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Festival Foods · 12 hours ago

Bakery Bench Hand

53144

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

Festival Foods is a Wisconsin grocer committed to exceptional service and community support. They are seeking a Bakery Bench Hand to ensure the bakery is stocked with fresh products while providing excellent guest service and maintaining high standards of cleanliness and food safety.

CommunitiesFood and Beverage

Responsibilities

Provide Exceptional Guest Service: Providing excellent guest service is at the heart of what we do. Whether it’s a friendly greeting, answering questions or addressing guest concerns, you’ll handle each interaction with professionalism and care. Your willingness to help guests with what they need will make a positive impact every day

Production Excellence: Follow recipes and production lists precisely to produce high-quality pastry and bakery items. Ensure attention to dates and freshness, handle outdated items properly, and meet high-quality standards

Sanitation and Cleanliness: Maintain cleanliness in baker prep areas, ensuring all surfaces, tools, and equipment are clean and organized. Adhere to Health Department guidelines and Festival Foods sanitation and safety practices, including proper glove use

Inventory and Stock Management: Oversee items on the sales floor, making decisions on what needs to be produced to ensure coverage for the evening. Keep cooler, freezer, and dry storage areas clean and organized

Offer Assistance: Provide excellent foodservice and customer service by assisting guests with finding items, taking and executing special orders, and addressing any concerns or issues with products

Food Safety: Maintain food safety logs and ensure all quality standards are met, including quantity expectations at 100% by designated times

Support: Assist all bakery associates with daily responsibilities and contribute to overall cleanliness and organization of the department

Teamwork: Perform other duties as needed to support the team

Honor Commitments: Regular, timely attendance in compliance with the work schedule, and adequate notice to find a replacement for occasional absences

Qualification

BakingPastry productionFood safety knowledgeGuest serviceInventory managementTeamwork

Required

Ability to effectively deal with guests and all personnel, with a strong understanding of baking and pastry production

Knowledge of foodservice operations is essential

Follow all safety requirements and company safety policies, with proper training and knowledge of bakery equipment and procedures, including ovens, mixers, and slicing machinery

Regular, timely attendance in compliance with the work schedule, and adequate notice to find a replacement for occasional absences

Stand in one spot for a long period of time, bend stoop, and kneel regularly (70% of time)

Full range of upper body motion

Lifting up to 60 pounds on a frequent basis (50% of time)

Occasional exposure to extreme temperatures (20% of time)

Frequently near moving machinery (70% of time)

Repetitive motion of hands and wrists

Benefits

Associate Discount: Enjoy an industry-leading 15% off your grocery purchases for you and your immediate household!

Weekly Pay & Premium Pay: Hourly associates are paid weekly, providing more frequent access to their funds. Part-time store associates are paid a $1 premium per hour on Sundays and select holidays. Hourly full-time store associates receive time and a half on Sundays and select holidays.

Two-Week Advanced Scheduling: Better Planning. Better Balance. We provide our associates with their schedules two weeks in advance, offering greater predictability & flexibility.

Vision & Dental Insurance: Part-time and full-time associates are eligible for vision insurance and two dental coverage options that are designed to fit your needs.

Support: Our associates receive support for their total well-being; including 3 weeks of paid parental leave, a fitness reimbursement program offering savings off of fitness membership fees; our EAP (Employee Assistance Program) and LEAPCare Care Coaches, which provide associates confidential care related to hospital visitation, conflict resolution, stress management, marriage or divorce, family issues and depression or anxiety.

Save for Your Future: Offering a 401(k), we’re proud to support our associates in planning for retirement. The 401(k) plan empowers associates to save a portion of their paychecks for retirement. Festival Foods has an annual discretionary match to help our associates reach their savings goals.