Bakery Clerk

WinCo Foods; Billings (MT); On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

WinCo Foods is looking for a Baker to join their team in Billings, Montana. In this role, you will produce various bakery products, maintain inventory, and provide excellent customer service. The ideal candidate will have a passion for baking and a commitment to quality, ensuring that all goods meet departmental standards.

Benefits

Health Benefits

Tuition Support

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Food Handlers Certification required as per state laws.

Responsibilities

• Prepare bakery products and maintain cleanliness.
• Engage with customers and take special orders.
• Operate bakery equipment safely and efficiently.

Skills

Customer Service

Baking

Education

Food Handlers Certification

Tools

Ovens

Mixers

Job description

Join us at WinCo Foods, where we're more than just a grocery retailer - we're a growing family of over 140 supermarkets in 10 states with over 22,000 employee owners. Our purpose is to make the lives our customers and employee owners better by offering the lowest possible prices to feed their families. Currently, WinCo is the second largest Employee-Owned company in the United States. With more than 500 millionaire employee-owners in our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). Our benefits, including top-tier medical plans and tuition support set us apart. In your role, you'll be instrumental in making a real impact in the communities we serve, embodying our purpose every day.

Overview

Job Summary

Scales, mixes and bakes various bakery goods. Maintains proper inventory levels of products and ensures the cleanliness and appearance of the bakery department meets standards. Consistently provides friendly, courteous service to internal and external customers. Performs other related work.

Typical Duties and Responsibilities

• Seeks opportunities to welcome, engage, serve and thank customers. Maintains an atmosphere of friendly, enthusiastic customer service with an emphasis of taking care of the customer.
• Produce bakery products for retail stores.
• Operate and clean equipment and work area. Maintains clean, safe and sanitary bakery area and equipment.
• Package all fresh products following all packaging /handling procedures.
• Ensure quality of goods by following code.
• Mixes icing or other toppings by scaling and measuring ingredients, operating a mixer, reading the recipe, occasionally lifting 50 lbs. bags of sugar, shortening, and flour.
• Dumps icing or other toppings into large storage containers.
• Sets-up cakes by taking liner off, putting icing between layers of numerous items (i.e., 50 cakes at a time).
• Ices cakes by taking icing out of the container, combining the icing onto the cake, lifting buckets, bordering, placing specific decorations, etc. for numerous items (i.e., 50 cakes at a time).
• Packages cakes by placing in box.
• Labels bakery items by inputting data into DiGi machine for scanning, placing a label on container, etc.
• Displays products on shelves by placing them in an appealing manner and using FIFO for rotation.
• Takes orders by phone and in person from customers. Special orders by following orders from customers; using an air brush machine, tubes, tips, etc.
• Personalizes cakes by writing the desired words of the customer.
• Maintains an atmosphere of enthusiastic customer awareness with an emphasis on providing fast, friendly customer service.
• Engages in suggestive selling and other sales techniques in person, over the telephone and over the in-store intercom.
• Displays goods by following packaging/handling procedures. Follows company guidelines for setting up and maintaining stock, cleanliness and appeal of product show cases, display tables, and special displays; proper signing procedures, etc.
• Assists customers with inquiries (i.e., special orders for cakes and other bakery items) by knowing current pricing, ingredients, availability of product, advertised merchandise, etc.
• Ensures quality of goods by following code dating procedures and legal regulations or labeling and packaging for all in-store bakery products.
• Ensures quantity of goods is available by keeping manager informed of stock levels, accurately filling out inventory and production sheets as scheduled.
• Produce breads/rolls by mixing recipes. Setting up racks and pans, setting up machines, operating machines, lifting product, measuring ingredients, operating oven, proof box. Pushing and pulling racks.
• Clean work area using pressure hose, floor brush, squeegee, wiping off all work tables, scales utensils.
• Produce croissants. Folding by hand, proofing and baking.
• Opens and closes bakery according to company procedures.
• Performs other duties as assigned or needed.

Requirements

Ability to:

• Consistently provide friendly, courteous service to internal and external customers.

Work varied hours primarily between the hours of 3:00 am to 10:00 pm in a 24/7 operation; including night, weekends and holidays.

Pushing and pulling approximately 100 lb. of product at a time on rack.

• Work varied hours primarily between the hours of 3:00 am to 10:00 pm in a 24/7 operation; including night, weekends and holidays.

  Pushing and pulling approximately 100 lb. of product at a time on rack.
• Lift objects (i.e., mix) of various dimensions chest high up to 50 lbs.
• Conduct visual inspections, read and follow production guides, recipes and product labels, log production quantities, temperature readings, etc. on proper forms.
• Catch breads, put product onto trays for baking, operate kitchen utensils and equipment with manual dexterity and hand /eye coordination.
• Maintain composure in dealing with customers and co-workers.
• Reach overhead to place product on racks.
• Stand, walk and move rapidly for extended periods of time.
• Bend, stoop, balance, crouch, push, pull, lift, grasp, feel, perform repetitive movement, and reach frequently.
• Handle bakery ingredients.
• Perform basic math (add, subtract, divide and multiple) and compute weights and measures.
• Perform duties with mental alertness involving potential hazards with respect to baking procedures, equipment, and work aides.
• Respond to audible timers on baking equipment.
• Perform around equipment and product emitting heat (approximately 465 degrees).
• Follow safety and sanitation procedures and department policies. Use cleaning chemicals and handle related food products.
• Perform primary duties with efficiency and accuracy. Effectively manage time to ensure that deadlines are met. Prioritize and perform a variety of simultaneous tasks (multi-tasking).
• Wear hats, hairnets, gloves, and other personal protective equipment as required.
• Check labels and packaging of all manufactured products.
• Communicate (hearing & speech) effectively with customers to receive orders and perform customer relation skills.
• Communicate in writing to others and read and follow instructions.
• Work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment with a strong customer service orientation.
• Operate kitchen utensils and equipment with manual dexterity, speed, accuracy and hand/eye coordination.
• Demonstrate knowledge of product content and perishability, safety and sanitation procedures and department policies and government regulations.
• Must be 18 years of age or older.

Additional Requirements:

• Food Handlers Certification (Per State Laws)

Machines and Equipment Operated:

• Ovens, proof box, mixers, bread sheeter, flour dump bins, floor scrubber, dishwasher, rack washer, pallet jack, microwave,20pt divider,36pt divider, donut filler unit, airbrush ,date gun, scan gun, and DIGI printer, label machine and ink jet printer.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of work performed by the employees assigned to this job. All employees must comply with Company policies and applicable laws. The responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of personnel may vary.

EEO/Inclusivity

As WinCo Foods continues to grow, our diversity—from our variety of perspectives and wide range of experiences—is essential to our strategy and success. We are committed to continue to cultivate and celebrate an inclusive environment in which all employees are valued and respected regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

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About the company

WinCo Foods, Inc. is a privately held, majority employee-owned American supermarket chain based in Boise, Idaho with retail stores in Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, and Washington.

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