Assistant Bakery Manager

Sprouts Farmers Market • Denver, CO

20d

About The Position

The Assistant Bakery Manager at Sprouts Farmers Market helps lead Bakery Department operations and provides excellent customer satisfaction through the management and leadership of Bakery Clerks. The role assists the Bakery Manager with daily supervision, department management, and merchandising to support productivity and profit. Responsibilities also include ordering and inventory control, product quality, team supervision, merchandise rotation and display building, checking deliveries for damaged items, and ensuring excellent customer service and bakery product quality. The position requires handling store deliveries and bakery equipment, maintaining a clean work area, and ensuring the team follows company health, safety, and sanitation guidelines. Candidates must be dependable, customer-focused, able to work a changing flexible schedule, and able to meet the stated physical demands. A Food Handlers permit must be achieved and maintained.

Requirements

• Be at least 18 years of age.
• Have a minimum of two years of retail grocery experience.
• Have two years of supervisory experience.
• Be dependable and reliable, and able to work a changing flexible schedule, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Demonstrate outgoing and friendly behavior, a positive attitude, and the ability to interact with customers.
• Have good communication skills and the ability to give and take direction while participating in a team environment.
• Be able to operate and use knives, scales, wrappers, compactors, garbage disposals, pallet jacks, and hand trucks as needed.
• Use knowledge of scales and weight measures to accurately weigh and label products.
• Be able to stand continuously for up to 3 hours, for a total of 8 hours per shift.
• Be able to vertically transfer trays weighing up to 5 lbs. from 7 inches to 64 inches for up to 10 hours.
• Be able to vertically and horizontally transfer items weighing up to 40 lbs. from 5 inches to 36 inches, for a distance of up to 36 feet, for up to 10 hours without mechanical assistance.
• Adhere to all safety, health, and Weights and Measures regulations.
• Achieve and maintain a Food Handlers permit.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Bakery Manager in managing and merchandising the department for maximum productivity and profit.
• Manage ordering and inventory controls, product quality, and supervision of the Bakery team.
• Rotate merchandise and build displays.
• Monitor incoming cases for damaged items.
• Ensure excellent customer service and monitor the quality of Bakery products.
• Unload and sort store deliveries, and operate and maintain deli equipment.
• Ensure company health, safety, and sanitation guidelines and regulations are followed, and confirm Bakery team members are aware of and follow these procedures.
• Answer phones and take special orders.
• Perform general housekeeping in the department and clean and sanitize work areas, including tables, floors, walls, cases, coolers, and freezers.
• Adhere to safety, health, and Weights and Measures regulations and achieve and maintain a Food Handlers permit.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Sick time plan
• Vacation accrual plan
• Opportunities for career growth
• 15% discount for the employee and one other family member in the household on purchases made at Sprouts
• Flexible schedules
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with a generous company match
• Company-paid life insurance
• Contests and appreciation events throughout the year
• Bonus based on company and/or individual performance, subject to eligibility requirements
• Affordable medical, dental, and vision coverage, subject to eligibility requirements
• Health Savings Account with company match, subject to eligibility requirements
• Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent care, subject to eligibility requirements
• Company-paid short-term disability coverage, subject to eligibility requirements
• Paid parental leave for mothers and fathers, subject to eligibility requirements
• Paid holidays, subject to eligibility requirements
• DailyPay access for eligible employees, allowing earned pay to be transferred before payday at no extra cost

What This Job Offers

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