Bakery Manager-Fairfax

Albertsons Companies • Navy, VA

6h

About The Position

The Bakery Manager oversees the daily operations of the bakery department at Albertsons Companies. The role combines bakery production and merchandising with customer service, team leadership, and responsibility for department performance. The manager ensures products meet standards for quality, freshness, and presentation, plans production based on sales trends and seasonal demand, and manages sales, labor, scheduling, ordering, inventory, and shrink.

The manager creates a welcoming, customer-focused environment, handles customer concerns and special orders, and hires, trains, coaches, and develops bakery associates. The role also ensures compliance with food-safety, sanitation, regulatory, company safety, and conduct requirements. It requires flexible availability, including early mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays, and the ability to work in hot and cold environments and lift up to 50 pounds. Travel is not required.

Requirements

• Strong customer-service mindset and passion for quality and presentation.
• Effective communication, coaching, and team-building skills; ability to lead in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong organization, time-management, and problem-solving skills.
• Competence in bakery production and merchandising execution, labor planning and scheduling, sales performance, shrink control, inventory management, and food-safety and compliance oversight.
• Knowledge of baking, decorating, proofing, production planning, food-safety standards, temperature controls, allergen handling, sanitation procedures, and retail bakery operations in high-volume environments.
• Ability to review sales, labor, and production data to inform departmental planning.
• Ability to train, coach, and develop associates at various skill levels.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. and work in hot and cold temperature environments.
• Flexible availability including early mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays; reliable attendance; compliance with company safety policies and Code of Business Conduct.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily Bakery Department operations and maintain standards for quality, freshness, presentation, and customer service.
• Foster a welcoming, customer-focused environment and resolve customer concerns and special orders.
• Plan and execute daily bakery production based on sales trends and seasonal demand.
• Execute merchandising plans, promotions, planograms, and seasonal programs.
• Manage department sales, labor, scheduling, ordering, inventory, and shrink.
• Ensure compliance with food-safety, sanitation, and regulatory requirements.
• Hire, train, coach, and develop bakery associates while promoting teamwork and accountability.

Benefits

• Competitive wages paid weekly
• Associate discounts
• Health and financial well-being benefits for eligible associates, including medical, dental, and 401(k)
• Time off, including vacation, holidays, and sick pay
• Training, career growth, and development
• Inclusive work environment
• Benefits may include vision, disability and life insurance, sick pay, PTO/vacation pay or flexible time off, paid holidays, bereavement pay, and retirement benefits (pension and/or 401(k) eligibility)
• Associates in this position may be eligible for a quarterly bonus

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed