Full-Time Production / Relief Team Lead

About Dessert Holdings

Dessert Holdings is North America's fastest-growing premium dessert company, recognized for providing retail and foodservice customers with chef-inspired, innovative desserts made with real ingredients, a flexible and low-cost supply chain, and best-in-class service. The company is a collection of premium dessert companies and brands: Steven Charles, The Original Cakerie, Lawler's Desserts, Atlanta Cheesecake Company, and Dianne's Fine Desserts. Dessert Holdings is owned by Bain Capital, employing more than 3,200 people across eight manufacturing facilities, and is continuing its journey of rapid growth.

The company employs approximately 3,000 people across eight manufacturing facilities and its headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota. The manufacturing facilities are geographically dispersed, with two facilities in Canada and one each in Colorado, Texas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and North Carolina.

Are you ready to elevate your career and be a part of creating the world’s best desserts?  Dessert Holdings partners with some of North America’s most iconic chains to bring people together to celebrate life’s sweetest moments!

We currently have an opportunity for Full-Time Production / Relief Team Lead personnel to join our team. 

Relief Team Leads are fully trained Team Leads who work in both Team Lead and Production roles. Team Leading will take priority over production when scheduling. Relief Team Leads will provide coverage for scheduled and unscheduled absences.

Position Description: 

The relief team lead provides leadership, direction, coaching, and training to production personnel. They are responsible and accountable for performance standards and ensure company policy, procedures, and duties are followed and maintained at all times. Team leads are role models for performance excellence. When not performing the Team Lead role, this position will complete production line duties in our various production areas.

Relief Team Lead Responsibilities & Duties

• Lead production in exact accordance with the product specifications, task sheets and visual standards.

• Support the production team in achieving daily production yields, efficiency and productivity targets.

• Ensure all paperwork is kept in order, completed properly and submitted on time.

• Maintain the highest quality & safety standards, adhering to all GMPs, Policies and Procedures.

• Ensure the area is kept clean and tidy at all times, to prevent potential contamination and/or injury.

• Prepare QA samples and documentation as needed.

• Liaise with relevant personnel on equipment repairs as needed to prevent and minimize downtime.

• Support the training, coaching and development of team members.

• Ensure the overall efficiency and productivity of the operation is maintained at a high standard.

• Help keep downtime, material and time wastage to a minimum.

• Ensure changeovers are smooth with minimal downtime and all time accounted for.

Position Requirements:

• Have strong communication, oral, written and comprehension skills

• Be able to support team members in working towards conflict resolution

• Be able to work quickly, under pressure, and have a sense of urgency

• Be able to record and reconcile information while prioritizing

• Have the ability to work independently and with minimal direction

• Have strong organizational skills and the ability to multi-task

• The flexibility to meet the ever-changing needs of the department

• Outstanding work safe attitude and safety record

• Good attendance record

Schedule:

• Shifts are scheduled Monday through Saturday and 8 hours in length

• Schedules are posted 2 weeks in advance, no fixed hours or days

What’s great about working at Dessert Holdings:

• Great wages!  Starting at $24.21 per hour

• Uniforms and safety shoes vouchers

• An extended health care package including dental will be applicable after the successful completion of your probationary period.

• Employer contribution to Union pension plan.

• A great future

• And we make Cake

Schedule: 

We currently have openings on C shift -  C shift requires individuals to be available to start between the hours of 5:00pm to 10:00pm and finish between 1:30am to 6:30am. Must be able to work full-time hours (5 days per week), scheduled between Monday to Saturday each week. Including Saturdays as a mandatory day.

Pay rates: 

While performing Team Lead role, probationary rate is $24.21 and full rate is $26.90. 

While performing Production role, probationary rate is $18.83 and full rate is $20.92.

This position also provides comprehensive benefits package and RRSP contributions after probation is complete.

We appreciate your interest in joining The Original Cakerie team. Due to volume of candidates applying, only short-listed applicants will be contacted.