Bakery Manager

Foodtown Inc.; Ridgewood (NJ); On-site; USD 52,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Foodtown Inc. in Ridgewood, NJ is seeking a Bakery Manager who can lead a large team, maintain a clean, visually appealing department, and ensure safety and compliance with company policy.

The ideal candidate has bakery leadership experience, strong communication, budget awareness, and the ability to execute planograms and weekly sales plans while training staff and monitoring performance.

Qualifications

• Leadership and team management experience required.
• Strong budget and shrink/cost control knowledge.
• Excellent communication and people skills.
• Ability to read, write, speak English proficiently.

Responsibilities

• Lead Bakery staff and department heads with clear expectations.
• Drive sales and profits by executing in-department strategies.
• Ensure product quality, planograms, and weekly sales execution.
• Provide merchandising direction and maintain sanitation standards.
• Oversee budget, shrink, and cost controls.
• Train bakery associates and monitor performance.

Skills

Leadership

Sales skills

Communication skills

Budget management

English proficiency

Job description

Job Summary:

We are looking for a leader with excellent people skills and wide knowledge and experience in all aspects of the Bakery department; someone that maintains a neat, clean and visually appealing department and to perform other tasks as required in a safe and efficient manner, within the Company policy.

Job Functions:

Performance of the essential functions of this position requires the team member to possess the minimum qualifications listed above. These functions include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Provide leadership to staff, Store Managers and Department heads including setting clear expectations and holding the team accountable.
• Build sales and profits by executing sales strategies and excellent follow through at the department level.
• Must ensure highest product quality, plan-o-gram follow through and weekly sales plan execution.
• Provide the merchandising direction and standards for the company.
• Profit and loss responsibility including shrink and related cost controls.
• Train all store Bakery department associates
• Monitor competition and provide feedback and recommendations to President.
• Maintain the highest level of store sanitation, health, and safety.
• Maintain the highest level of honesty and integrity.
• Use and maintain equipment in good working order.
• Perform all duties in accordance with Local, State and Federal regulations as they pertain to the Bakery Operations.

Required Qualifications:

The minimum required qualifications for this position include, but are not limited to the following:

• Bakery Manager Experience considered.
• R&D Experience considered.
• Ability to manage a large team of associates with a high degree of integrity and respect.
• Sales builder and profit oriented.
• Experience and knowledge in managing a budget and firm understanding of shrink and cost control essential.
• Excellent communication and people skills.
• Ability to proficiently read, write, speak, analyze, interpret, and understand the English language.
• Ability to stand, bend, twist, reach, push, pull and regularly lift 25 lbs., and occasionally lift to 50 lbs.
• Ability to work in varying temperatures.
• Ability to work with fresh, dried and/or processed products, spices and powdered substances without negative allergic consequences.
• Ability to tolerate dust and cleaning agents during routine housekeeping duties.