Bakery Operations Lead

Stew Leonard; Town of Hempstead (NY); On-site; USD 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k)

Dayforce Wallet

Job summary

Stew Leonard’s is seeking a Bakery Assistant Manager in East Meadow, NY to help lead a high-volume department and drive sales, quality, and customer satisfaction. You will coach a talented team, manage displays, and execute production plans across breads, bagels, donuts, and cakes.

The role requires hands-on bakery operations knowledge, supervisory experience, and a flexible schedule including mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of bakery, grocery, food-production, or closely related experience; prior lead or supervisory experience strongly preferred.
• Working knowledge of multiple bakery areas, such as breads, bagels, donuts, cakes, decorating, or production planning.
• A track record of setting expectations, delegating clearly, training others, and following through.
• Strong organization, communication, customer-service, and problem-solving skills.
• Comfort using Microsoft Office and learning scheduling, ordering, transfer, and item-maintenance systems.
• Ability to safely operate bakery ovens, mixers, and related production equipment.
• Availability to work a flexible retail schedule that may include early mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• High school diploma or equivalent and age 18 or older.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily bakery operations and help the team deliver strong sales, quality, freshness, service, and profit results.
• Execute production plans across breads, bagels, donuts, cakes, and other bakery categories; adjust priorities as business needs change.
• Keep displays full, properly signed, rotated, and cross-merchandised to create an exciting customer experience.
• Review sales and operating reports, identify opportunities, support inventories, and place vendor orders and transfers.
• Hire, train, schedule, coach, and recognize team members; provide clear expectations and timely performance feedback.
• Maintain accurate schedules and timecards and help control labor while meeting customer and production needs.
• Uphold food-safety, sanitation, workplace-safety, and employment standards every day.
• Step in for the Bakery Manager and confidently lead the department when needed.

Skills

Bakery operations knowledge

Supervisory experience

Leadership & coaching

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Customer service

Microsoft Office proficiency

Scheduling systems

Equipment operation

Flexible schedule

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Stew Leonard’s is seeking a Bakery Assistant Manager in East Meadow, NY to help lead a high-volume department and drive sales, quality, and customer satisfaction. You will coach a talented team, manage displays, and execute production plans across breads, bagels, donuts, and cakes.

The role requires hands-on bakery operations knowledge, supervisory experience, and a flexible schedule including mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays.