REGIONAL TALENT ADVISOR - MILTON KEYNES

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 Regional Talent Partner based in Milton Keynes to join our People Team.

We Care About a Job Well Done

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.

We Care About Baking

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.

We Care About Each Other

We always act with respect, empathy, and support to our employees, neighbours and customers.

We Care About Community

We believe in minimising unsustainable practices and reducing waste. While ensuring we continue to provide everyone with nutritious high-quality food.

Every day is different at The Bread Factory, but here are some of the things you will be doing:

Talent Acquisition & Recruitment

• Manage the end-to-end recruitment process for operational and specialist roles across multiple sites.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand workforce needs and create proactive talent pipelines.
• Use direct sourcing methods such as LinkedIn, job boards, networking, and referrals to attract top talent.
• Conduct screenings, interviews, and assessments to ensure a strong candidate fit.
• Drive best-in-class candidate experience, from application to onboarding.
  
  

Employer Branding & Attraction

• Support employer branding initiatives to position The Bread Factory as an employer of choice.
• Work on social media recruitment campaigns, careers page content, and job adverts to enhance visibility.
• Partner with local colleges, universities, and apprenticeship providers to attract early careers talent.
• Use our Care Values to showcase our company culture.
  
  

Workforce Planning & Talent Strategy

• Support workforce planning, ensuring the right talent is in place to meet business needs.
• Provide market insights on recruitment trends, salary benchmarking, and competitor activity.
• Identify and implement diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) initiatives to ensure diverse talent pools.
  
  

Stakeholder & Regional Support

• Work closely with regional managers and site leaders to understand hiring challenges and create solutions.
• Deliver training and coaching to hiring managers on best recruitment practices.
• Collaborate with People, HR & L&D teams to ensure smooth onboarding and talent retention strategies.
  
  

Our team tells us you will be a great addition if you have experience in:

• Experience in a recruitment, preferably in a regional or multi-site capacity.
• Strong knowledge of direct sourcing, recruitment strategies, and employer branding.
• Ability to build strong relationships with hiring managers and candidates.
• Experience working with HR & recruitment systems (ATS) and leveraging data for decision-making.
• Passion for candidate experience and employer branding.
• A proactive, hands-on approach with excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Familiarity with food manufacturing, hospitality, or retail recruitment is a plus.
  
  

What’s In It For You

• Fresh bread daily to take home to enjoy with family and friends
• 50% discount at GAIL’s and 40% off at The Bread Factory & The Flour Station Markets
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Bonus scheme
• Discounts and Savings from high-street retailers and restaurants
• 24-hour GP service
• Cycle to work scheme