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RESPONSIBILITIES
Dunkin’ manufacturing standards communication, coaching, and compliance performance management:
- Communicate donut manufacturing standards and processes, operational procedures, brand standards and training materials.
- Maintain systems and processes for capturing and monitoring key production food safety, quality, productivity, and cost KPIs.
- Conduct operations and food safety assessments.
- Communicate performance and key improvement to internal stakeholders and Franchisees.
- Support donut category product innovation in conjunction with field marketing teams.
- Prioritize and align focused improvements with Franchisees and field teams.
Local Bakery Supply Chain Development
- Local supplier capability assessment
- Proprietary bread carrier manufacturing capability development
- Local Bakery supplier product development and production approval.
- Supporting regional supply chain, QA, Commercialization and Licensees with bakery manufacturing trouble shooting and solutioning.
Regional New Dunkin’ manufacturing location implementation:
- Develop and align new location implementation project plans with Franchisees.
- Consult with Franchisees on site layout, equipment, and construction in line with Brand standards and requirements.
- Monitor and communicate new location project implementation progress with field teams, supply chain, QA and development teams.
- Train new CML operatives to brand standards and requirements.
- Support new location start-up.
- Qualify new location in conjunction with supply chain QA.
Regional Dunkin Ingredient and equipment optimization and approval:
- New supplier/equipment discovery and capability assessment
- Supplier capability development,
- Supplier qualification
- Product/equipment approval
- Supply troubleshooting and solutioning
Other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS
- Minimum Certification as Master/Certified Baker Recognized Bakery Accreditation Body (ME. UK of EU)
- Preferred Degree in Bakery/Food Science, Food Business or Food Engineering.
- Preferred 3-5 + years bakery manufacturing or bakery management in Middle East and/or Europe.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS or ABILITIES
- Knowledge of applied bakery science and technology.
- Knowledge of bakery product innovation and bakery decoration.
- Knowledge of small to large scale bakery manufacturing methodologies and processes.
- Knowledge of principles and experience with manufacturing cost accounting.
- Knowledge of bakery best practice and application of continuous improvement methodologies.
- Bakery quality and defect troubleshooting.
- Requires capable and persuasive communications skills to drive change through influence and consultation.
- Manufacturing process and cost analytics.
- Manufacturing best practice and continuous improvement.
- Prioritization of time and resources.
- Production Management.
- Project management.
- Global Mindset.
- Capable communicator from shop floor to executive levels.
- Strong collaborator able to work within large complex matrix organizations and across cultures.
- Analytical thinker, ready and able to question the status quo from a position of reason and credibility.
- Able to determine and align priorities and work under own initiative.
- Able to quickly establish productive relationships.
- Problem solver.
From chefs who create exciting new flavors to crew members who know exactly how you want your drink – we strive to keep our guests at their best here at Dunkin’. That’s what American runs on. Come run with us!
Inspire Brands is a multi-brand restaurant company whose portfolio includes more than 32,000 Arby’s, Baskin-Robbins, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin’, Jimmy John’s, and SONIC restaurants worldwide.
We’re made up of some of the world’s most iconic restaurant brands, but we’re much more than just a restaurant company. We’re a team of hundreds of thousands who individually and collectively are changing the way people eat, drink, and gather around the table. We know that food is much more than a staple—it’s an experience. At Inspire, that’s our purpose: to ignite and nourish flavorful experiences.
