Baker- Full-time

Monadnock Food Co-op•Keene, NH

10d•Onsite

About The Position

Monadnock Food Co-op is hiring a full-time Baker for its downtown Keene location. The Baker prepares wholesome, organic, and locally sourced baked goods for customers, including breads, muffins, cookies, pies, cakes, doughnuts, and other pastries. The role combines commercial baking and merchandising duties with customer service and collaboration with management to meet sales, margin, labor, and service objectives. The schedule is 5:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and applicants must be available for those hours. Pay begins at $18.54 per hour, with additional compensation based on experience. Duties must be performed satisfactorily, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Requirements

Experience working in a commercial bakery.
ServSafe certified, or willing and able to become certified.
Ability to safely lift 50 pounds regularly.
Ability to remain mobile throughout entire shifts and bend, squat, stoop, kneel, or crouch.
Ability to communicate with customers and coworkers.
Sufficient vision to perform the job safely and accurately.
Effective English communication skills to listen and give clear directions.
Ability to operate commercial kitchen equipment such as mixers, ovens, and stoves.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Familiarity with and knowledge of current trends in the natural foods industry.
Availability to work the 5:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. schedule.

Responsibilities

Prepare breads, rolls, muffins, cookies, pies, cakes, doughnuts, biscuits, and other pastries, including icings and frostings, according to established recipes.
Review production schedules to determine the variety and quantity of baked goods and assemble supplies and equipment for daily baking activities.
Establish or maintain procedures for pricing bakery items to meet margin goals and marking down or eliminating items to reduce losses when appropriate.
Maintain accurate, up-to-date records of preparation costs.
Maintain waste logs, track weekly waste percentages, and review movement and waste reports to determine batch sizes and recipe rotations.
Complete production sheets and other required records.
Prepare baked goods for special diets when required.
Ensure bakery items have accurate, current price, ingredient, and date labels.
Assist in planning and implementing seasonal programs.
Maintain food preparation areas, work areas, utensils, equipment, and displays in sanitary and orderly condition that meets or exceeds health department standards.
Follow USDA and New Hampshire state laws for allergen use, labeling, and handling.
Follow proper storage and labeling procedures under health department and organic standards.
Work with management to meet sales, margin, labor, and customer service objectives.
Communicate with customers and coworkers.

Benefits

20% employee discount, including sale items.
Quarterly and annual Gainshare depending on store performance.
401(k) plan with traditional and/or Roth options, up to 4% company match, and free retirement counselors.
Health insurance with three plan options, including an HSA option; eligible at 30 hours per week.
Dental insurance; eligible at 20 hours per week.
Vision insurance; eligible at 20 hours per week.
Pet insurance.
Company-provided short- and long-term disability coverage at 35 hours per week.
Company-provided $25,000 life insurance policy at 20 hours per week.
Generous paid time off.
Employee Assistance Plan.
Bereavement and jury duty leave.
Free staff-out products, plants, and flowers.
Staff appreciation events throughout the year.
Co-op gear.
Paid community outreach hours.