Assistant Bakery Manager
About The Position
The Assistant Bakery Manager supports the Bakery Manager in daily supervision of Bakery Department operations and helps lead Bakery Clerks to provide excellent customer satisfaction. The role assists with managing and merchandising the department for productivity and profit, and is responsible for ordering and inventory controls, product quality, and team supervision. Duties also include rotating merchandise, building displays, checking incoming cases for damaged items, monitoring customer service and bakery-product quality, and unloading and sorting store deliveries. The Assistant Bakery Manager operates and maintains deli equipment and helps ensure the Bakery team follows company health, safety, and sanitation guidelines. This position requires a flexible schedule, including nights, weekends, and holidays, and involves physical work such as standing, lifting, and transferring items.
Requirements
- Be at least 18 years of age.
- Have at least two years of retail grocery experience and two years of supervisory experience.
- Be dependable and reliable, with the ability to work a flexible, changing schedule that includes nights, weekends, and holidays.
- Demonstrate outgoing, 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 and for a total of 8 hours per shift.
- Be able to vertically transfer trays weighing up to 5 pounds from 7 to 64 inches for up to 10 hours.
- Be able to vertically or horizontally transfer items weighing up to 40 pounds from 5 to 36 inches, over a distance of up to 36 feet, for up to 10 hours without mechanical assistance.
- Achieve and maintain a Food Handlers permit.
Responsibilities
- Assist the Bakery Manager with 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; operate and maintain deli equipment.
- Ensure company health, safety, and sanitation guidelines and regulations are followed by the Bakery team.
- Answer phones and take special orders.
- Perform general housekeeping and clean and sanitize work areas, including tables, floors, walls, cases, coolers, and freezers.
- Follow applicable safety, health, and Weights and Measures regulations and maintain a Food Handlers permit.
Benefits
- Competitive pay
- Sick time plan
- Vacation accrual plan
- Opportunities for career growth
- 15% discount on purchases for the employee and one other family member in the household
- Flexible schedules
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match
- Company-paid life insurance
- Contests and appreciation events
- Performance-based bonus, subject to eligibility requirements
- 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
