to improve consistency and reduce variation.

• Support commercialization of new products from bench samples through full-scale production.
• Partner with Product Development to translate bench-top formulations into scalable manufacturing processes.
• Participate in plant trials, scale-ups, first production runs, and post-launch evaluations.
• Document process parameters and production standards.

• Identify opportunities to improve yields, throughput, labor efficiency, product consistency, and waste reduction.
• Recommend adjustments to formulations, process parameters, and operating procedures based on production performance.
• Analyze production data and collaborate with Operations to improve overall bakery performance.
• Assist with standardizing baking procedures across multiple production lines and facilities.

• Partner closely with Operations, Product Development, Quality, Plant Engineering and Supply Chain to support successful product execution.
• Assist in developing production documentation, SOPs, process specifications, and technical work instructions.

• Train production teams on new products, process changes, and artisan baking techniques.
• Coach operators on best practices for dough handling, fermentation, and baking consistency.
• Support continuous learning and technical capability across bakery operations.

• Degree in Baking Science, Food Science, Culinary Arts, or related field preferred; equivalent commercial baking experience will be considered.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in commercial bread baking or technical bakery operations.
• Demonstrated experience supporting product commercialization and production scale-up.
• Strong understanding of fermentation, functional ingredients,…