Assistant Bakery Manager

Sprouts Farmers Market•Bear, DE

10h•Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant Bakery Manager at Sprouts Farmers Market is a leadership role focused on delivering an extraordinary customer service experience in a fast-paced, friendly environment. This position involves preparing and baking various goods like cookies, bread, and muffins using established recipes and ingredients. The Assistant Bakery Manager is responsible for providing excellent customer satisfaction through the management and leadership of Bakery Clerks, and by assisting the Bakery Manager in the daily supervision of the Bakery Department's operations. Key aspects of the role include managing and merchandising the department for maximum productivity and profit, overseeing ordering and inventory controls, ensuring product quality, and supervising the Bakery team. The role also involves executing merchandise rotation, building displays, monitoring incoming cases for damaged items, and maintaining deli equipment. A critical component is ensuring adherence to all company health, safety, and sanitation guidelines and regulations by both the manager and the team.

Requirements

Be at least 18 years of age
Minimum of two years' retail grocery experience
Two years supervisory experience
Be dependable and reliable
Ability to work flexible schedule that changes; including night, weekends, and holidays
Have and show an outgoing and friendly behavior
Have a positive attitude and the ability to interact with our customers
Have good communication skills
Ability to give and take direction participating in a team environment
Ability to stand for up to 3 hours continuously, for a total of 8 hours per shift
Ability to vertically transfer tray up to 5 lbs., from 7” to 64” for up to 10 hours
Ability to vertically/horizontally transfer items up to 40 lbs., from 5” to 36”, for a distance up to 36 feet for up to 10 hours without mechanical assistance

Responsibilities

Provide excellent customer satisfaction through the management and leadership of Bakery Clerks
Assist the Bakery Manager in the daily supervision of Bakery Department operations
Assist the Bakery Manager in managing and merchandising the department for maximum productivity and profit
Responsible for ordering and inventory controls, product quality, and supervision of the Bakery team
Execute rotation of merchandise and building of displays
Monitor in-coming cases for damaged items
Ensure the delivery of excellent customer service
Monitor the quality of Bakery product
Unload and sort through store deliveries
Operate and maintain deli equipment
Ensure the execution of all company health, safety, and sanitation guidelines/regulations
Validate that other Bakery team members are also aware of, and following, these procedures
Answer phones and take special orders
Perform general housekeeping in the department; clean and sanitize work area (including tables, floor, walls, cases, cooler, freezer, etc.)
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
Adhere to all safety, health, and Weights and Measures regulations
Achieve and maintain a Food Handlers permit

Benefits

Competitive pay
Sick time plan that you can use to support you or your immediate families health
Vacation accrual plan
Opportunities for career growth
15% discount for you and one other family member in your household on all 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 full of prizes, food and fun!
Bonus based on company and/or individual performance (Eligibility requirements may apply)
Affordable benefit coverage, including medical, dental and vision (Eligibility requirements may apply)
Health Savings Account with company match (Eligibility requirements may apply)
Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent care (Eligibility requirements may apply)
Company paid short-term disability coverage (Eligibility requirements may apply)
Paid parental leave for both mothers and fathers (Eligibility requirements may apply)
Paid holidays (Eligibility requirements may apply)
DailyPay - ability to transfer the money you’ve already earned at no extra cost, and get it the next business day, for free