Job purpose As Operations Manager you will lead your area through people to drive an industry-leading craft product and customer experience that delivers brand loyalty and results. You will be a leader showing an uncompromising approach to delivering our purpose and values in your day to day, and strategic planning, prioritise for the longer term, to bring a vision to your area, whilst remaining connected to the bigger picture.
About GAIL's We believe in making good bread. We may have grown but our philosophy has not changed: we make good food that people love, and create bakeries that people want to keep coming back to. we believe everyone deserves good baking.
So, we are on a mission to make world-class, craft baking a part of every community. Craft is in everything we do. We work with the best people who make things in the best way.
We shouldn’t rest until every community can choose craft. The ethos of a craft baker – to do everything to a high standard, pay attention to details, respect the ingredients and share widely – is an ethos we think is worth living by.
Key responsibilities
Leading with DRIVE you will:
Set direction by building on previous successes, establishing the way forward, and setting impactful ways of working in your area. Motivate and engage your team and managers by communicating the shared vision and common goals, delving into a deeper understanding of how each role in the Bakery can impact results. Set your own objectives for the area, to drive LFL improvement, identifying opportunities for efficiency and productivity, whilst ensuring we remain true to our purpose, and our love for baking. Play a part in the bigger picture, by developing and executing brand-wide initiatives, and leading change by winning hearts and minds.
Leading to DELIVER:
Be an advocate for change, planning, prioritizing, and logically approaching business challenges, to inspire agility to the changing market Have a finger on the pulse of the market and industry trends, taking a logical approach to reviewing the data and identifying opportunities to grow sales whilst adjusting your controls for the business needs. Plan collaboratively with your team breaking down larger business goals into deliverables by day/week/month/quarter, and year. Be a guardian of the GAIL’s brand, driving uncompromising compliance in standards, health and safety, and brand quality.
Leading through PEOPLE:
Be a Guru, having an exceptional way of connecting with your team, working to develop individuals to grow in capability and Rise with GAIL’s. See people as your craft, taking care of every individual, each step of the way through listening, seeking to understand the whole person, and connecting with their ambitions to motivate them to be the best and happiest they can be. Support, encourage and challenge people to improve performance through candid and regular feedback. Understanding the need for informal and formal processes, working closely with the people partners to ensure a fair and consistent approach to performance and capability management. Attract the best talent, through delivering an exceptional candidate experience in your area, showing care, and diligence to our recruitment and onboarding processes, and collaborating with your managers and the talent team to build our team of future leaders.
Leading with VISION:
Show a progressive and transformative leadership style, always reminding yourself of the core values of GAIL’s, and working to engage your team to the long-term plan. Remain open-minded to innovative ideas, collaborating cross-functionally, to deliver new initiatives into your bakeries, as seamlessly as possible, by communicating the why to your managers and team. Influence upwards, challenging when you feel something isn’t right, in an open, authentic, and courageous way. Be a facilitator to move decisions forward for the best of the business and it’s people.
And you the missing ingredient.... Strong leadership skills, the ability to inspire and motivate a team, delegating and providing support. Able to demonstrate a track record of developing people with a people first approach. A relationship builder with a passion for people, able to engage in multiple projects and build relationships with various stakeholders across departments. Area management experience in food retail or hospitality. Experience of opening new sites or stores. The ability to understand the detail whilst also thinking strategically. A problem solver who is comfortable making decisions using their own initiative. Superb organisational skills and prioritization. Highly adaptable and responsive
Reports into: Chief Technology Officer Department: Technology Services Location: Hybrid (Camden, London) Working Hours : 40 hours
Business Overview We are a fast growing and fast paced, highly successful artisan food manufacturing and hospitality group delivering high-quality baked goods to our customers. We are looking for a talented DevOps Lead Developer to join our team and drive the development and management of our enterprise-grade applications across our bakeries.
Responsibilities: Work with the team on development and management of applications focused on forecasting, ordering, production, staff planning, transport and online. A hands-on role to deliver applications working with other staff and partners. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and implement scalable and reliable cloud applications. Utilize data science and analytics to enhance application functionality and performance. Work with the data team to create and deploy machine learning models and AI-driven solutions for real-world applications. Monitor and maintain application performance, ensuring high availability and reliability. Mentor and guide other developers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement. Develop effective working relationships with colleagues within and beyond Technology to ensure that a consistent, high-quality service is delivered.
Requirements: Ideally a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Analytics, Engineering, or a related field. Minimum of 3+ years of experience in coding with Python and React.js. Knowledge of databases (SQL & NoSQL) and API development/integration. Familiarity with enterprise architecture design and delivery (Azure, GitHub, etc). Proven experience in building cloud applications using Microsoft Azure / cloud. Strong interest in data science and analytics. Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail. Knowledge of effective business analysis - ability to gather, document, and analyze business requirements effectively and the experience creating user stories, process flows, and wireframes. Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. Strong communication and collaboration skills. “Can do” outlook and approach to work. Demonstrate the ability to think around issues and look at the bigger picture to provide solutions through a variety of problem-solving techniques. Ability to prioritise issues according to business needs, and to escalate when necessary/appropriate, and problem solve
Preferred Qualifications: Experience in manufacturing, retail or hospitality industries. Knowledge of other programming languages and frameworks. Interest and experience with AI solution engineering Interest and experience of data analytics and data pipelines.
What We Offer: Competitive salary and benefits package. Opportunities for professional growth and development. A collaborative and supportive work environment. The chance to make a significant impact on our business and customers
Job purpose As Operations Manager you will lead your area through people to drive an industry-leading craft product and customer experience that delivers brand loyalty and results. You will be a leader showing an uncompromising approach to delivering our purpose and values in your day to day, and strategic planning, prioritise for the longer term, to bring a vision to your area, whilst remaining connected to the bigger picture.
About GAIL's We believe in making good bread. We may have grown but our philosophy has not changed: we make good food that people love, and create bakeries that people want to keep coming back to. we believe everyone deserves good baking.
So, we are on a mission to make world-class, craft baking a part of every community. Craft is in everything we do. We work with the best people who make things in the best way.
We shouldn’t rest until every community can choose craft. The ethos of a craft baker – to do everything to a high standard, pay attention to details, respect the ingredients and share widely – is an ethos we think is worth living by.
Key responsibilities
Leading with DRIVE you will:
Set direction by building on previous successes, establishing the way forward, and setting impactful ways of working in your area. Motivate and engage your team and managers by communicating the shared vision and common goals, delving into a deeper understanding of how each role in the Bakery can impact results. Set your own objectives for the area, to drive LFL improvement, identifying opportunities for efficiency and productivity, whilst ensuring we remain true to our purpose, and our love for baking. Play a part in the bigger picture, by developing and executing brand-wide initiatives, and leading change by winning hearts and minds.
Leading to DELIVER:
Be an advocate for change, planning, prioritizing, and logically approaching business challenges, to inspire agility to the changing market Have a finger on the pulse of the market and industry trends, taking a logical approach to reviewing the data and identifying opportunities to grow sales whilst adjusting your controls for the business needs. Plan collaboratively with your team breaking down larger business goals into deliverables by day/week/month/quarter, and year. Be a guardian of the GAIL’s brand, driving uncompromising compliance in standards, health and safety, and brand quality.
Leading through PEOPLE:
Be a Guru, having an exceptional way of connecting with your team, working to develop individuals to grow in capability and Rise with GAIL’s. See people as your craft, taking care of every individual, each step of the way through listening, seeking to understand the whole person, and connecting with their ambitions to motivate them to be the best and happiest they can be. Support, encourage and challenge people to improve performance through candid and regular feedback. Understanding the need for informal and formal processes, working closely with the people partners to ensure a fair and consistent approach to performance and capability management. Attract the best talent, through delivering an exceptional candidate experience in your area, showing care, and diligence to our recruitment and onboarding processes, and collaborating with your managers and the talent team to build our team of future leaders.
Leading with VISION:
Show a progressive and transformative leadership style, always reminding yourself of the core values of GAIL’s, and working to engage your team to the long-term plan. Remain open-minded to innovative ideas, collaborating cross-functionally, to deliver new initiatives into your bakeries, as seamlessly as possible, by communicating the why to your managers and team. Influence upwards, challenging when you feel something isn’t right, in an open, authentic, and courageous way. Be a facilitator to move decisions forward for the best of the business and it’s people.
And you the missing ingredient.... Strong leadership skills, the ability to inspire and motivate a team, delegating and providing support. Able to demonstrate a track record of developing people with a people first approach. A relationship builder with a passion for people, able to engage in multiple projects and build relationships with various stakeholders across departments. Area management experience in food retail or hospitality. Experience of opening new sites or stores. The ability to understand the detail whilst also thinking strategically. A problem solver who is comfortable making decisions using their own initiative. Superb organisational skills and prioritization. Highly adaptable and responsive
If the smell of fresh coffee beans roasting awakens your senses and you always work with a smile, then please read on! Our Head Baristas demonstrate real passion to join our GAIL’s family and for training and developing others . You should be motivated by taking charge and want to be a positive role model. With no day being the same, you must be organised and clear talking to maximise your teams’ potential and to deliver our fresh food, bread and cakes to high standards whilst maintaining food safety standards. Through effective leadership and great execution , you’ll be ensuring our bakeries deliver great specialty coffee whilst maintaining high standards. We will treat you to amazing benefits including: Free food and drink when working 50% off food and drink when not working Pension Scheme Discounts and Savings from high-street retailers and restaurants 24 hour GP service Cycle to work scheme Twice yearly pay review Development programmes for you to RISE with GAIL’s <
If you love the smell of freshly baked bread and always work with a smile, then please read on! We are looking for Head Bakers who have a passion to join the GAIL’s family and for training and developing others . You should be motivated by taking charge and want to be a positive role model. With no day being the same, you must be organised and clear talking to maximise your teams’ potential and to deliver our fresh food, bread and cakes to high standards whilst maintaining food safety standards.
You will be proving and baking items for our beautifully presented displays and know our products and recipes inside out.
Our bakeries open early so typically Kitchen Team Members will start early too – it will vary between bakeries but typically around 5:30am – 6:30am
As appreciation for being a Head Baker with great execution and effective leadership, we will treat you to amazing benefits including:
~ Free food and drink when working
~50% off food and drink when not working
~ Pension Scheme
~ Discounts and Savings from high-street retailers and restaurants
~24 hour GP service
~ Cycle to work scheme
~ Twice yearly pay review
~ Development programmes for you to RISE with GAIL’s
Full-time Team Leader vacancy at GAIL's. If leading a team to success makes you smile and puts a spring in your step, then please read on! We are looking for Team Leaders who have a passion to join the GAIL’s family and for supporting and developing others . You should be motivated by taking charge and want to be a positive role model. With no day being the same, you must be organised and clear talking to maximise your teams’ potential and to deliver our products to a high standard. As appreciation for being a Team Leader with great execution and effective leadership, we will treat you to amazing benefits including: Free food and drink when working 50% off food and drink when not working Pension Scheme Discounts and Savings from high-street retailers and restaurants 24 hour GP service Cycle to work scheme Twice yearly pay review Development programmes for you to RISE with GAIL’s Apprenticeships available alongside this role including ‘ Retailer Team Member Level 2 ’ <
Full-time Team Leader vacancy at GAIL's. If leading a team to success makes you smile and puts a spring in your step, then please read on! We are looking for Team Leaders who have a passion to join the GAIL’s family and for supporting and developing others . You should be motivated by taking charge and want to be a positive role model. With no day being the same, you must be organised and clear talking to maximise your teams’ potential and to deliver our products to a high standard. As appreciation for being a Team Leader with great execution and effective leadership, we will treat you to amazing benefits including: Free food and drink when working 50% off food and drink when not working Pension Scheme Discounts and Savings from high-street retailers and restaurants 24 hour GP service Cycle to work scheme Twice yearly pay review Development programmes for you to RISE with GAIL’s Apprenticeships available alongside this role including ‘ Retailer Team Member Level 2 ’ <
If the smell of fresh coffee beans roasting awakens your senses and you always work with a smile, then please read on! Our Head Baristas demonstrate real passion to join our GAIL’s family and for training and developing others . You should be motivated by taking charge and want to be a positive role model. With no day being the same, you must be organised and clear talking to maximise your teams’ potential and to deliver our fresh food, bread and cakes to high standards whilst maintaining food safety standards. Through effective leadership and great execution , you’ll be ensuring our bakeries deliver great specialty coffee whilst maintaining high standards. We will treat you to amazing benefits including: Free food and drink when working 50% off food and drink when not working Pension Scheme Discounts and Savings from high-street retailers and restaurants 24 hour GP service Cycle to work scheme Twice yearly pay review Development programmes for you to RISE with GAIL’s <
If the smell of fresh coffee beans roasting awakens your senses and you always work with a smile, then please read on!
Our Head Baristas demonstrate real passion to join our GAIL’s family and for training and developing others . You should be motivated by taking charge and want to be a positive role model. With no day being the same, you must be organised and clear talking to maximise your teams’ potential and to deliver our fresh food, bread and cakes to high standards whilst maintaining food safety standards.
Through effective leadership and great execution , you’ll be ensuring our bakeries deliver great specialty coffee whilst maintaining high standards. We will treat you to amazing benefits including:
~ Free food and drink when working
~50% off food and drink when not working
~ Pension Scheme
~ Discounts and Savings from high-street retailers and restaurants
~24 hour GP service
~ Cycle to work scheme
~ Twice yearly pay review
~ Development programmes for you to RISE with GAIL’s
If the smell of fresh coffee beans roasting awakens your senses and you always work with a smile, then please read on!
Our Head Baristas demonstrate real passion to join our GAIL’s family and for training and developing others . You should be motivated by taking charge and want to be a positive role model. With no day being the same, you must be organised and clear talking to maximise your teams’ potential and to deliver our fresh food, bread and cakes to high standards whilst maintaining food safety standards.
Through effective leadership and great execution , you’ll be ensuring our bakeries deliver great specialty coffee whilst maintaining high standards. We will treat you to amazing benefits including:
~ Free food and drink when working
~50% off food and drink when not working
~ Pension Scheme
~ Discounts and Savings from high-street retailers and restaurants
~24 hour GP service
~ Cycle to work scheme
~ Twice yearly pay review
~ Development programmes for you to RISE with GAIL’s
