Java House Africa are hiring Five Junior Bakers in Nairobi.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Understands the recipes used in baking and their proportions.
- Can follow recipes keenly and precisely and can quickly interpret the recipe and quickly identify issues.
- Can interpret and measure ingredients correctly with minimal supervision.
- Understands how a batter and dough mixer works and can operate it well.
- Ensures that all baked products are well sealed and packaged.
- Understands how ingredients are stored, labelled, and packed
- Understands the basic baking methods which include Creaming, Rub In, Hot milk, Blind Bake, All in one.
- Has the knowledge of baking most of the bakery items that include croissants pies, bread, cakes, muffins and cookies.
- Understand how to clean, assemble, and disassemble machine correctly such as food processor, scales, Planetary mixers, stick blender.
- Can easily mould and scoop bakery items such as bread and choc chip cookies.
- Able to fold the dough well into different shapes and sizes
- Shows creativity and art in shaping of the dough.
- Demonstrates consistency of good quality products and speed.
- Performs all relevant tasks in line with the trained standard operating procedures to minimize risk of harm to self, others or damage to property.
- Report all incident or accidents observed at the workplace to the Team Leader
- Achieve all set annual Performance Development plans as agreed with the Team Leader
- Pursue continued improvement in personal development by participating in development programs and training.
- Displays positive attitude, works harmoniously with colleagues, and displays healthy respect for others that will support optimum team working environment.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Key Result Areas/ Key Performance Indicators
- Adherence to work schedules and performance criteria
- Perform all work in line with trained SOPs and adherence to OSH procedures
- Delivery to customers in full and on time
- To achieve satisfactory scores in all customer quality assessment measures
Performance Indicators
- The number of processes completed right first time, without the need for corrective action or rejection
- Incident and accident rates for specific department
- Achieve all PDP objectives as agreed with Team Leader
- Number of suggestions or ideas shared.
- 100% delivery in full and on time of manufactured items
- Customer quality complaints not exceeding agreed targets
Qualifications
- School Leaving Certificate
- Diploma in food science or food manufacturing- desirable
- Experience: At least 1 years’ experience in food manufacturing
SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
- Flexibility to travel
- Frequent standing and walking throughout shift
- Occasional kneeling, pushing, pulling, lifting
Core COMPETENCIES:
- Demonstrates good attention to housekeeping by keeping the work area clean and tidy at all times
- Establishes and maintains constructive working relationships with others
- Demonstrates a ‘can do’ attitude and sticks with assigned tasks until completion and doesn’t give up easily
- Ensures consistent on time delivery of work
- Can adhere to priorities set by the supervisor to ensure deadlines, key performance indicators and targets are met
- Anticipates consequences of actions and events