Bakery Department Leader - Grow Fresh, Customer Experience

Cornerstone OnDemand; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 33,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

The Save Mart Companies in Sacramento, CA is seeking a Bakery Manager for Food Maxx to oversee daily bakery operations, inventory, and merchandising. You will lead a team, ensure fresh products, and deliver excellent customer experiences in a fast-paced retail setting.

Requirements include one year of college and two years bakery department experience or equivalent in another department management role. Flexible retail hours and physical duties apply.

Qualifications

• One year of college (or equivalent knowledge gained through formal education, specialized training, or additional job experience)
• Two years Bakery Department experience – or - in current Produce, Meat, or Center Store Department Manager role

Responsibilities

• Provides customers with a remarkable shopping experience by demonstrating, training, and holding store associates accountable for excellent customer service
• Achieves department financials (sales, profit and loss, projections, metrics, and analysis) by identifying, defining, and implementing best department practices and optimization strategies
• Directly leads department staff with focus on accountability and achieving high level of business performance outcomes for department
• Implements department’s visual merchandising and plan providing innovative solutions, emphasizing “fresh”
• Effectively utilizes resources to improve productivity, flexibility and efficiencies of labor, and quality of shopping experience
• Oversees schematic implementation, stocking standards, item to tag integrity, back room organization
• Manages product rotation, spoils, shrink, and markdowns
• Manages sign and price integrity
• Manages department to ensure bakery products are prepared according to banner guidelines and special orders are prepared as requested by customers (e.g., special occasion cakes)
• Trains department staff on department procedures, to include food preparation and packaging, hands‑on safety, food safety, department planning tools
• Orders product (utilizes order/inventory system, pre‑orders, promotion/seasonal planning)
• Analyzes and manages to product performance to maximize sales and profitability
• Manages the accuracy of department inventory
• Contributes to overall store conditions (to include store safety, food safety, sanitation, hazardous waste, protection of company assets, etc.) ensuring a safe working and shopping experience
• Performs other duties as assigned

Skills

Communication skills

Customer service

Leadership

Organization

Math skills

Training abilities

Education

One year of college

Job description

The Save Mart Companies in Sacramento, CA is seeking a Bakery Manager for Food Maxx to oversee daily bakery operations, inventory, and merchandising. You will lead a team, ensure fresh products, and deliver excellent customer experiences in a fast-paced retail setting.

Requirements include one year of college and two years bakery department experience or equivalent in another department management role. Flexible retail hours and physical duties apply.