Bakery Manager

Redner's Markets; Dover (DE); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Redner's Markets in Dover is seeking a Bakery Department Supervisor to direct and supervise all functions of the bakery department, ensuring freshness, quality, and safe operations. You will manage inventory, schedule staff, maintain records, and uphold sanitation and regulatory standards while delivering friendly service to customers.

This role requires strong math and communication skills, the ability to lift up to 50 pounds, and decorating capability to support cake decoration.

Qualifications

• Must be able to perform accurate merchandise counting.
• Strong communication skills are required.
• Dexterity for bagging/packaging of products.
• Capability to lift up to 50 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Direct and supervise all functions of the bakery department.
• Follow merchandising plans for the department.
• Order and maintain inventory to ensure freshness and quality.
• Manage asset control of bakery products (Stroehman, Maier’s, and private label).
• Enforce policies for receiving, dating, and restocking to ensure product rotation.
• Participate in shrink control.
• Schedule and supervise department employees.
• Ensure safety and sanitation compliance and maintain records/reports.
• Monitor product quality and freshness; comply with weights and measures and health regulations.
• Oversee baking and production; train new bakery staff.
• Greet customers and provide prompt, courteous service.
• Maintain budgeted sales distribution, labor, and shrink control.
• Capable of decorating cakes.

Skills

Math skills

Communication skills

Dexterity

Lifting ability

Job description

DEPARTMENT: Bakery

REPORTS TO: Store Director/Bakery Supervisor

FLSA STATUS: Non-Exempt

Job Summary

To direct and supervise all functions of the bakery department. Responsible for the overall direction and leadership of the department.

Essential Job Functions

• Responsible for following merchandising plans for the department.
• Responsible for ordering to maintain inventory control and ensure freshness and product quality.
• Responsible to order and maintain asset control of commercial bread while ensuring freshness and product quality (specifically Stroehman, Maier’s, and private label).
• Enforce and follow all policies regarding receiving, dating, and restocking to ensure product rotation.
• Participate in shrink control.
• Effectively schedule and supervise department employees.
• Maintain and ensure compliance with company policies related to safety and sanitation.
• Maintain and submit required records and reports.
• Monitor product quality and freshness.
• Maintain and ensure compliance with local, state, and government weights and measures and health department regulations.
• Oversee the baking and general production of the department.
• Oversee the training of new bakery department employees.
• Greet customers and provide prompt and courteous service.
• Promote and maintain positive employee relations.
• Maintain budgeted percentages related to sales distribution, labor control, and shrink control.
• Must be capable of decorating cakes.

Supplemental Job Functions

• Assist with the unloading of merchandise.
• Monitor supply inventory to minimize out of stocks.
• Filling and merchandising of entire sales area.
• Participate in general cleaning and housekeeping in the department.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, Abilities Required

• Must have math skills at a level that would enable accurate counting of merchandise.
• Must have strong communications skills.
• Must have dexterity of hands to enable bagging and packaging of products.
• Must be able to lift up to fifty (50) pounds up to fifty percent (50%) of the time.