Bakery Assistant

New World Metro Willis Street; Wellington; On-site; NZD 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

New World Metro Willis Street is seeking a Bakery Assistant to help pack, present and merchandise products, ensuring availability and correct pricing. The role includes cake preparation, decorating, and maintaining clean, attractively presented displays throughout the department.

Applicants should be physically fit and may have bakery, food retail, fresh food or customer service experience. Team-oriented and proactive communication is valued in this collaborative store environment.

Qualifications

• Physically fit and able to fulfil the requirements of the role.
• Bakery, food retail, fresh food and/or customer service experience (desired).
• Self-aware, approachable and mindful of impact on others.
• Demonstrates interest in and understanding of people, behaving in a culturally sensitive manner.
• Outgoing and supportive; recognising and acknowledging the contribution of others.
• Actively contributes to a team spirit of openness and inclusiveness.
• Listens and communicates openly and proactively.

Responsibilities

• Making fresh cream products and finishing off (icing and decorating) cake products.
• Completing temperature checks on both hot and chilled products.
• Mixing and baking cake products and other products (e.g. muffins, scones etc.).
• Fulfilling cake orders and producing cakes for sale to customers.
• Taking customer orders and serving customers appropriately, handling all customer enquiries appropriately.
• Displaying product so items on special are clearly visible.
• Ensuring the bakery cases are appropriately stocked and relevant merchandising standards are maintained at all times.
• Packaging and pricing baked breads, rolls, cakes, loaves, biscuits etc.
• Packing cakes and cutting cake slices ready for packaging.
• Rotating stock and reducing to clear if required.

Job description

The primary role of the Bakery Assistant is to pack, present and merchandise to ensure that a maximum range and sufficient quantity of product is available for sale at the correct price at all times, as well as keeping the department clean, attractively presented, and assist the department to meet its legislative requirements.

Key responsibilities

Making fresh cream products and finishing off (icing and decorating) cake products

Completing temperature checks on both hot and chilled products

Mixing and baking cake products and other products (e.g. muffins, scones etc.)

Fulfilling cake orders and producing cakes for sale to customers

Taking customer orders and serving customers appropriately, handling all customer enquiries appropriately

Displaying product so items on special are clearly visible

Ensuring the bakery cases are appropriately stocked and relevant merchandising standards are maintained at all times

Packaging and pricing baked breads, rolls, cakes, loaves, biscuits etc.

Packing cakes and cutting cake slices ready for packaging

Rotating stock and reducing to clear if required

About you

Physically fit and able to fulfil the requirements of the role

Bakery, food retail, fresh food and/or customer service experience (desired)

Self-aware, approachable and mindful of impact on others

Demonstrates interest in and understanding of people, behaving in a culturally sensitive manner

Outgoing and supportive; recognising and acknowledging the contribution of others

Actively contributes to a team spirit of openness and inclusiveness

Listens and communicates openly and proactively