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Afternoon Pastry Shift Lead - Flour Breadquarters - 1 Design Center Place, Boston, MA

Do you like to eat and make award winning baked goods and sandwiches?

Do you want to lead a great team in a wonderful environment?

If so, we have the opportunity for you! Flour Bakery + Cafe is looking for an exceptional full-time Production Pastry Shift Lead at our production kitchen in Boston's Seaport!

Our production kitchen makes everything we have here at Flour from cakes, and pies to blueberry muffin batter and spiced candied pecans - plus all of our delicious bread! It is a fast paced, high volume setting with high standards for creating delicious pastries, maintaining sanitation and allergen protocols. Production Pastry SLs help guide the day - leading the team of bakers to achieve our goals while also working through their personal project list.

Our Production Shift Leads need to be able to work on their feet for 8 hour shifts, lift 50 pound bags of flour, and be able to work with hot ovens and walk in freezers.

*****The current position opening requires the availability to work between 10am-10pm and the availability to work specifically on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays, in addition to 1-2 other shifts. The position has a relatively set schedule, but the time will vary depending on the applicant's preference between a schedule of 4, 10-hour shifts or 5, 8-hour shifts.

Day-to-Day Performance Expectations:

Answer and follow through on questions of baking team
Answer the telephone and field questions from location bakeries
Maintain and replenish ingredient inventory
Update and manage product inventory
Ensure the highest level of quality from all team members
Engage bakers in trouble-shooting product in order to cultivate a greater comfort with baking and processes
Adjust prep list in order to prioritize or manage team’s time more efficiently
Provide constructive, supportive feedback for the staff
Follow through with baking team to ensure productive time management on all tasks
Help maintain an orderly and clean kitchen
Available to cover pastry production shifts as needed
Support training for new hires
Other duties as assigned

Skills for Qualification:

Demonstrate an active passion for Flour and our mission
Eager to learn
Open to feedback and committed to continuous improvement
Open availability depending on needs of the team
Attention to detail
Excellent attendance, reliability, communication and interpersonal skills
Readily adaptable to change
Actively problem solves using sound judgment
Effective time management and delegation skills
Keeps a calm and composed demeanor all the time
Preferred 6 months of baking leadership experience and/or related experience and training

Compensation:

The starting wage for this position is $19-21 per hour ($19 base pay plus a BOH Appreciation bonus which adds around $1-2 per hour on average).

Additional Information:

Flour offers a fantastic work environment, an unparalleled commitment to training and communication to make you a better baker (plus all the pastries you can eat)! We offer benefits such as health/dental/vision insurance, 401k with a generous match, a transportation subsidy in early mornings if you don't own a car, paid vacation/sick time, a great staff meal policy, and regular field trips to other bakeries and pastry businesses. We offer a real commitment to growth - both in your pastry knowledge and growing into more senior positions if that is an interest of yours! We look forward to meeting you!

Compensation: $19.00 - $21.00 per hour

find your calling

people who work at Flour come from all different walks of life…and there are a few characteristics that we all share.

working hard, doing a great job, the camaraderie of our co-workers, looking at things with a thoughtful and critical eye, we all have a great sense of humor (if we do say so ourselves!), we give and accept feedback with grace and we encourage each other to speak up when suggestions come to mind.

if these traits sound familiar and you have a passion for delicious food, please apply! we look forward to receiving your application.

growth

at Flour any path is possible. our current leaders started at every level and continue to grow every day. if you are eager to learn, open to feedback and committed to never settling for mediocrity there is no limit to your growth with us!

Flour offers a fantastic work environment and an unparalleled commitment to training to make you a better team member (plus all the pastries you can eat)! on top of competitive benefits and pay, we offer a real commitment to growth – both in your skill/knowledge and growing into more senior positions.

we can't wait to meet you...this could be the start of something sweet!

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