Production Manager

Have you ever enjoyed Arnold®, Brownberry® or Oroweat® bread? A Thomas’® English muffin or bagel? Or perhaps snacked on a Sara Lee®, Entenmann’s® or Marinela® cake or donut? If the answer is yes, then you know Bimbo Bakeries USA!

More than 20,000 associates in bakeries, sales centers, offices and on sales routes work to ensure our consumers have the freshest products at every meal. In addition to competitive pay and benefits, we provide a safe and inclusive work environment that appreciates diversity, promotes development and allows our associates to be their authentic selves.

Come join the largest baking company in the world and our family of 20,000 associates nationwide!

Top Reasons To Work At Bimbo Bakeries USA

Salary Range: $86,900 - $113,000

Annual Bonus Eligibility

Comprehensive Benefits Package

Paid Time Off

401k & Company Match

Production Department Leaders play an important role in helping BBU bake with world‑class practices, win as one team, grow our people, and serve our customers. They embrace the consumer by producing high‑quality products and ensure operational capabilities by supporting their team in executing the Operations Excellence Playbook. Our Production Department Leaders empower and involve their team to achieve key performance metrics and equip each Team Leader to win their shift.

They create a compelling culture by engaging and developing their team through effective coaching strategies and expect ownership and accountability to help their team achieve results across people, safety, quality, service, and cost.

• Oversee the financial health of the production department, creating and maintaining annual budgets
• Lead the growth and development of Team Leaders and Associates
• Build a culture that values the person, the community, and always acts with integrity
• Partner with Business Unit leadership, bakery leadership team, and cross‑functional teams to identify and implement continuous improvement strategies
• Uphold and promote our E5 Leadership Behaviors:
  Embrace the Consumer, Ensure Operational Capabilities, Empower and Involve, Engage and Develop, and Expect Ownership and Accountability
• Coach Team Leaders towards an empowered, problem‑solving mentality to consistently achieve world‑class standards
• Operate with a One Team mentality by supporting Team Leaders in collaborating across departments to solve issues and ensure production is to schedule and shipment to order
• Set priorities for department and facilitates problem solving processes and teams to identify, implement, and communicate solutions
• Deliver on Key Performance Indicators for People, Quality, Safety, Service, and Cost
• Engage and develop core competencies in Team Leaders through onboarding, training, coaching, and consistent performance feedback
• Achieve all safety goals. Deliver safety awareness programs in order to eliminate unsafe acts and conditions that contribute to workplace injuries. Comply with workplace standards, company policies and government regulations
• Ensure product quality by identifying, prioritizing, and bringing solutions to focus issues
• Manage budgets for capital investments, pan glazing, downtime, and damages
• Equip Team Leaders to serve sales by analyzing data to ensure all production processes are running efficiently and the team is set up for success

This role requires the ability to think strategically about business needs, set data‑based priorities, and build plans with Team Leaders, fellow Department Leaders, and their Bakery Leader to achieve improved business KPIs. The ideal candidate will have experience setting, achieving, and exceeding business performance targets. They will consistently strive to achieve goals, even in the face of obstacles, and will proactively develop contingency plans to ensure goals are met.

They will be energized by working toward tangible goals and actively seek opportunities to enhance the status quo, aiming to exceed targets.

Set the Standard: This role has overall responsibility for achievement of Operations Excellence standards and practices in their department. The ideal candidate will be organized and…