Baker

Sprouts Farmers Market•Tampa, FL

10d

About The Position

The Baker at Sprouts Farmers Market prepares, bakes, and packages baked goods, including cookies, bread, and muffins. The role supports the Bakery Manager with preparing, baking, packaging, pricing, and merchandising products. It also provides customer service and ensures bakery products are correctly prepared, packaged, and presented in a clean department. The Baker maintains clean, safe, and sanitary work areas and equipment; stocks, fills, and faces products; checks pricing and product rotation; removes outdated or spoiled goods; and receives, inspects, and logs shipments for accuracy, temperature, and quality. The position requires flexibility to work a changing schedule, including nights, weekends, and holidays, and involves physical tasks such as prolonged standing, lifting and transferring trays and items, and operating bakery and material-handling equipment.

Requirements

At least 18 years of age.
High school diploma or equivalent, with 1–2 years of bakery experience, or an acceptable combination of education and experience.
Dependable and reliable, with the ability to work a changing, flexible schedule, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
Outgoing, friendly behavior, a positive attitude, and ability to interact with customers.
Good communication skills and the ability to take direction and participate in a team environment.
Ability to perform general housekeeping and clean and sanitize the work area.
Ability to operate knives, scales, wrappers, compactors, garbage disposals, pallet jacks, and hand trucks as needed.
Knowledge of scales and weight measures to accurately weigh and label products.
Ability to stand continuously for up to 3 hours and for a total of 8 hours per shift.
Ability to vertically transfer trays weighing up to 5 lbs. from 7 to 64 inches for up to 10 hours.
Ability to vertically and horizontally transfer items weighing up to 40 lbs. from 5 to 36 inches, over distances up to 36 feet, for up to 10 hours without mechanical assistance.
Ability to adhere to safety, health, and Weights and Measures regulations and achieve and maintain a Food Handlers permit.

Responsibilities

Assist the Bakery Manager in preparing, baking, packaging, pricing, and merchandising baked goods.
Prepare, bake, and package bakery products.
Provide a high level of customer service and ensure bakery items are properly prepared, packaged, and presented.
Maintain cleanliness and sanitation of the bakery department and its equipment, including shelves, products, floors, tables, walls, cases, coolers, and freezers.
Stock, fill, and face bakery products; ensure pricing accuracy; monitor product rotation; and discard outdated or spoiled items.
Receive, inspect, and log products for shipment accuracy, temperature, and quality.
Answer phones and take special orders.
Follow 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 for the employee and one other household family member on purchases at Sprouts
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