Bakery Clerk

WinCo Foods•Sacramento, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Join us at WinCo Foods, a growing family of over 140 supermarkets in 10 states with over 22,000 employee owners. Our purpose is to make the lives of our customers and employee owners better by offering the lowest possible prices to feed their families. WinCo is the second largest Employee-Owned company in the United States, with more than 500 millionaire employee-owners in our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The company offers benefits including top-tier medical plans and tuition support. In this role, you will be instrumental in making a real impact in the communities we serve. The Bakery Clerk scales, mixes, and bakes various bakery goods, maintains proper inventory levels of products, and ensures the cleanliness and appearance of the bakery department meets standards. This role also performs other related work.

Requirements

Ability to work varied shifts in a 24/7 operation; including night, weekends and holidays
Pushing and pulling approximately 100 lb. of product at a time on rack
Lift objects (i.e., mix) of various dimensions chest high up to 50 lbs.
Conduct visual inspections, read and follow production guides, recipes and product labels, log production quantities, temperature readings, etc. on proper forms
Catch breads, put product onto trays for baking, operate kitchen utensils and equipment with manual dexterity and hand /eye coordination
Maintain composure in dealing with customers and co-workers
Reach overhead to place product on racks
Stand, walk and move rapidly for extended periods of time
Bend, stoop, balance, crouch, push, pull, lift, grasp, feel, perform repetitive movement, and reach frequently
Handle bakery ingredients
Perform basic math (add, subtract, divide and multiple) and compute weights and measures
Perform duties with mental alertness involving potential hazards with respect to baking procedures, equipment, and work aides
Respond to audible timers on baking equipment
Perform around equipment and product emitting heat (approximately 465 degrees)
Follow safety and sanitation procedures and department policies
Use cleaning chemicals and handle related food products
Perform primary duties with efficiency and accuracy
Effectively manage time to ensure that deadlines are met
Prioritize and perform a variety of simultaneous tasks (multi-tasking)
Wear hats, hairnets, gloves, and other personal protective equipment as required
Check labels and packaging of all manufactured products
Communicate (hearing & speech) effectively with customers to receive orders and perform customer relation skills
Communicate in writing to others and read and follow instructions
Work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment with a strong customer service orientation
Operate kitchen utensils and equipment with manual dexterity, speed, accuracy and hand/eye coordination
Demonstrate knowledge of product content and perishability, safety and sanitation procedures and department policies and government regulations
Must be 18 years of age or older
Food Handlers Certification (Per State Laws)

Responsibilities

Seeks opportunities to welcome, engage, serve and thank customers
Maintains an atmosphere of friendly, enthusiastic customer service with an emphasis of taking care of the customer
Produce bakery products for retail stores
Operate and clean equipment and work area
Maintains clean, safe and sanitary bakery area and equipment
Package all fresh products following all packaging /handling procedures
Ensure quality of goods by following code
Mixes icing or other toppings by scaling and measuring ingredients, operating a mixer, reading the recipe, occasionally lifting 50 lbs. bags of sugar, shortening, and flour
Dumps icing or other toppings into large storage containers
Sets-up cakes by taking liner off, putting icing between layers of numerous items (i.e., 50 cakes at a time)
Ices cakes by taking icing out of the container, combining the icing onto the cake, lifting buckets, bordering, placing specific decorations, etc. for numerous items (i.e., 50 cakes at a time)
Packages cakes by placing in box
Labels bakery items by inputting data into DiGi machine for scanning, placing a label on container, etc.
Displays products on shelves by placing them in an appealing manner and using FIFO for rotation
Takes orders by phone and in person from customers
Special orders by following orders from customers; using an air brush machine, tubes, tips, etc.
Personalizes cakes by writing the desired words of the customer
Faces merchandise
Maintains an atmosphere of enthusiastic customer awareness with an emphasis on providing fast, friendly customer service
Engages in suggestive selling and other sales techniques in person, over the telephone and over the in-store intercom
Displays goods by following packaging/handling procedures
Follows company guidelines for setting up and maintaining stock, cleanliness and appeal of product show cases, display tables, and special displays; proper signing procedures, etc.
Assists customers with inquiries (i.e., special orders for cakes and other bakery items) by knowing current pricing, ingredients, availability of product, advertised merchandise, etc.
Ensures quality of goods by following code dating procedures and legal regulations or labeling and packaging for all in-store bakery products
Ensures quantity of goods is available by keeping manager informed of stock levels, accurately filling out inventory and production sheets as scheduled
Produce breads/rolls by mixing recipes
Setting up racks and pans, setting up machines, operating machines, lifting product, measuring ingredients, operating oven, proof box
Pushing and pulling racks
Clean work area using pressure hose, floor brush, squeegee, wiping off all work tables, scales utensils
Produce croissants
Folding by hand, proofing and baking
Opens and closes bakery according to company procedures
Performs other duties as assigned or needed