Skilled Baker

Tesco PLC; Merthyr Tydfil; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading supermarket chain is seeking a Skilled Baker to work in Merthyr Tydfil. You will be responsible for baking fresh products, ensuring quality, and adhering to hygiene standards. The role offers a competitive hourly rate starting at £13.38, a minimum of 16 guaranteed hours per week, and various benefits including holiday pay, discounts, and wellbeing services. Join a diverse team committed to delivering excellent customer service.

Benefits

20 days holiday plus a personal day

10% off shopping and 15% at pay day weekends

Life cover and pension contributions

Uniform provided

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Passion for delivering great service and interacting with customers.
• Ability to handle products carefully to maintain quality.
• Knowledge of food hygiene and safety guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Baking scratch products to ensure freshness.
• Maintaining quality and minimizing waste.
• Following food hygiene standards at all times.
• Building rapport with customers for a great shopping experience.

Skills

Baking

Customer service

Food hygiene

Teamwork

Communication

Job description

Availability Window Days From time To time Mon 05:00:00 11:00:00 Tue 05:00:00 11:00:00 Fri 05:00:00 11:00:00 Sat 05:00:00 11:00:00 Our Skilled Baker rate of pay starts from £13.38 an hour; this increases to £14.59 for stores inside the M25. Additional payments may also apply depending on location. It is our policy to offer new colleagues joining us a minimum of 16 guaranteed hours each week, but if you’d like to work fewer hours (to a minimum of 12) we have opportunities for this too and would still love to hear from you.

• Baking in waves for scratch products so customers receive fresh products throughout the day, minimising waste and ensuring yield is being adhered to for great quality.
• Handling products with care to maintain quality and ensure they reach customers in the best condition.
• Adhering to all food hygiene, safety and allergen guidelines at all times.
• Passionate and knowledgeable about the products and services within my department and my store.
• Putting into practice the training you have received, so we all work safely, effectively and serve our customers brilliantly.
• Proactively checking the emergency stop buttons are working and all machinery is safe to use before operation, in line with safe & legal checks/training. Report any next steps to the Shift Leader/Team Manager.
• Disposing of waste in a responsible manner, including following food waste and recycling routines.
• Being knowledgeable about your store's performance, understanding the part you play and what we need to do together to drive service and sales, reduce waste and shrink and deliver profit.
• Being yourself, living our values, making everyone feel welcome and always following our policies.
• Working across the store in our service, picking and replenishment areas where required.

  A passion for delivering great service, greeting customers with a smile, and serving them with pride.

• The ability to build rapport with customers, meaning they leave the store having experienced a great shopping trip.
• To take the initiative and make decisions that are right for our customers.
• Be able to work independently and well within a team and communicate openly with others.
• Build relationships with colleagues to create a team spirit, having fun and celebrating success.
• Be at work on time, well presented and ready to be a brand ambassador, Disability Confident.
• Being a colleague in one of our stores means that you will help to serve our shoppers better every day.
• You’ll meet great people, learn new things and be part of a specialist, diverse team where everyone is welcome.
• Whether you are looking for stability or flexibility to suit your lifestyle, or the opportunity to progress your career, this can be the role for you.

Disability Confident

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to .

Benefits

• Holiday starting at 20 days plus a personal day rising to 22 days after 12 months (plus Bank holidays).
• Request flexible working from day one.
• Get 10% off and 15% at pay day weekends: save up to £2,000 a year with your Colleague Clubcard with an additional card to share with family outside your home.
• Access to free wellbeing services with a range of resources to support your mind, body, and life.
• Life cover of five times your pay and an award-winning pension with matching contributions up to 7.5%.
• Benefits to suit you, choose what you use: from discounts and shares to cycle to work schemes.
• Uniform provided and policies to support you for all of life's moments, big and small.