Bakery Clerk

Festival Foods; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Associate Discount

Weekly Pay

Two-Week Advanced Scheduling

Vision & Dental Insurance

3 weeks paid parental leave

401(k) matching

Job summary

Festival Foods in West Allis, WI is seeking a part-time Bakery Clerk to join our bakery team. You will help guests find bakery items, take special orders, and package products with care, delivering exceptional service in a dynamic environment.

This role offers flexible hours including mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays, with opportunities to grow in a friendly, community-focused grocery.

Qualifications

• Customer focus with ability to handle guest interactions.
• Strong communication skills, both oral and written.
• Safety awareness and adherence to safety policies.

Responsibilities

• Provide exceptional guest service and assist guests in locating bakery items.
• Take accurate orders for cakes and custom bakery products.
• Package products with care and maintain display standards.
• Handle phone inquiries politely and provide information as needed.
• Merchandising: price items, restock, monitor stock levels.
• Ensure food safety and cleanliness in work areas.

Skills

Customer focus

Communication skills

Safety awareness

Job description

West Allis

Part-Time

ABOUT FESTIVAL FOODS

We are a Wisconsin grocer that is committed to giving back to the communities it serves and providing guests with exceptional service and value. We operate +40 full-service supermarkets across the state of Wisconsin.

At Festival, people are at the top of our list. You’ll see it in everything from our daily interactions to how we treat our guests – even in our extensive associate benefits and programs.

Job Title Bakery Clerk

Reports To Bakery Department Manager

AVAILABILTY NEEDED FOR THIS ROLE - 12p-8pm Weekdays and open on the weekend.

At Festival Foods, our bakery associates play a key role in creating memorable moments for our guests. We pride ourselves on offering a dynamic and creative environment where you can contribute to a fun and fresh assortment of bakery delights.

As a Bakery Clerk, you'll be at the heart of our bakery operations, ensuring every guest receives exceptional service. You'll assist guests in finding the perfect bakery items, take special orders with precision, and package products with care. Your creativity will shine as you contribute to our bakery offerings, enhancing special occasions and everyday moments alike.

What You'll Do

• Provide Exceptional Guest Service Providing excellent guest service is at the heart of what we do. Whether it’s a friendly greeting, answering questions or addressing guest concerns, you’ll handle each interaction with professionalism and care. Your willingness to help guests with what they need will make a positive impact every day.
  • Assist guests in locating specific bakery items and handling special requests with care.
  • Take accurate orders for cakes and other custom bakery products.
  • Answer phone calls courteously and helpfully, providing information and assistance as needed
• Merchandising
  • Package and price items, maintaining quality and minimizing waste.
  • Replenish bakery products to ensure availability and appealing display standards.
  • Monitor and manage stock levels, restocking products promptly to meet demand.
• Food Safety
  • Ensure product freshness and presentation by rotating stock and removing outdated items.
  • Maintain cleanliness and organization of work areas, shelves, and the sales floor.
  • Adhere to food safety protocols and maintain accurate records.
  • Uphold Festival's quality standards, ensuring product quantity expectations are met promptly.
• Flexibility Perform other duties as needed to support the team.
• Honor Commitments Regular, timely attendance in compliance with the work schedule, and adequate notice to find a replacement for occasional absences.

What We're Looking For

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

To be successful in the Bakery Clerk role, you should have

• Customer Focus Ability to deal tactfully and effectively with guests and all personnel.
• Communication Skills Good oral and written communication skills.
• Safety Awareness Complete understanding of all safety requirements and company safety policies.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• The physical demands and work environment described below are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
• Standing for extended periods of time (80% of time)
• Lifting up to 50 pounds on an occasional basis (20% of time)
• Frequently near moving machinery (50% of time)
• Occasional exposure to extreme temperatures (20% of time)

Work Schedule

This position offers flexibility for both part-time and full-time hours, including mornings, afternoons, evenings, weekends, and holidays based on your availability.

Ready to bring your passion for bakery, pastry, food service, and retail grocery customer service to a role where you can make a real impact? Apply today and join our dedicated bakery team!

WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT HERE

• Associate Discount Enjoy an industry-leading 15% off your grocery purchases for you and your immediate household!.
• Weekly Pay & Premium Pay Hourly associates are paid weekly, providing more frequent access to their funds. Part-time store associates are paid a $1 premium per hour on Sundays and select holidays. Hourly full-time store associates receive time and a half on Sundays and select holidays.
• Two-Week Advanced Scheduling Better Planning. Better Balance. We provide our associates with their schedules two weeks in advance, offering greater predictability & flexibility.
• Vision & Dental Insurance Part-time and full-time associates are eligible for vision insurance and two dental coverage options that are designed to fit your needs.
• Support Our associates receive support for their total well-being; including 3 weeks of paid parental leave, a fitness reimbursement program offering savings off of fitness membership fees; our EAP (Employee Assistance Program) and LEAPCare Care Coaches, which provide associates confidential care related to hospital visitation, conflict resolution, stress management, marriage or divorce, family issues and depression or anxiety.
• Save for Your Future Offering a 401(k), we’re proud to support our associates in planning for retirement. The 401(k) plan empowers associates to save a portion of their paychecks for retirement. Festival Foods has an annual discretionary match to help our associates reach their savings goals.

At Festival Foods we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all. We are dedicated to building a top-notch team of skilled, experienced and service-oriented associates. Festival Foods believes that an inclusive environment for teammates of all backgrounds and perspectives strengthens our ability to serve our guests and communities, as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people.

11111 W Greenfield Ave

West Allis

WI

53214