Bakery Sales Associate

Weis Markets•Hackettstown, NJ

About The Position

The Bakery Sales Associate keeps the bakery department stocked, appealing, and ready to meet customer demand. The associate greets and assists customers, answers product questions, takes orders in person or by phone, and helps address customer concerns. The role includes preparing special-order tables, arranging bakery cases and displays, and potentially writing on cakes. Associates ensure products are fresh, saleable, and correctly priced and signed, and remove or handle spoiled, damaged, or near-expiration items according to company procedures. The associate may help produce breads, pastries, and other baked goods using approved recipes and production logs. They maintain department sanitation by following cleaning schedules and health and OSHA requirements. When properly trained, they may help receive and store deliveries using a power jack or hand jack, and assist with cardboard baling. The role also involves helping control shrink and damages, reporting inventory discrepancies, cooperating with coworkers and supervisors, improving job performance, and using company-provided personal protective equipment. Associates may be asked to help in other departments. This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

Completed or working toward a high school diploma or GED.
No prior experience required.
Able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily, with or without an accommodation.

Responsibilities

Keep the bakery department stocked and appealing to meet customer demand.
Greet customers, suggest products, answer questions, and help resolve customer concerns courteously and promptly.
Take customer orders by phone or in person and determine the customer's desired size, flavor, and appearance.
Set up special-order tables during peak hours and shopping days; arrange bakery cases and displays as needed.
Write on cakes when required.
Ensure merchandise is fresh, saleable, correctly priced, and properly signed; handle or remove spoiled, damaged, near-expiration, or otherwise unsaleable products according to company procedures.
May assist with producing breads, pastries, and other baked goods, following production logs and company-approved recipes.
Maintain general department sanitation, follow cleaning schedules and department guidelines, and keep work areas, equipment, counters, and display cases clean and maintained in accordance with health and OSHA requirements.
Dispose of trash properly.
May assist with receiving, unloading, checking in, breaking down, and storing deliveries using a power jack or hand jack after training.
May assist with baling cardboard or related duties after training.
Help minimize shrink and control damages; report shortages or overages to the manager.
Cooperate with coworkers and supervisors to support smooth department and store operations.
Continuously improve job performance and use company-provided personal protective equipment.
May assist in other departments.