Assistant Bakery Manager

Hy-Vee, Inc.•Oakdale, MN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for assisting the Bakery Department Manager to present the freshest, most innovative, and best quality products at a competitive retail price to customers. Additionally, you will ensure a positive company image by providing courteous, friendly, and efficient customer service to customers and team members. This role involves instructing, assigning, reviewing, and planning the work of others, maintaining standards, coordinating activities, and allocating personnel. The position requires daily exposure to noise, temperature extremes, dampness, vibrations, equipment movement hazards, and dangerous chemicals/solvents, with weekly exposure to dirt and occasional exposure to electrical shock in a fast-paced work environment with significant pressure.

Requirements

Must be 18+
Ability to solve practical problems; variety of variables with limited standardization; interpret instructions.
Ability to do arithmetic calculations involving fractions, decimals, and percentages.
Ability to file, post, and mail materials; copy data from one record to another; interview to obtain basic information; guide people and provide basic direction.
High school or equivalent experience.
Over one year up to three years of similar or related experience.
Must be physically able to exert up to 100 pounds of force (shared team lifting) occasionally; exert up to 50 pounds of force frequently; and exert up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
Visual requirements include vision from less than 20 inches and more than 20 feet with or without correction, color vision, depth perception, and field of vision.
Must be able to perform the following physical activities: Climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions.
Has daily contact with customers, suppliers/vendors, and the general public.
Has occasional contact with federal/state governmental or regulatory agencies for inspections.
Has access to confidential information including ads, gross profit percentage, wages, sales, pricing, and employee information.

Responsibilities

Provides prompt, efficient, and friendly customer service by exhibiting caring, concern, and patience in all customer interactions.
Smiles and greets customers in a friendly manner.
Makes an effort to learn customers’ names and to address them by name whenever possible.
Assists customers by escorting them to products, securing products out of reach, loading or unloading heavy items, and noting customer suggestions.
Answers the telephone promptly and provides friendly, helpful service, including taking product orders.
Checks orders for the day and sets up a timeline and production schedule.
Reviews the status and appearance of product for freshness and pulls by stale date.
Assigns tasks to bakers upon arrival.
Reviews daily production list with department employees and assigns tasks for completion.
Organizes and helps where additional production is needed for the day.
Creates second production schedule for additional product, reviews with department employees, and assists in production as needed.
Ensures department standards are met.
Reviews the product status and creates closing list for evening crew.
Assigns duties to part-time crew as needed.
Reviews day of week for gross potential.
Reviews future sales weeks and plans for events/production.
Ensures display case product is rotated and replenished.
Trains new employees.
Handles and satisfies customer issues.
Understands and practices proper sanitation procedures and ensures the work area is always clean and neat.
Maintains strict adherence to department and company guidelines related to personal hygiene and dress.
Adheres to company policies and individual store guidelines.
Reports to work when scheduled and on time.
Assumes management duties in absence of Department Manager.
Orders product and supplies as needed.
Fills in for absent employees for the production day.
Assists in other areas of store as needed.
Performs other job related duties and special projects as required.