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Albertsons Companies · 3 days ago

Bakery Clerk

2501 N MAIN ST, LAS CRUCES, NM, 88001, US

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

Albertsons Companies is a leading food and drug retailer in the U.S., committed to innovation and fostering a culture of belonging. The Bakery Clerk role involves providing enthusiastic customer service, assisting with product suggestions, and ensuring the cleanliness and organization of the bakery area.

Food and BeverageFood DeliveryMeat and PoultryRetail

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. Answers questions regarding ingredients, price, and freshness of products

Helps customers with special orders for cakes and other bakery items, including adding personalization to baked items. May be asked to write messages on cakes with icing

Implements proper and efficient product preparation and packaging techniques

Maintains Bakery case cleanliness, sample tray, 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

Slices bread and prepares all bakery items, including proofing, baking, packaging, and icing product

Ensures temperatures are maintained in all phases of preparation, display, and storage

May assist with physical inventory taken every 4 weeks

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

Builds displays, rotates and discards outdated or spoiled product.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

Ability to follow and maintain department standards

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, Sales and Labor and other required paperwork and logs

Controls shrink and cost

Ensures that proper temperature levels for product are maintained. Ensures proper signing of products. Complies with retail labeling laws, federal and state regulations, Company, and code dating policies

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

Qualification

Customer ServiceFood PreparationInventory ManagementProduct KnowledgeManual DexterityMathematics KnowledgeSafety ComplianceCommunication SkillsInterpersonal Skills

Required

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

Helps customers with special orders for cakes and other bakery items, including adding personalization to baked items. May be asked to write messages on cakes with icing

Implements proper and efficient product preparation and packaging techniques

Slices bread and prepares all bakery items, including proofing, baking, packaging, and icing product

Ensures temperatures are maintained in all phases of preparation, display, and storage

May assist with physical inventory taken every 4 weeks

Understands opening and closing department procedures

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

Ability to follow and maintain department standards

Implements effective promotional and seasonal displays

Accurately completes, maintains, and monitors daily log sheet, Production Chart, Sales and Labor 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

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

Requires a good understanding of overall company practices and Bakery Department policies and procedures

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

Comply 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