Analyst, Bakery Planning/Scheduling & Training

Aspire Bakeries is a North American baking company with a leadership position in specialty frozen baked goods. Formed from leading bakery companies, its innovative food portfolio includes breads, artisan breads, buns, cookies, donuts, muffins and pastries from beloved brands like La Brea Bakery®, Otis Spunkmeyer®, and Oakrun Farm Bakery®. With 13 bakeries in North America, we are committed to driving innovation, predicting upcoming consumer trends and flavors, and exceeding our customers’ expectations. Aspire Bakeries champions the values of Integrity, Ownership, Customer Focus, Creativity and Care to help us deliver on People Safety, Food Safety, Quality and Collaboration.

The Bakery Analyst plays a dual role in bakery operations, managing production planning/scheduling and serving as the primary training coordinator for the facility. This position ensures smooth operations through effective scheduling and workforce development.

Responsibilites:

Planning & Scheduling:

• Develop and manage production schedules in collaboration with customer services and warehouse teams
• Utilize SAP/ERP/MRP systems to plan orders, manage supply, and maintain accurate production data
• Monitor inventory levels and adjust production plans to ensure material availability
• Communicate three-week rolling forecasts to suppliers and coordinate timely receipt of materials
• Create process orders and manage new product start-ups
• Control ingredient and packaging usage to minimize waste and production issues
• Participate in product recall processes and trace exercises

Training:

• Manage Alchemy training system for the bakery, ensuring data integrity and completion tracking
• Serve as point of contact for all training initiatives, including corporate programs
• Ensure all training materials are current and accessible
• Track associate skills development, training attendance, and program outcomes
• Verify training completion for all employees, new hires, and temporary workers
• Monitor training application to job performance and collaborate with managers on improvement plans
• Proactively identify opportunities to enhance training effectiveness

Qualifications:

Education/Experience:

• Associate's degree or equivalent with 4+ years of planning/scheduling experience in manufacturing or food production environment
• Proficiency in MS Office and ERP/MRP systems (SAP experience preferred)
• Strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of product supply, logistics, and quality processes preferred
• Ability to work in a bakery environment with temperature variations, flour dust, and moving equipment

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to work near moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet or humid conditions (non-weather); extreme cold (non-weather) and extreme heat (non-weather), and to rapid changes in temperature.  The employee must be able to tolerate a work environment that contains flour dust. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand and walk. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 15 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. 

This position requires the employee to have adequate communication and observational skills, including seeing, speaking and hearing, due to the operation of various types of moving equipment used in the bakery. These requirements are for the safety of the employee and co-workers. These requirements are also necessary for collecting and distributing information to staff and communicating with co-workers. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception and color vision.

We thank each applicant for taking the time and effort to submit your resume, however, only candidates to be interviewed will be contacted. Our organization is committed to promoting the independence, dignity, integration, and equality of opportunity of persons with disabilities by ensuring the accessibility of our facilities and services. Accommodations are available for all parts of the recruitment and selection process. Applicants need to make their required accommodations known in advance.