Assistant Bakery Manager

Albertsons • Baton Rouge, LA

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About The Position

The Assistant Bakery Manager supports the daily operation of the Bakery Department while ensuring 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 includes assisting with bakery product preparation, packaging, display, merchandising, production planning, deliveries, inventory control, and department records. It also supports associate development and department performance while maintaining food safety, sanitation, and workplace safety standards.

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; assist customers with product selections, special orders, and recommendations; respond to questions and concerns 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, and maintain fresh, attractive, clean, and stocked displays.
• Support daily production planning and monitor production according to company procedures; follow opening and closing procedures.
• Ensure bakery products are properly signed, labeled, and code dated.
• Assist with receiving deliveries, verifying orders, inspecting product quality, stocking merchandise, and rotating products.
• Maintain appropriate inventory levels and product freshness; organize cooler and freezer areas and remove outdated or spoiled merchandise.
• Assist with controlling shrink, inventory, and department costs, and support physical inventory and required reporting.
• Build and maintain promotional and seasonal displays.
• Maintain department records, production charts, sales and labor information, and required logs.
• Assist with supervising, training, and assigning duties to bakery associates; help schedule associates to maintain appropriate coverage and customer service.
• Train associates on department standards, store policies, sales procedures, food safety, and recordkeeping; communicate goals, expectations, and sales opportunities.
• Help identify associates with advancement potential and support department productivity and overall performance.
• Maintain a clean, sanitary, and safe bakery department; ensure proper temperatures and follow food handling, storage, packaging, labeling, and sanitation requirements.
• Maintain cleanliness of sales floors, work areas, coolers, freezers, preparation areas, displays, and equipment, and follow workplace safety requirements and company policies.

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)
• Vacation, holidays, and sick pay
• Training, career growth, and development

What This Job Offers

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