Tesco Colleague - Skilled Baker - Victoria Park Superstore

Tesco PLC; Little Irchester; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK retailer is seeking a Skilled Baker in Little Irchester. As a part of the bakery team, you will prepare fresh products, ensure food safety standards, and deliver excellent customer service. With guaranteed hours and a starting pay of £13.38/hour, this role offers opportunities for growth and flexibility to meet your lifestyle needs.

Benefits

20 days holiday plus personal day

10% discount at store

Access to free wellbeing services

Life cover of five times your pay

Qualifications

• Passionate and knowledgeable about the bakery products.
• Ability to work independently and in a team.
• Experience in customer service is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Prepare fresh bakery products throughout the day.
• Ensure compliance with food hygiene and safety standards.
• Engage with customers and provide excellent service.

Skills

Baking

Customer service

Food hygiene

Teamwork

Communication

Job description

Availability & Pay

Availability Window Days From time To time Sun 22:00:00 07:00:00 Mon 00:00:00 09:00:00 Thu 00:00:00 09:00:00 Fri 00:00:00 09:00:00 Sat 22:00:00 07:00:00 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’s 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

About Disability Confident

About 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 .

Company Culture & Opportunities

It takes lots of different people to run a store and this is a job for doers, with plenty of variety. It’s a committed role, full of everyday challenges, but that’s one of the things that makes it so exciting. 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., Tesco has become a market leader by doing the little things that really matter for our customers and colleagues. It's part of what makes Tesco such a great place to work, and we're proud to have been accredited as one of Britain's Top Employers again this year. We're the UK's number one retailer and we pride ourselves on offering a great shopping experience. We are passionate about our food, merchandise and services and will always try to get things right for our customers. But did you know we also offer great job opportunities? With stores, distribution centres and offices across the UK, and a vast variety of roles, we are always looking for people who have a hunger to work with customers and colleagues across our exciting business. We believe in treating each other with respect and giving everyone an equal opportunity to get on. It's our people that make the difference every day - helping us make a difference for our customers

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