Select Milk Producers is one of the nation’s largest and most progressive dairy cooperatives, with 32 wholly owned subsidiaries, 12 processing plants, and 8 joint ventures including Fair Oaks Farms, Continental Dairy Facilities, Continental Dairy Facilities Southwest, Mill Haven Foods, Select Custom Solutions, GreenLink and Select Services. With over 1,000 employees, the Select Milk family of companies impacts all aspects of the dairy farm business and at the heart of our family of companies, is you.
"We strive to go above and beyond what’s expected in providing for our families, leading our employees, caring for our land and animals, serving our customers, producing quality milk, and serving one another. This commitment is more than our business, it’s in our culture and our character. We believe in being accountable, in doing what’s right, in performing at our best, in setting a higher standard."
Select Milk Producers and its subsidiaries offer attractive compensation and a best-in-class benefits package that includes but is not limited to medical, vision, dental, life insurance, and more that can be tailored for you and your family. Other benefits for eligible employees include 401(k) up to 6% company match, life and disability insurance, and paid holidays & vacation. We are proud to promote an equal employment opportunity workplace.
At Fair Oaks Farms, we provide an immersive experience where guests come to explore family-owned farms and reconnect with nature, animals, and our planet. Recognized as the #1 agritourism destination in the Midwest, we provide an escape to the country with acres of great fun, fresh food, and learning for the entire family. Our scenic campus includes a variety of offerings, enrichment programs, tours, and a connection to the community where our guests can learn about our animals, farming practices, and nutrition. We offer multiple elegant event spaces that accommodate everything from conferences to weddings and concerts. We delight our guests with our kitchen’s mouth-watering farm-to-table food and provide relaxing accommodations with our on-site hotel. But our greatest strength is our founder led team. It is the passion, entrepreneurial mindset, and hard work of over 300 dedicated team members that make a difference in the lives of our guests. Working together as a family, our team brings forth the enthusiasm, creativity, and collaboration to provide an exceptional agritourism experience for our guests and fulfill our vision to feed the world’s heart, mind, and body.
Duties And Responsibilities

• Prepare a wide variety of goods such as cakes, cookies, pies, bread etc. following traditional and modern recipes.
• Ensure all the Campus areas orders are done timely and delivered
• Creating new and exciting desserts to renew our menus and engage the interest of customers.
• Decorating pastries using different icings, toppings etc. to ensure the presentation will be beautiful and exciting.
• Comply with standards of service and assist in assuring the same consistency with all staff and or bakers assistants
• Manage day-to-day operations of the bakery in a consistent polite and professional manner
• Ordering all needs from the authorized Food service distributers
• Assist in the control of food cost by practicing proper food preparation and handling. Require strict adherence to health department sanitation and food guidelines
• Maintain cleanly work area, ensure coolers and freezers are organized and clean
• Receive, check and put away food orders as needed
• Responsible to ensure all equipment is working
• Cost all products developed
• Maintain daily waste logs
• Ensure proper pricing of goods sold
• Guide and motivate bakery staff to work more efficiently
• Produce fresh baked goods daily for campus, including Farmhouse Restaurant & Banquets, Cowfe, BP & Seasonal Market
• Monitor product rotation and expiration dates
• Demonstrate ability to forecast, and order accordingly
• Maintain an accurate inventory and reporting
• Ability to solve staff issues as they arise while maintaining effective relationships with management and staff
• Responsible for managing all bakery costs and ensure that the bakery remains viable
• Upholding company policies and procedures with self and monitor with staff
• Other duties as assigned

Job Requirements

• Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to develop a successful business
• Use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses to alternative solutions and conclusions to a problem
• Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to perform a job
• The ability to perform physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials
• The ability to lift more than 50lbs.
• The ability to multitask and complete tasks assigned in a fast-paced environment
• The ability to communicate and coordinate well with others by displaying respect to customers and co-workers
• Standing for more than 8 hours
• Must have flexible hours and work weekends
• Honest, reliable, responsible and dependable
• Job requires to develop a practical working environment along with self-guiding with little or no supervision.
• Must be detail oriented.

Education Or Experience

• High School Diploma or equivalent GED
• 3 years of previous work-related managerial experience
• Serve Safe Certification

Fair Oaks Farms offer the following benefits to all Full-Time employees:

• 401k after 90 days; Fair Oaks Farms matches 100% of the first 6% an employee contributes. Employees are 100% vested in both the employee and the company match.
• Health Insurance - Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Dental Insurance – Delta Dental
• Vision Insurance – VSP
• PTO-Paid Time Off
• Company paid life insurance at 1 ½ times your salary; additional life insurance can also be purchased.
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Legal Assistance
• Long & Short-Term Disability Plans
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• EAP-Employee Assistant Program