Assistant Bakery Manager

Weis Markets • Westminster, MD

6d • $17 - $25 • Onsite

About The Position

Looking for a company that treats associates with respect, understanding, and appreciation? Looking for a company that is passionate about teamwork and the growth of it's associates and communities? That's WEIS! This role is responsible for promoting excellent customer relations, determining customer needs, creating decorated products, and assisting the Bakery Manager in day-to-day functions. The associate will also oversee department inventories, assist with scheduling, and develop merchandising plans. They will ensure product quality and freshness, control department expenses, and enforce company policies. This position may also assist in other departments and supervises associates within the department in partnership with or absence of the department manager.

Requirements

• High School diploma or general education degree (GED) required.
• Minimum (2) years’ experience in management in retail/restaurant/supermarket environment.
• Previous decorating experience preferred.

Nice To Haves

• Associate or bachelor’s degree in business related or food service-related field desirable.

Responsibilities

• Promotes excellent customer relations by instilling positive customer focused behavior with associates.
• Determines what the customer is looking for in terms of size, flavor and appearance.
• Creates the finished decorated product in timely fashion.
• Decorates cakes and other bakery products using dye, specific designs or by creating custom designs.
• Uses variety of creams, frostings and fillings with consistent outcome.
• Makes icing for cakes and other related products.
• Adheres to company approved recipes.
• Assists Bakery Manager in day-to-day functions of Bakery operations such as merchandising, ad execution, associate engagement and customer service.
• Performs duties of Bakery Manager in their absence.
• Oversees department inventories by tracking weekly sales reports, product orders and supplies to ensure successful period-end physical inventory.
• Assists with scheduling all Bakery associates, participates in training, rewards and recognizes performance and delegates work assignments to effectively utilize talents and abilities while maximizing profits for the department.
• Utilizes the Learning Management System (LMS) current and new associates.
• Develops and implements merchandising plans that meet financial goals.
• Knowledgeable on weekly ads and specials to ensure correct pricing and production amounts.
• Continuously improves knowledge of produced merchandise.
• Adheres to and enforces company policy of production logs.
• Checks and verifies all department deliveries and invoices to ensure accurate billing.
• May help unload merchandise and transport to sales floor or storage area.
• Enforces and follows department practices regarding receiving, dating and restocking to ensure product rotation.
• Monitors product quality and freshness.
• Breaks down deliveries.
• Controls department expenses by improving operations and efficiencies, controls labor costs and reduces losses due to damages, spoiled product and shrink.
• Ensures associates correctly follow company recipes for prepared products.
• Maintains freshness by properly removing and recording out of code products.
• Completes required product logs.
• Keeps bakery department well stocked and appealing to meet customer demand.
• Smiles and greets customers, makes suggestions, answers questions about various products.
• Helps resolve customer concerns in a prompt and courteous manner.
• Ensures that merchandise is fresh, in saleable condition and properly priced with the correct signage.
• Handles spoiled and damaged product, or product that is close to expiration, according to company procedures and standards.
• Removes product that is not saleable to ensure quality.
• May assist with the production of breads, pastries and other baked goods to sell.
• Adheres to use of production logs and company approved recipes.
• Ensures smooth workflow within department by cooperating with co-workers and superiors.
• Strive to continuously improve job performance.
• Responsible for utilization of all company provided Personal Protected Equipment (PPE).
• May also be called upon to assist in other departments.
• Supervises associates within the department in partnership with or absence of the department manager.

Benefits

• minimum essential coverage (MEC) Plan includes 100% in-network coverage for all preventative care services required by the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
• two supplemental medical plan options, the Advantage and Elite plans
• dental
• vision
• short term disability
• term life and AD&D
• voluntary insurance such as hospital indemnity, critical illness
• 401(k) retirement savings plans
• scholarship program
• associate discount programs
• auto and home insurance
• employee assistance program
• pet insurance
• purchasing power
• paid time off
• sick pay

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED