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Production Manager – Commissary Operations
Bronx, NY | $72,000–$85,000
We are seeking an experienced Production Manager to lead daily operations within a growing central production/commissary facility in the Bronx. This is a hands-on leadership role responsible for high-volume food production, production planning, team development, food safety, quality control, and operational efficiency.
This is an exciting opportunity to help build and scale a centralized commissary operation supporting continued company growth and new locations. The ideal candidate brings strong experience in commercial kitchens, commissaries, food manufacturing, or other high-volume food production environments and knows how to create efficient, repeatable systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead daily hot, cold, prep, packaging, and finished-goods production.
- Develop and manage production schedules based on demand, labor, inventory, equipment capacity, and distribution needs.
- Help transition and scale production into a centralized commissary model.
- Scale recipes for commercial production while maintaining quality, consistency, yields, and food safety.
- Develop and maintain SOPs for production, cooling, packaging, sanitation, equipment operation, and quality control.
- Recruit, train, coach, and develop production supervisors, leads, and associates.
- Optimize labor, workflow, equipment utilization, batch sizes, and production throughput.
- Maintain strong HACCP, QA/QC, sanitation, traceability, cooling, labeling, and food safety standards.
- Partner with Culinary, Procurement, Warehouse, Distribution, and Operations teams to ensure production meets business needs.
- Monitor key performance indicators including labor productivity, yields, waste, production accuracy, schedule adherence, and capacity.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement, automation, cost reduction, and increased production capacity.
- Support new menu launches, equipment implementation, and continued operational growth.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of leadership experience in a commercial kitchen, commissary, food manufacturing, or high-volume food production environment.
- 3+ years managing production teams in a fast-paced operation.
- Proven experience overseeing large-scale food production and production scheduling.
- Experience scaling recipes into commercial production volumes.
- Strong knowledge of batch cooking, cooling, packaging, shelf-life management, yields, and food safety.
- Strong understanding of HACCP, sanitation, QA/QC, and commercial food production standards.
- Experience developing or implementing SOPs and improving production processes.
- Strong leadership, organization, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- NYC Food Protection Certificate or ability to obtain upon hire.
- Flexibility to work varying schedules, including evenings and weekends as operationally needed.
Preferred Experience
- Commissary or central production facility leadership.
- Multi-unit restaurant, QSR, or ghost kitchen operations.
- Opening, scaling, or transitioning a central production facility.
- Blast chilling, vacuum packaging, cook-chill systems, or commercial processing equipment.
- ERP, inventory management, or production planning systems.
- Continuous improvement, Lean, or Six Sigma experience.
- Bilingual English/Spanish is a plus.
Compensation: $72,000–$85,000
JOB ID: 180327
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Marion Walker-Linsky