Assistant Bakery Manager

Workstream; Edgebrook (NJ); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Nothing Bundt Cakes (NbC) is seeking an Assistant Bakery Manager to work with the Bakery Manager and team to deliver high-quality cakes, a warm guest experience, and strong profitability. You will share in leadership and collaborate to drive sales while ensuring NbC standards are met across daily operations.

The role reinforces NbC culture, values teamwork, and supports staffing, training, scheduling, and performance coaching. This is a full-time position promoting brand excellence in our bakery.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED; post-secondary education is a plus.
• 1–3 years of guest-facing experience in retail, restaurant or food service.
• Experience in lead roles with progressive managerial responsibilities.
• Experience coaching others and achieving productivity goals.
• Basic proficiency with Word, Excel and Outlook.

Responsibilities

• Prioritizes the guest experience and leads a positive work environment.
• Partners with Bakery Manager in leading guest experience, cake production, merchandising, and inventory control.
• Supports recruitment, training, and performance feedback for team members.
• Ensures standards and health/safety compliance across bakery operations.
• Assists with scheduling, sales and labor reporting, and basic accounting tasks.
• Co-manages special-order fulfillment for individual and corporate accounts.
• Co-facilitates opening/closing, including cash handling and deposits.
• Contributes to local marketing efforts and brand events.
• Maintains hands-on knowledge of bakery roles to fulfill business needs.

Skills

Guest focus

Education

High school diploma or GED

Post-secondary education is a plus

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

The Nothing Bundt Cakes (NbC) Assistant Bakery Manager works alongside the Bakery Manager and team members to create the highest-quality cakes, a warm, welcoming environment, and superior guest experience. The Assistant Bakery Manager shares in team leadership and collaborates with the Bakery Manager in driving sales and profitability, executing day-to-day responsibilities and ensuring that all aspects of the bakery operation comply with NbC standards. This role serves as an important carrier of the NbC culture to reinforce core values and bring our brand to life for our team members and guests.

Accountabilities/Duties

• Prioritizes the guest experience, models superior guest engagement and fosters a positive work environment.
• Partners with the Bakery Manager in leading all aspects of the guest experience, cake production, brand and merchandise presentation, work environment, and inventory control.
• Supports the Bakery Manager in recruiting, selecting and training team members, directing daily work responsibilities, and providing performance feedback and coaching.
• Ensures NbC product, service, bakery environment, and visual merchandising standards are consistently upheld and that all bakery operations adhere to food and health safety standards and NbC policies and procedures.
• Assists the Bakery Manager in executing operational and administrative responsibilities, which may include cake production plans, productivity goal setting, team scheduling, supply ordering, sales and labor reporting, basic accounting and expense control procedures, and payroll processing.
• Co-manages special-order fulfillment via web and email for individual guests and corporate accounts as well as large, complex orders and deliveries.
• Co-facilitates the opening and closing of the bakery, including cash‑drawer balancing and bank deposits.
• Contributes to marketing strategy execution in the local community by helping to coordinate and participating in special, brand‑building events.
• Maintains hands‑on knowledge of all bakery roles and steps in regularly to perform various responsibilities as business needs dictate.

Core Values and Leadership Competencies

Servant’s Heart

• Goes above and beyond to support and develop the team and create a superior guest experience.
• Keeps the good of the team and guests ahead of personal interests or gain.
• Leads by example and displays humility and empathy for others.

Spirit of a Champion

• Demonstrates an intense drive, a commitment to excellence and a passion to succeed.
• Seizes 100% ownership of responsibilities, with zero excuses for issues within direct control.
• Operates with a sense of urgency, exercises sound judgment and seeks feedback to improve performance.

Genuine Connections

• Projects warmth, enthusiasm, and optimism that attracts and energizes others.
• Builds positive, productive relationships and communicates often and openly.
• Serves as a strong Cake Celebrity/Brand Ambassador in the local community.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Demonstrates an unwavering guest focus and strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage, empower and motivate a team and communicate effectively in both oral and written form.
• Has the ability to delegate tasks, communicate clear expectations, direct others’ work and manage performance.
• Is highly organized and resourceful, can balance multiple priorities and demonstrates strong follow‑up skills.
• Possesses strong problem‑solving skills, with the ability to accurately assess situations and identify issues, develop possible solutions and take the appropriate courses of action.
• Demonstrates strong learning agility, with a passion to grow and excel.

Education, Certifications and Work Experience Requirements

• High school diploma or GED; post‑secondary education is a plus.
• 1‑3 years of guest‑facing experience in a retail, restaurant or food service environment, preferably in a lead role with progressive managerial responsibilities.
• Demonstrated success creating a superior guest experience and coaching others to do the same, training new team members, directing the work of others, and achieving productivity goals.
• Basic proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook, with comfort in learning new technologies.

Work Availability

Must have the flexibility to work various shifts, including early mornings, evenings, weekends and holidays, based on changing business demands.

Hours of Work: The Manager position is a full‑time position and operates within the normal business hours of Nothing Bundt Cakes and might also requires work outside of such normal business hours, as the job duties demand. The salaried position requires a minimum of 42 hours worked per week during non‑holiday weeks and all months excluding November and December. Any week leading up to and including holidays require a minimum of 55 hours per week in‑bakery at any location in need of additional support. Work on Saturdays is required when necessary, primarily during holiday weeks.

To find the perfect recipe, you first need the perfect ingredients. And that’s what our founders Dena Tripp and Debbie Shwetz were for each other. In 1997, they joined forces, or better yet kitchens, to make cakes for their friends and family. The cakes they made were delicious, unlike anything anyone had tasted. As a result, their friends and family asked them to entertain more and more.