L&D & Apprenticeship Manager

<p>The Bread Factory is London’s leading Artisan Bakery, known for award-winning breads, pastries, and cakes, supplying top-quality products across e-commerce, grocery, food services, and retailers such as our GAIL’s Bakeries nationwide. As our teams grow, we seek our next L&D & Apprenticeship Manager to join our team.</p><br>Ensure you read the information regarding this opportunity thoroughly before making an application.<br><p>We Care about a Job Well Done:</p><p>Since 1993, we have been champions in traditional baking with the finest ingredients and techniques. We always do things the right way, not the easy way.</p><p>We Care about Baking:</p><p>At The Bread Factory, all our teams take pride in crafting beautiful, freshly baked loaves, pastries, and cakes. We are all passionate about our products and share knowledge among us all.</p><p>We Care about Each Other:</p><p>We always act with respect, empathy, and support to our employees, neighbours and customers.</p><p>We Care about Community:</p><p>We believe in minimising unsustainable practices and reducing waste. While ensuring we continue to provide everyone with nutritious high-quality food.</p><p><u>Every day is different at The Bread Factory, but here are some of the things you will be doing:</u></p><ul><li>Shape our future skills by designing training to close capability gaps.</li><li>Lead and grow our Growing Bakers apprenticeship programme, ensuring it meets operational needs and industry standards.</li><li>Create clear development pathways for all roles, from production level to senior leadership.</li><li>Implement a skills matrix to track and guide progression.</li><li>Deliver engaging leadership and people-management training for emerging and established leaders.</li><li>Support succession planning and nurture talent across the business.</li><li>Design and deliver a blend of on-the-job, classroom, and digital learning with our operational experts.</li><li>Champion digital learning tools and oversee our LMS.</li><li>Manage compliance training and lead our L&D trainers to deliver high-quality, legally compliant learning.</li><li>Partner with Production, Operations, Technical, and People teams to embed a strong learning culture.</li></ul><p><u>What’s in it for you:</u></p><ul><li>Fresh bread daily to take home to enjoy with family and friends.</li><li>50% discount at GAIL’s and 40% off at The Bread Factory & The Flour Station Markets.</li><li>25 days holiday + bank holidays</li><li>Discounts and Savings from high-street retailers and restaurants</li><li>24-hour GP service</li><li>Cycle to work scheme</li></ul>