Deli-Bakery Department Manager

Defense Commissary Agency; Stuttgart; On-site; EUR 38,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Defense Commissary Agency in Stuttgart, Germany, seeks a Deli/Bakery Department Manager to oversee inventories, pricing, and merchandising for bakery and deli products. The role requires ensuring safety, sanitation, and staff supervision in a fast-paced retail environment.

Responsibilities include forecasting demand, ordering, receiving, storing, and maintaining equipment. This position reports to the Department of Defense through the Defense Commissary Agency and carries a regular schedule with

Qualifications

• Transcripts are required when education is used to meet qualifications or when education is required.
• Foreign education may be qualifying if evaluated for equivalency and credit is given according to regulations.

Responsibilities

• Perform inventories using automated equipment and forecast demand.
• Order, receive, store, and price products; rotate and display via merchandising.
• Inspect equipment and initiate maintenance; prepare budget forecasts for equipment and supplies.
• Ensure sanitation and safety; enforce proper safety practices with knives and slicers.
• Supervise subordinate employees performing food service work.

Skills

Inventory management

Forecasting

Merchandising

Budgeting

Safety compliance

Supervising

Education

Transcripts

Tools

Automated inventory systems

Job description

• Hiring Agency: Defense Commissary Agency
• Department: Department of Defense
• Location: Stuttgart, Germany
• Schedule: Subject to an irregular tour of duty including nights, weekends, and holidays.

Deli/Bakery Department Managers order, receive, cut/process, store, display, price and account for all bakery and deli products purchased for resale. Read the entire announcement before starting the application process.

Key Responsibilities

Performing inventories using automated equipment. Forecasting product demand. Ordering, receiving, storing, and pricing products using a variety of retail practices and information. Using merchandising techniques and practices to rotate and display products in a professional and attractive manner. Inspecting equipment and initiating required maintenance. Preparing budget forecasts for equipment and supplies.

Inspecting and ensuring the department processing areas, display cases, and storage rooms remain neat, orderly, and sanitary, and comply with current sanitation and safety regulations. Ensuring everyone follows proper safety practices while using slicers, knives, cutting tools, etc. Supervising all subordinate employees performing food service work.

Work conditions: May be exposed to differing temperatures when stocking, receiving, storing, or obtaining products from freezers or refrigerated areas. There is a danger of slipping, cuts, scrapes, oven and heat sealer burns, and bruises, as well as a risk of injury from knives, blades, cutting and slicing machines, and other equipment associated with merchandising deli and bakery.

Requirements & Education

Transcripts. Required when using education to meet qualifications or when education is required. Foreign education may be qualifying if a private organization specializing in interpreting foreign education programs has deemed the foreign education equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program or a U.S. accredited college or university has given full credit for the foreign courses. Unofficial transcripts from U.S.

Department of Education accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions listing your name, the name of the school, the date and degree awarded, and the list of classes and credits earned are acceptable for the application process. If selected, official transcripts are required before a firm job offer is made. A photocopy of your degree/diploma is not acceptable.

When relying on foreign education, submit transcripts and a copy of the equivalency evaluation results letter with a course by course listing. Documents must be in English or include an English translation. The hiring employer for this position does not evaluate degrees from foreign colleges or universities.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Defense Commissary Agency, Department of Defense.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $43106 – $56039/yr.

What security clearance is required?

This position requires a Other security clearance.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-26.

What is the work schedule?

This is a Subject to an irregular tour of duty including nights, weekends, and holidays. position.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.