{"id":3380,"date":"2018-10-10T00:02:02","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T00:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/macrinabakery.com\/blog\/?p=3380"},"modified":"2018-11-09T18:53:27","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T18:53:27","slug":"thanh-huyen-dang-bread-general-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.macrinabakery.com\/blog\/thanh-huyen-dang-bread-general-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanh Huyen Dang: Bread General Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since I opened Macrina in 1993, so many amazing people have helped make the bakery what it is today. In honor of our 25th anniversary, we are spotlighting a few key employees. Each fills an essential role at Macrina.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

When I interviewed and hired Huyen Dang she was still a senior in high school. Our wholesale pastry manager, Tramy Le, recommended her. Right away Huyen made an impression with her hard work and attention to detail. Over the years she\u2019s proved she can handle big responsibilities. Not only does she know how to do just about every job in production, she is frequently on the floor helping whichever group most needs the help. She plays a key role in our success.<\/i><\/p>\n

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Huyen’s Role at Macrina<\/h1>\n

Thanh Huyen Dang, who goes by Huyen (pronounced \u201cWen\u201d), is the general manager of Macrina\u2019s bread production. She oversees the teams that prepare the dough, bake the bread, and do the packing. Overall, Huyen manages nearly 100 people. While she has plenty of office work to tackle, you\u2019ll often find her on the production floor shaping loaves of bread. Huyen says, \u201cBecause we form every loaf of bread by hand, it is a lot of work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Huyen earned her general manager position through hard work and a talent for managing people. She was still in high school when she started working part-time at Macrina in 2002. After finishing high school, she moved to full time in the wholesale pastry department. Two years later, Phuong Bui, Head Baker, invited Huyen to join him in the bread department as his general. She was promoted to Bread General Manager in 2012.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While many at Macrina know how hard Huyen works, few know it better than Jane Cho, Macrina\u2019s Production Manager. \u201cHuyen\u2019s work ethic is incomparable,\u201d Jane says. \u201cShe has the most positive can-do attitude and is always willing to help with whatever is needed.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

December is always a hectic month at Macrina with holiday production in full swing. Jane remembers her first holiday rush in her new job as Production Manager vividly. \u201cHuyen and I had already been working for 16 hours and still had a lot to do,\u201d Jane says. \u201cI insisted she go home, but she saw that delivery drivers were already starting to arrive and so much packing still had to be done. We formed a tag-team pack station on the fly. We were delirious from exhaustion and just when we thought we were done, someone rolled up a few more racks of bread. We just looked at each other and started to laugh hysterically.\u201d Jane smiles at the memory of Huyen being right there supporting her through the challenge, then adds, \u201cBut here\u2019s the thing about Huyen, she does that for everyone\u2014co-managers and employees in all departments. I am so grateful for her support and guidance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Huyen and Family<\/h2>\n

What makes Huyen\u2019s demanding job even more impressive is that she also has three children, ages fifteen, six, and five, to care for. Fortunately, Huyen comes from a close family, and her parents are available to help with the kids.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Huyen and her family moved to Seattle from Vietnam when she was ten. She attended Whitman Middle School and Ingraham High School. \u201cAt first, learning English made school hard,\u201d she says. \u201cMy parents don\u2019t speak English. ESL classes at school helped.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Fluent in both English and Vietnamese, Huyen helps many of Macrina\u2019s Vietnamese employees when they need help with a translation. \u201cWhile I speak Vietnamese at home, there are many words related to baking that I didn\u2019t know. My Vietnamese has gotten better in the time I\u2019ve worked here.\u201d<\/p>\n

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