BAKERY/BAKER-CLERK

Kroger; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Flexible scheduling

Employee assistance program

Employee discounts

Tuition reimbursement

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

The Kroger Family of Companies is seeking a bakery associate in Albuquerque to provide outstanding customer service, maintain a clean, safe bakery area, and help meet daily production and sales targets. You will answer questions about bakery products, stock items, and assist with special orders.

Ideal candidates have bakery experience, strong math skills, and the ability to stay composed during busy periods while following health and safety guidelines.

Qualifications

• Bakery experience required or preferred.
• Ability to deliver friendly, accurate customer service.
• Ability to handle stressful situations while maintaining quality.
• Basic math skills for measurements and transactions.

Responsibilities

• Create an environment where customers feel welcome and valued by answering questions about bakery products.
• Adhere to health, safety, and sanitation regulations and maintain cleanliness.
• Meet daily production goals for baked goods and assist with inventory and stocking.
• Prepare, label, and inventory bakery merchandise and respond to customer requests.

Skills

Bakery experience

Customer service

Stress management

Basic math

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Create an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service. Establish and maintain a safe and clean environment that encourages our customers to return. Assist the department manager in reaching sales and profit goals established for the department, and monitor all established quality assurance standards. Embrace the Customer 1st strategy and encourage associates to deliver excellent customer service. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety of others.

Responsibilities

• Create an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important and appreciated by answering questions regarding products sold within the department and throughout the store.
• Adhere to all local, state, and federal health and civil code regulations.
• Maintain cleanliness of counter, cases and coolers on a continuous basis.
• Observe scheduled shift operating hours.
• Meet the day's production goals for baked goods.
• Maintain a clean and sanitized work area.
• Plan and organize a development plan, including setting goals, prioritizing tasks, and developing appropriate time lines.
• Assist with receiving and unloading of merchandise and supplies.
• Gain and maintain knowledge of products sold within the department and be able to respond to questions and make suggestions about products.
• Prepare special orders per customer requests.
• Use all equipment in bakery such as the refrigerators, freezers, slicers, and ovens according to company guidelines.
• Measure, prepare and mix ingredients according to recipe, using variety of kitchen utensils and equipment.
• Adequately prepare, package, label and inventory ingredients in merchandise.
• Check product quality to ensure freshness; review "sell by" dates and take appropriate action.
• Properly use kitchen equipment, proof-box, stove, computerized scale.
• Label, stock and inventory department merchandise.
• Report product ordering/shipping discrepancies to the department manager.
• Understand the store's layout and be able to locate products when requested by customer.
• Stay current with present, future, seasonal and special ads.
• Maintain an awareness of inventory/stocking conditions note any discrepancies in inventory.
• Adhere to all food safety regulations and guidelines.
• Reinforce safety programs by complying with safety procedures and identify unsafe conditions and notify store management.
• Practice preventive maintenance by properly inspecting equipment and notify appropriate department or store manager of any items in need of repair.
• Notify management of customer or employee accidents.
• Report all safety risk, or issues, and illegal activity, including: robbery, theft or fraud.
• Ensure that all current merchandising, customer service, labor control, expense and supply controls, loss prevention, maintenance, safety, food safety, associate and customer engagement rules are being followed.
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Bakery experience
• Second language: speaking, reading and/or writing
• Ability to handle stressful situations
• Knowledge of basic math
• Current food handlers permit once employed
• Must be able to meet the minimum physical demands of the position
• Must be 18 or older

Job Info

• Job Identification 216936
• Job Category Store Operations
• Posting Date 08/17/2026, 09:38 PM
• Locations 8301 Golf Course Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87120, US

The Kroger Family of Companies offers comprehensive benefits to support your Associate Well-Being, including Physical, Emotional, Financial and more. We'll help you thrive, with access to:

• A wide range of healthcare coverage, including affordable, comprehensive medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage, through company plans or collective bargaining agreement plans.
• Flexible scheduling in full- and part-time roles with paid time off, including holiday and sick pay based on eligibility and length of service.
• Emotional and financial support with free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program and free, confidential financial tools and coaching.
• Valuable associate discounts on purchases, including food, travel, technology and so much more.
• Up to $21,000 in tuition reimbursement over your career, through our industry-leading Continuing Education program.
• Vast potential for growth, through an abundance of industry-leading training programs and diverse career pathways.

From one tiny Cincinnati grocery store more than a century ago, we’ve grown into what today is the nation’s largest grocer with nearly 2,800 stores in 35 states operating under 28 different names. As America’s grocer, we take pride in bringing diverse teams with a passion for food and people together with one common purpose: To Feed the Human Spirit. With a history of innovation, we work tirelessly to create amazing experiences for our customers, communities AND each other, with food at the heart of it all.
Here, people matter. That’s why we strive to provide the ingredients you need to create your own recipe for success at work and in life. We help feed your future by providing the value and care you need to grow. If you’re caring, purpose-driven and hungry to learn, your potential is unlimited.
Whether you’re seeking a part-time position or a new career path, we’ve got a fresh opportunity for you.