Tesco Colleague - Skilled Baker

Tesco Retail; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

Tesco Skilled Baker role in our stores offers variety, teamwork and daily challenges, with a focus on delivering great service. The position guarantees at least 16 hours per week, with some roles starting at 12 hours and shifts scheduled in advance.

Pay starts at £14.21 per hour, rising to £15.48 in M25 stores, with some locations offering additional payments. We are committed to an inclusive team and providing flexible working where possible, welcoming applicants who want stability, flexibility

Qualifications

• Over 18 for this role.
• A passion for delivering great service and greeting customers.
• Build rapport so customers leave having had a great experience.
• Use your initiative and make the right decisions for customers.
• Work well in a team and communicate openly, having fun, and celebrating success.

Responsibilities

• Providing friendly, natural service and getting to know your customers, offering advice on freshly baked products and creating a warm, welcoming bakery experience.
• Providing flexible support across the Bakery and wider store, including preparing and baking products to high standards, maintaining excellent availability, supporting with customer queries, and delivering a friendly, professional service that ensures customers leave feeling valued and well looked after.
• Making customer focused decisions and completing key bakery routines with care from baking and finishing products to managing stock, and quality checks, throughout the day.
• Understanding how your role supports great service, strong sales, waste reduction, and overall store performance by producing high quality products and keeping the bakery running smoothly.

Job description

Customers are at the centre of everything we do. Working in our stores means variety, teamwork, and plenty of daily challenges. You’ll meet great people, learn new skills, and be part of an inclusive team. Whether you want stability, flexibility, or a chance to grow your career, this role could be a great fit.

Tesco Skilled Baker pay starts at £14.21 per hour, rising to £15.48 in stores within the M25. Some locations may offer additional payments.

We guarantee a minimum of 16 hours per week, though roles from 12 hours are also available. Your contracted hours will be scheduled within the availability windows shown, with at least 3 weeks’ notice of your shifts.

• Providing friendly, natural service and getting to know your customers, offering advice on freshly baked products and creating a warm, welcoming bakery experience.
• Providing flexible support across the Bakery and wider store, including preparing and baking products to high standards, maintaining excellent availability, supporting with customer queries, and delivering a friendly, professional service that ensures customers leave feeling valued and well looked after.
• Making customer focused decisions and completing key bakery routines with care from baking and finishing products to managing stock, and quality checks, throughout the day.
• Understanding how your role supports great service, strong sales, waste reduction, and overall store performance by producing high quality products and keeping the bakery running smoothly.

• To be over 18 for this role.
• A passion for delivering great service, greeting customers with a smile, and serving them with pride.
• To build rapport so customers leave having had a great experience.
• To use your initiative and make the right decisions for customers.
• To work well in a team and communicate openly, having fun, and celebrating success.

Tesco’s vision is to be every customer’s favourite way to shop. Our purpose is to serve our customers, communities and the planet a little better every day by acting responsibly and sustainably.

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) at Tesco means that whoever you are and whatever your background, we always want you to feel represented and that you can be yourself at work. In short, we are a place where Everyone's Welcome.

We understand that life varies for each of us, so we’re always open to conversations about flexible working. Talk to us during your application about how we can support you.

We’re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader, and we are committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here.

Tesco will only recruit individuals who have passed the school leaver's age. To find out the school leavers age for your country please visit the Government website here