Assistant Bakery Manager

Albertsons Companies • Trophy Club, TX

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About The Position

The Assistant Bakery Manager supports the daily operation of the Bakery Department and helps ensure excellent customer service, high-quality products, appropriate inventory levels, food safety, sanitation, merchandising, and efficient department operations. The role assists with supervising, training, scheduling, and developing bakery associates while supporting sales, production, inventory, and profitability goals.

The position provides customer service, assists with bakery production and merchandising, supports inventory and recordkeeping, and helps maintain food-safety and sanitation standards. It also assists with department staffing, associate development, and performance.

Requirements

• Strong customer service, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to lead, train, and work effectively with bakery associates.
• Working knowledge of bakery operations, production, merchandising, sanitation, inventory control, and product freshness.
• Basic mathematical skills, including knowledge of weights and measures.
• Strong organization and time-management skills.
• Ability to prioritize responsibilities in a fast-paced retail environment.
• Ability to safely operate bakery equipment and other department tools as required.

Responsibilities

• Provide fast, friendly, and professional customer service; help customers select products, place special orders, and receive recommendations.
• Respond to customer questions, phone calls, and concerns; resolve concerns when possible and involve store leadership when necessary.
• Promote bakery products through suggestive selling and positive customer interactions.
• Assist with preparing, packaging, displaying, and merchandising bakery products; maintain clean, attractive, fresh, and well-stocked displays.
• Follow product preparation and packaging procedures, support daily production planning, and monitor production according to company procedures.
• Follow department opening and closing procedures; ensure bakery products are properly signed, labeled, and code-dated.
• Assist with receiving deliveries, verifying orders, inspecting product quality, stocking, and rotating merchandise.
• Maintain appropriate inventory levels and product freshness; organize cooler and freezer areas and assist with controlling shrink and department costs.
• Support physical inventory processes, required inventory reporting, and accurate department records, production charts, sales and labor information, and logs.
• Build and maintain promotional and seasonal displays; monitor product dating and remove outdated or spoiled merchandise.
• Assist with supervising, training, and assigning duties to bakery associates, and help schedule associates to maintain appropriate coverage and customer service levels.
• Train associates on department standards, store policies, sales procedures, food safety, and recordkeeping.
• Communicate department goals, performance expectations, and sales opportunities; help identify and develop associates with advancement potential.
• Support department productivity and overall performance.
• Maintain a clean, sanitary, and safe bakery department, including work areas, sales floor, coolers, freezers, preparation areas, displays, and equipment.
• Ensure proper temperatures and follow food handling, storage, packaging, labeling, sanitation, workplace safety, and company requirements.

Benefits

• Competitive wages paid weekly
• Access to up to 50% of earned wages before payday through a partnership with Stream
• Associate discounts
• Health and financial well-being benefits for eligible associates, including medical, dental, and 401(k)
• Time off, including vacation, holidays, and sick pay, subject to eligibility requirements
• Leaders invested in training, career growth, and development
• Inclusive work environment with colleagues who reflect the communities served

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed