BAKERY/CLERK

Kroger Family of Companies; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Kroger Family of Companies is seeking a Bakery Clerk in Portland, Oregon to deliver an outstanding customer experience and support safe, clean operations. You will assist in reaching department goals and uphold Kroger's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.

The role focuses on preparing bakery items to order, promoting products, and maintaining inventory and quality standards while ensuring food safety compliance.

Qualifications

• Outstanding customer service skills.
• Desire to understand food production and basic cooking techniques.
• Effective communication and teamwork mindset.
• Strong work ethic with urgency in a fast-paced setting.
• Good basic math skills for handling transactions and portions.
• Ability to obtain a current food handlers permit once employed.

Responsibilities

• Prepare items per customer requests using proper bakery equipment.
• Offer product samples to help customers discover items.
• Inform customers of bakery specials.
• Provide customers with fresh products and correct portions.
• Recommend bakery items to match customer needs.
• Use bakery equipment, including refrigerators, freezers, and ovens.
• Prepare foods according to temperature logs and cooking instructions.
• Measure, mix ingredients with various utensils and equipment.
• Adequately prepare, package, label and inventory ingredients.
• Check product quality and review sell-by dates.
• Use kitchen equipment like stove, scale, fryer, steamer, robot coupe.
• Label, stock and inventory department merchandise.
• Report ordering/shipping discrepancies to the department manager.
• Know store layout and locate products on request.
• Stay current with ads and promotions.
• Maintain knowledge of products and answer questions with suggestions.
• Monitor inventory/stocking conditions and note discrepancies.
• Maintain proper temperatures and logs for cases and coolers.
• Promote trust and respect among associates.
• Create welcoming environment for customers and answer product questions.
• Adhere to food safety regulations and guidelines.
• Support safety programs and report unsafe conditions.
• Display a positive attitude and practice preventive equipment maintenance.
• Notify management of accidents or safety risks.
• Report safety risks, issues, and unlawful activity when observed.
• Perform essential functions with or without accommodation.

Skills

Customer service

Food production

Communication

Work ethic

Math skills

Food handlers permit

Job description

The role of a Bakery Clerk:

A Kroger Bakery Clerk creates an outstanding customer experience through exceptional service while encouraging other associates to do the same.

As a Bakery team member, you will establish and maintain a safe and clean environment that encourages our customers to return.

Bakery Clerk assists the department manager in reaching sales and profit goals established for the department and monitors all established quality assurance standards.

Most importantly, as a Bakery team member you should demonstrate Kroger’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.

What you’ll get from us:

Comprehensive Benefits: Healthcare, Emotional, Financial, and More:

The Kroger Family of Companies offers a wide range of health care coverage, including affordable, comprehensive medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage, to associates through company plans or collective bargaining agreement plans.

Paid time off such as vacation and sick leave.

RESPONSIBILITIES

As a Bakery Clerk you will:

• Bakery Clerk will prepare items per customer requests using proper bakery equipment.
• Bakery Team Member should offer product samples to help customers discover new items or products they inquire about.
• Bakery Clerk will be able to inform customers of bakery specials.
• Provide customers with fresh products that they have ordered and the correct portion size (or as close as possible to the amount ordered) to prevent shrink.
• Recommend bakery items to customers to ensure they get the products they want and need.
• Use all equipment in bakery such as the refrigerators, freezers, and ovens according to company guidelines.
• Prepare foods according to the food temperature logs and follow cooking/baking instructions.
• 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, stove, computerized scale, fryer, steamer, robot coupe etc.
• 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.
• Gain and maintain knowledge of products sold within the department and be able to respond to questions and make suggestions about products.
• Maintain an awareness of inventory/stocking conditions note any discrepancies in inventory.
• Ensure proper temperatures in cases and coolers are maintained and temperature logs are maintained.
• Promote trust and respect among associates.
• 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 food safety regulations and guidelines.
• Reinforce safety programs by complying with safety procedures and identify unsafe conditions and notify store management.
• Display a positive attitude.
• 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.
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.

QUALIFICATIONS

What we need from you:

• Outstanding customer service skills
• Desire to gain an understanding of food production and basic cooking techniques
• Effective communication skills and willingness to work as part of a team
• Strong work ethic and ability to work in a fastpaced environment with a sense of urgency
• Good basic math skills
• Ability to obtain current food handlers permit once employed