- We are looking for an experienced and responsible CDP (Chef de Partie) to take ownership of daily production planning, team management, product quality, food safety, and production efficiency. The CDP will lead the Baking, Decorators, and other production teams while coordinating closely with Sales, Customer Service, Dispatch, Inventory, Operations, HR, and Management.

- The role requires strong production planning, leadership, quality control, problem-solving, and operational coordination skills to ensure all customer orders are completed accurately and on time.

Key Responsibilities

Production Planning

- Own and manage the complete daily production plan.

- Review customer orders, production requirements, and expected workload.

- Plan manpower, production capacity, components, and priorities.

- Identify material shortages, production bottlenecks, and operational risks in advance.

- Ensure all orders are planned sufficiently ahead of their required production deadlines.

On-Time Production

- Ensure all products and customer orders are completed according to deadlines defined in the Production SOP.

- Monitor production progress throughout the day.

- Take corrective action whenever production falls behind schedule.

- Identify and escalate delays before they affect customer commitments.

Team &

- Manpower Management

- Allocate manpower according to workload and employee skill levels.

- Lead and coordinate Baking, Decorators, and other production teams.

- Monitor productivity, discipline, attendance, and overall team performance.

- Reallocate manpower when required to prevent production delays.

- Ensure the DCDP and individual team members have clearly defined daily responsibilities.

Product Quality &

- Order Accuracy

- Take ownership of final production quality.

- Ensure products follow approved recipes, specifications, and customer requirements.

- Verify flavour, size, design, finish, colour, message, and personalisation.

- Prevent production errors, remakes, rework, and quality complaints.

- Stop or correct products that do not meet established quality standards.

Wastage &

- Production Efficiency

- Take ownership of production wastage and yield performance.

- Monitor remakes, rework, overproduction, and avoidable wastage.

- Identify root causes of repeated production losses.

- Improve batching, workflow, portioning, and production efficiency.

- Ensure manpower and production capacity are utilised effectively.

Food Safety, Hygiene &

- Compliance

- Ensure compliance with GMP, food safety, hygiene,



and production SOPs.

- Maintain required production, temperature, hygiene, grooming, opening, and closing records.

- Ensure proper storage, FIFO practices, and dietary-product handling.

- Identify and correct repeated food safety and compliance failures.

- Maintain high standards of kitchen discipline and cleanliness.

Team Training &

- Skill Development

- Identify skill gaps within the production team.

- Ensure employees receive appropriate training and cross-training.

- Review employee progress using the company's skill matrix.

- Support employee development through Intern/Trainee, Commis III, Commis II, and Commis I levels.

- Train and develop the DCDP to independently manage production operations.

Cross-Department Coordination

- Act as the primary Production contact for Sales &
- Customer Service, Dispatch &
- Logistics, Café, Inventory &
- Purchase, Operations, HR, and Management.

- Provide accurate production status and realistic completion expectations.

- Promptly escalate shortages, delays, manpower issues, and other production risks.

- Ensure other departments receive timely production information without having to follow up individually with production employees.

Equipment &

- Kitchen Readiness

- Ensure production equipment is available, clean, and operated correctly.

- Immediately escalate equipment breakdowns and maintenance requirements.

- Ensure the production kitchen remains organised, clean, and operationally ready.

Product &

- Process Implementation

- Ensure products handed over by Leena/Product &
- R&D; are produced according to approved recipes, yields, methods, and quality standards.

- Ensure the production team is trained before new products are introduced.

- Provide operational feedback when recipes or production processes require improvement.

- Ensure no uncontrolled changes are made to approved products or recipes.

Reporting &

- Continuous Improvement

- Review production delays, remakes, wastage, quality issues, manpower challenges, and production bottlenecks.

- Ensure reported problems clearly include the reason and corrective action.

- Continuously improve production planning,



productivity, quality, workflow, and team capabilities.

- Monitor recurring operational issues and implement corrective measures.

Authority &

- Decision-Making
- The CDP will have the authority to:

- Allocate and reallocate production manpower.

- Set production priorities according to workload and deadlines.

- Stop or reject production that does not meet quality or food-safety standards.

- Require rework or corrective action where necessary.

- Escalate employee performance and discipline issues.

- Recommend employee training and skill-level promotions.

- Escalate material, equipment, manpower, or production-capacity issues to Management.

Job Requirements

Production Management

- Strong ability to plan and manage daily production operations.

- Ability to manage production deadlines and customer order commitments.

- Good understanding of production workflow, capacity planning, and manpower allocation.

- Ability to identify bottlenecks and take timely corrective action.

Leadership &

- Team Management

- Strong leadership and team-coordination skills.

- Ability to supervise Baking, Decorators, DCDP, and other production team members.

- Ability to monitor productivity, attendance, discipline, and performance.

- Robust training and employee-development capabilities.

Quality &

- Food Safety

- Strong focus on product quality and order accuracy.

- Good understanding of GMP, food safety, hygiene, FIFO, and production SOPs.

- Ability to identify quality issues and prevent repeated production errors.

- Robust attention to detail and consistency.

Operational Skills

- Ability to monitor wastage, yield, productivity, and production efficiency.

- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.

- Ability to coordinate with multiple departments.

- Good documentation and reporting skills.

- Ability to manage production equipment and kitchen readiness requirements.

Preferred Candidate Profile

- Experienced production/kitchen professional with strong leadership abilities.

- Candidates capable of independently managing daily production operations.

- Strong focus on quality, efficiency, food safety, and customer commitments.

- Ability to manage manpower effectively and develop team members.

- Comfortable working in a fast-paced production environment with multiple priorities.

- Strong ownership, accountability, and problem-solving approach.

- Capable of coordinating effectively with both production teams and other departments.

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