Full Time Baker

Hy-Vee, Inc.•Wausau, WI

12d

About The Position

The Baker is responsible for baking products for customer orders and to replenish displays, while maintaining a positive company image through courteous, friendly, and efficient service to customers and team members. The role checks daily orders, plans production schedules, prepares, bakes, fries, proofs, and stores bakery products, and monitors product freshness, quality, signage, and inventory needs. The Baker also understands bakery equipment and sanitation practices, monitors workplace safety, and may lead bakery clerks.

Requirements

High school education or equivalent experience.
Over six months and up to one year of similar or related experience.
Ability to solve practical problems involving varied variables and limited standardization, and interpret instructions.
Ability to perform arithmetic calculations involving fractions, decimals, and percentages.
Ability to copy data between records, interview people to obtain basic information, guide people, and provide basic direction.
Ability to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and up to 20 pounds frequently to move objects.
Ability to perform stooping, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, fingering, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions.
Visual abilities including near and intermediate vision, color vision, depth perception, and field of vision, with or without correction.
Successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen.

Nice To Haves

Department training is helpful.

Responsibilities

Provide prompt, efficient, friendly customer service and assist customers with product needs, requests, and orders.
Answer customer calls and take product orders.
Review daily orders and establish production timelines and schedules.
Prepare, bake, fry, and proof bakery products as needed.
Check products for freshness and appearance, and remove products by stale date.
Invoice and put away products as instructed by the department manager.
Anticipate product needs for the current and subsequent days.
Inspect incoming products for quality and quantity.
Understand bakery equipment and report potential maintenance issues.
Check signage and labels for advertised items.
Review the department for potential safety issues.
Lead bakery clerks and prioritize customer and department orders.
Pull products from the freezer or cooler.
Follow sanitation procedures and keep the work area clean and neat.
Maintain personal hygiene and dress standards and follow company and store policies.
Report to work as scheduled and on time.
Order department supplies and merchandise, excluding cake decorating items, as directed by the bakery manager.
Review and re-merchandise shelf products and discard or recycle outdated products.
In the bakery manager’s absence, write the department schedule, ensure employees arrive on time, and find replacements when necessary.
Assist in other store areas and perform other job-related duties and special projects as required.