Bakery Manager jobs in United States
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Southeastern Grocers · 3 months ago

Bakery Manager

Southeastern Grocers is committed to fostering an inclusive environment and is seeking a Bakery Manager. The role involves managing daily bakery operations, ensuring product quality and customer satisfaction, and leading a team to achieve sales and merchandising goals.

GroceryNon Profit

Responsibilities

Creates an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important and appreciated to help build and retain customer confidence and loyalty
Ensures the department is merchandised per plan
Delivers daily conditions that meet the company’s expectations for at shelf product availability, freshness, quality and value
Trains department associates on freshness, inventory levels, stocking and ordering and shelf conditioning
Offers customers assistance in finding or suggesting product
Ensures customer requests and special orders are fulfilled
Promotes trust and respect among associates by collaborating, promoting teamwork, and communicating company, department, and job specific information
Establishes goals for merchandising, sales and profits and empowers the team to meet or exceed the goals
Develops adequate scheduling to manage customer volume throughout hours of operation
Adheres to all local, state and federal laws, and company guidelines
Completes daily and weekly administrative tasks (communications, online training, scheduling, pricing changes, order, etc.)
Maintains an awareness of inventory/stocking conditions and reports any discrepancies in inventory
Reviews/inspects products for quality and freshness and takes appropriate action with those items
Plans, organizes and performs the inventory process
Utilizes production planning tools to accurately produce fresh products and ensures discarding or markdown processes are followed to reduce shrink
Ensures product is held at the proper temperature per food safety guidelines and retains documentation of temperate logs per policy
Ensures company standards for safety, proper food handling practices, sanitation and productivity are maintained
Adheres to all regulatory compliance requirements pertaining to food safety, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) & Country of Origin Labeling (COOL), and Department of Agriculture (DOA)
Executes all product recalls and withdrawals in a timely manner while ensuring all items are secured and removed from customer access
Reinforces safety programs by complying with safety procedures and inspects and identifies unsafe conditions to report to store management
Notifies management of customer or employee accidents
Reports all safety risk, or issues, and illegal activity, including robbery, theft or fraud
Ensures adherence to wage and hour policies and regulations
Cultivates a culture of safety within the store
Ensures self and all associates are working safely and have received necessary safety training
Ensures Hazardous Assessments are posted for associate reference and that Personal Protective Equipment is available and utilized by all associates executing tasks within the department, as required
Ensures equipment is in good repair; reports and assists with remediation (ex. lock out/tag out of equipment) of safety hazards within the department

Qualification

Supervisory ExperienceCustomer Service SkillsFood Safety CertificationBasic Baking SkillsBasic Cake Decorating SkillsBakery Equipment OperationBasic Math KnowledgeComputer ProficiencyEnglish LanguageSpanish LanguageInterpersonal SkillsMotivational SkillsCommunication Skills

Required

High School / GED
3 - 6 years minimum supervisory experience
Must be 18 years of age
Authorization to work in the United States or the ability to obtain the same
Successful completion of pre-employment drug testing and background check
Strong customer service skills
Exceptional interpersonal, motivational and communication skills
Knowledge of basic math
Operate bakery equipment (e.g., slicer, oven, scale, knives, box cutter and pricing gun) according to company guidelines
Ability to perform basic cake decorating skills (base ice cakes, borders, cake writing, etc.)
Ability to perform basic baking skills (proofing product, product preparation, baking, packaging, etc.)
Proficient with computer applications used in effectively operating the department
Possession of Food Safety Certification or the ability to obtain same within 180 days of placement

Preferred

1 - 5 years minimum supervisory experience
English & Spanish

Company

Southeastern Grocers

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Southeastern Grocers is the fifth-largest traditional supermarket chain in the United States.

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$200M
Key Investors
Silver Point Capital, L.P.
2025-10-21Debt Financing· $200M
2024-03-07Acquired

Leadership Team

R
Raymond Rhee
Chief Financial Officer
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