Baker

Baker

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintains an atmosphere of enthusiastic customer awareness with an emphasis on providing fast and friendly Customer Service.

• Assists customers by making product suggestions, filling special orders and food preparation suggestions.

• Answers and responds to incoming calls appropriately. Receive and appropriately resolves customer complaints and reports to Store Director as needed.

• Engages in suggestive selling and other sales techniques via telephone, in-store intercom, and one-on-one customer interaction.

• Implements proper and efficient product preparation and packaging techniques.

• Plans production and follows production sheet using Division Production Sheet.

• Thaws, proofs, and bakes production such as: rolls, bread, cookies pastries and donuts. May be required to fill display cases with product, rotate product and pull outdated product from the sales floor.

• Measures and mixes ingredients to form dough or batter. Cuts and mold dough to form pie crust, rolls cookies and related products (Applies only for scratch bakery).

• Bakes and monitors product in oven and adjusts oven temperature as needed.

• Maintains Bakery case cleanliness, visual appeal, and inventory levels. Responsible for ensuring the proper cleanliness, sanitation and appearance of bakery area and equipment and for ensuring a safe work environment.

• Ensures temperatures are maintained in all phases of preparation, display, and storage. Ensures proper signing of products. Complies with retail labeling laws, federal and state regulations, Company, and code dating policies

• Controls inventory to ensure adequate product quantity, quality and freshness and maintains inventory levels according to division directives. Stocks and rotates product. Maintains and organizes cooler.

• Understands opening and closing department procedures.

• Ability to follow and maintain department standards. Builds displays, rotates and discards outdated or spoiled product. Ensures cleanliness of work area and department.

• Responsible for ensuring proper code dating for all products within the department are being enforced.

• Implements effective promotional and seasonal displays.

• Performs receiving duties including breaking downloads, verifying orders using invoices, inspecting quality, reporting shortage, stocking, and rotating product. Adheres to product temperature and storage guidelines and follows proper packaging techniques. Processes administrative paperwork and maintains accurate department records.

• Accurately completes, maintains, and monitors daily log sheet, Production Chart and other required paperwork and logs.

• Controls shrink and cost.

• Complies with all workplace safety rules and regulations.

• Ensures safety, cleanliness and sanitation of sales floor, work area, freezer, cooler, equipment, prep area and display area, including code date compliance as required.

• Responsible for performing all job duties and responsibilities safely, accurately and with honesty and integrity.

• Other necessary and required duties.

SKILLS AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Requires good communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to maintain professional demeanor regarding customers and co-workers.

• Ability to frequently reach, lift and maneuver objects of varying dimensions and weights up to approximately 60 lbs. Bends, stoops and reaches frequently. Pushes and pulls fully loaded hand trucks and pallet jacks. Performs repetitious arm movement to prepare, package and display products.

• Complies with company grooming standards and dress code.

• Manual dexterity and good eye-hand coordination are necessary. Able to stand for long periods of time.

• Mental alertness is necessary to ensure safe and accurate completion of work activities. Requires knowledge of basic mathematics and weights and measures. Must have knowledge of product variety, standards, perishability, product handling, sanitation, labeling and department policies and procedures.

• Operates telephones, pallet jack, hand truck, knives, scissors, safety cutters, bread slicer, photo cake machine, mixer, microwave oven, ovens, and proof boxes. Utilizes cleaning supplies and equipment. Requires handling of latex products.

• Operates computer software and electronic ordering devices to order product.

• May be required to work nights, weekends, and holidays. Scheduled hours will vary. Good attendance is required.

• Exposure to potential hazards exists with respect to equipment and work aids necessary to perform job duties.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Must work in an environment-controlled environment. Frequent exposure to 400° F while baking products. Frequent exposure to -20° F while handling products in freezer. Frequent exposure to flour dust. Hands are frequently exposed to water and cleaning agents.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $12.00 - $16.30 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Work Location: One location