What are the responsibilities and job description for the Team Member - Bakery Department position at Western Market - Ferndale?
Western Market Employment Benefits
- Staff discount
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Free & confidential employee assistance program
- SIMPLE IRA retirement plan
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ELIGIBILITY NOTES: Applicants must be available to work weekends (Fridays - Sundays) on a consistent basis.
ELIGIBILITY NOTES: Applicants must be available to work weekends (Fridays - Sundays) on a consistent basis.
Reports To: Bakery Manager
Position Summary:
The Bakery Team Member is responsible for the preparation and merchandising of baked goods to the highest standard of quality and consistency. The Bakery Team Member works under the direction of the Bakery Manager.
The Bakery Team Member is responsible for the preparation and merchandising of baked goods to the highest standard of quality and consistency. The Bakery Team Member works under the direction of the Bakery Manager.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Preparation of in-house baked good items according to product specifications.
- Package, price and provide appropriate signage for bakery items as needed.
- Receive orders and process orders from vendors.
- Ensure products are stocked well and rotated.
- Maintain sanitary and organized kitchen production area, according to all governing codes, guidelines and regulations.
- Maintain orderly backstock/freezer area.
- Merchandise Bakery table, bread shelves and other bakery item displays throughout the store.
- Coordinate appropriate signage for products.
- Coordinate product with Marketing Coordinator for demo and sampling.
- Train staff as directed
- Maintain regular, predictable, and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
Other Responsibilities & Duties:
- Ensure follow-up of department phone calls and messages.
- Assist customers throughout other departments.
- Required Qualifications & Skills:
- Good communication skills, both oral and written.
- Excellent customer service abilities.
- Positive attitude.
- Experience working as a contributing and effective team member.
- Excellent work ethic that emphasizes efficiency and precision.
- Ability to take direction and follow instructions.
- Ability to switch tasks efficiently and effectively.
- Willingness to learn new skills.
- Ability to train new personnel.
- ServSafe Certification desired.
Special Considerations:
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
- Working conditions include a fast-paced retail environment that involves long intervals of standing, crouching and reaching while moving product. Exposure to extreme cold (coolers and freezers) and heat (cooking equipment) for extended periods of time. Little to no outdoor work is required.
- Language Skills: intermediate.
- Mathematical Skills: basic.
- Reasoning Ability: intermediate.
- Equipment used: proofer; oven; microwave; hot case; Hobart scale; knives; knife sharpener.
- Computer skills: POS System; email.
Hours per Week: Full-time (40 hours per week)
FLSA Classification: Non-exempt
Pay Level: I
FLSA Classification: Non-exempt
Pay Level: I
This role may require additional duties within the scope of the department’s operational needs and in alignment with your skills. Job responsibilities may evolve based on business needs, and the Company will work with employees to formalize significant changes, ensure proper training, and review compensation as needed.
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Western Market provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Western Market complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Western Market expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Western Market’s employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.
It is the policy of Western Market to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in all aspects of the employment process. Western Market is prepared to modify or adjust the work environment to make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of the employee to enable the employee to perform the essential functions of the position for which the employee has been hired or to enjoy equal benefits and privileges of employment as are enjoyed by other similarly situated employees without disabilities, unless the accommodation will impose an undue hardship.