Bakery Manager

Stew Leonard’s, a family-owned and operated fresh food store founded in 1969, has locations in Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey. Stew’s earned its nickname, the “Disneyland of Dairy Stores” because of its country-fair atmosphere, with costumed characters and animated entertainment throughout the store that keep children entertained while parents shop.

Job Title: Manager, Bakery
Reports to: Director, Store Operations
Directly Supervises: Assistant Manager and Team Leaders: indirectly 35-50 part time and full time team members with varying levels of skill
Location: Newington Food Store
Full Time Salary range $75,056-$85,000

Position Description:
Responsible for overall sales and profitability of the Bakery Department. Sales range from $2.5– $7 million based on store location. Bakery products are prepared according to standards and customer preference. Team members work safely and adhere to all food safety and sanitation standards in each area of the department to provide customers with the highest quality products.

Your day-to-day:

• Leading the Bakery Team and writing their weekly schedules
• Baking and preparing Bakery products, while safely operating equipment
• Exam cases and prepare production list, based on day of the week, being mindful of sale items
• Maintaining, filling and rotating products in the Bakery Department
• Moving Bakery ingredients and items from cooler to the production area
• Providing excellent customer service by greeting customers and responding to questions
• Dismantle equipment for cleaning and reassemble for production
• Training other team members, as needed
• Adhere to all health, sanitation and safety regulations
• Review daily sales
• Product knowledge, Ordering Products, and being able to set retail pricing
• Identify and develop new products and trends
• Merchandising of product through signs, packaging, show & sell\
• Meeting gross profit, labor, expense goals
• Assist in other duties, as assigned

What you bring to the team:

• 18 years of age or older
• Safely use/operate knives, wrappers, ovens, slicers, and all other bakery equipment
• HS Diploma plus 5-10 years of experience; Associates Degree preferred.
• 5 years of direct bakery operation and production experience through all seasons and holidays
• Has experience creating and managing production estimates in a high volume bakery.
• Has experience maximizing freshness by managing on-hand inventory, date control, and rotation
• Has experience producing with industrial capacity equipment in a scratch bakery environment
• Hands on experience in multiple sales departments with a particular emphasis on perishable areas.
• Can use the roundup to identify sale opportunities, create estimates, and use the piggy bank for labor scheduling
• Has experience writing POs, creating intra-store transfers, taking a physical inventory, and auditing the PO register
• Has experience managing vendor relationships to balance cost, quality, and availability
• Has experience training new team members on all areas of bakery operation
• Management or supervisory experience necessary
• Above average math and computer skills
• Great negotiating and purchasing skills
• Merchandising ability
• Ability to delegate, prioritize and juggle many tasks
• Great communication skills
• Organizational skills

Working Conditions:

• Time split between office work and in production area.
• Temperature is colder than room temperature due to product being highly perishable.
• standing, walking and lifting.
• The position requires frequent walking, standing, lifting, pushing and pulling with a maximum of 100lbs and occasionally climbing and reaching.

For more information on working at Stew Leonard’s click on the link below!
http://www.stewleonards.com/work-at-stews/

Stew Leonard's is an equal opportunity at will employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, religion, color, disability, sex, sexual orientation or national origin.

Salary : $75,056 - $85,000