About Fantasty Bakery

Fantasty Bakery is a micro-bakery factory supplying fresh and packaged bakery products to other bakeries, retail stores, and food businesses. We are building a reliable operation that can produce consistent products at volume, serve customers well, and grow into a larger bakery network.

The role

We are looking for an Bengaluru-based Operations Manager to coordinate Fantasty’s day-to-day business in Bengaluru. You will help set up the factory, build the first customer base, coordinate production and deliveries, and make sure the business runs smoothly between the founder, chef, suppliers, customers, and delivery driver.

This is a hands-on role for someone who is comfortable moving between planning, field work, factory operations, customer conversations, and problem-solving. You will be expected to take ownership, spot issues early, and make sure commitments are followed through.

During the setup and early operating phase, this position will cover multiple activities across factory setup, customer development, production coordination, procurement, staffing, and delivery operations, working closely and in coordination with the founder. As Fantasty expands, dedicated personnel will be appointed to lead these different areas.

The Operations

Manager role will then evolve toward coordinating and overseeing the respective functional heads, while continuing to ensure that the overall operation works as one connected business.

As Fantasty grows, the role can grow with it. New customers, products, team members, routes, and operational responsibilities will create opportunities for greater ownership and leadership. This is an exciting opportunity to join early and help build the operating foundation of the company in Bengaluru.

What you will own

Factory setup and launch

· Coordinate the factory fit-out, equipment installation, utilities, vendors, and launch timeline.

· Help organise required registrations, licences, inspections, insurance, and food-safety documentation.

· Set up practical systems for receiving, storage, production, packing, dispatch, cleaning, waste, and returns.

· Prepare the factory for trial production, customer samples, and live orders while tracking key issues and costs.

Customer and bakery development

· Find and build relationships with bakeries, cafés, supermarkets, stores, caterers, and other customers around Bangalore.

· Arrange visits, samples, tastings, feedback, quotations, and trial orders.

· Maintain clear follow-ups and work with the founder on pricing, terms, order quantities, and delivery expectations.





· Develop early relationships into repeat orders and resolve customer issues quickly.

Daily production coordination

· Turn customer orders into a daily production plan with the Chef / Bakery Production Lead.

· Confirm that ingredients, packaging, labour, equipment, and production time are available.

· Coordinate changes and priorities while supporting quality, yield, wastage, and product records.

· Ensure products are packed, labelled, counted, and ready for dispatch on time.

Delivery and dispatch

· Plan the delivery driver’s routes, loading sequence, timings, addresses, and customer instructions.

· Check that the right products and quantities are dispatched and track deliveries, returns, payments, and issues.

· Keep customers informed and improve delivery efficiency as volume increases.

Procurement, inventory, and cost control

· Maintain stock levels for ingredients, packaging, cleaning supplies, fuel, and other materials.

· Compare suppliers, obtain quotations, place approved orders, and track deliveries.

· Monitor usage, wastage, expiry risks, costs, payments, and supply issues, escalating concerns promptly.

Team and operating discipline

· Coordinate the chef, bakery assistants, packing staff, and delivery driver around clear daily priorities.

· Support hiring, onboarding, attendance, shift planning, and performance follow-up.

· Maintain a clean, safe, respectful, and accountable workplace with usable SOPs and checklists.

· Review issues with the team and make sure improvements are followed through.

Reporting and communication

· Be the main day-to-day communication link between the founder and the Bangalore operation.

· Provide regular updates on production, customers, deliveries, cash, stock, staffing, issues, and next actions.

· Track key measures such as orders, volume, wastage, on-time delivery, collections, complaints, and repeat customers.

· Escalate urgent issues and keep important documents, approvals, contacts, and records organised.

What success looks like in the first 90 days

· The factory setup is coordinated against a clear launch plan and open issues are actively managed.





· Trial production and customer sampling happen in an organised way.

· The first group of bakery and store customers is identified, contacted, and moved through a clear follow-up process.

· Customer orders are translated into realistic production and delivery plans.

· The chef, production team, and driver know what is expected each day.

· Products reach customers on time, in the correct quantity, and at the expected quality.

· Ingredient, packaging, cash, and customer records are accurate enough to support decisions.

· Problems are identified early rather than allowed to become repeated operational failures.

· The founder has a reliable, transparent view of what is happening in Bengaluru.

What we are looking for

· Experience in operations, food production, bakery, hospitality, distribution, retail, FMCG, or a similar hands-on environment.

· Strong organisation and experience coordinating vendors, suppliers, staff, customers, deliveries, or several moving parts at once.

· Confidence speaking with bakery owners, store managers, suppliers, drivers, and service providers, and turning conversations into follow-ups and orders.

· Practical understanding of inventory, purchasing, costing, cash handling, and basic record keeping.

· Ability to use spreadsheets, WhatsApp, email, maps, and simple reporting tools reliably.

· Strong communication skills in English; Kannada and/or Hindi would be valuable.

· Willingness to travel locally around Sarjapur and Bangalore and work independently while keeping the founder informed.

· A calm, resourceful, hands-on approach and a robust sense of accountability.

Working pattern and practical details

· Full-time, primarily based in Sarjapur, Bangalore.

· Regular local travel will be required for factory setup, supplier coordination, and customer visits.

· Some early starts or out-of-hours coordination may be needed for production and deliveries.

· The role involves a mixture of desk work, factory work, field visits, and active coordination.

· Final salary, benefits, probation, weekly rest day, travel reimbursement, and working hours will be agreed with the selected candidate.

How to apply

Please send your CV or a short summary of relevant operations experience, examples of factories, teams, customers, suppliers, or delivery operations you have managed, your current location, notice period, compensation expectations.

Contact: [email protected]

Pay: ₹35,000.00 - ₹60,000.00 per month

Benefits

- Leave encashment
- Paid time off

Work Location: In person

📌 Operations Manager (Sarjapura)
🏢 Fantasty Foods u0026 Beverages
📍 Sarjapura