Shift Leader

Insomnia Cookies; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

As a Shift Leader at Insomnia Cookies, you will manage bakery operations while ensuring exceptional customer service and supporting your team in a fun environment. With flexible schedules and mentorship opportunities, this role is ideal for those who thrive in dynamic settings and wish to grow within a reputable company.

Benefits

Pay rate: $17.00/hr

Flexible part-time work schedules

Excellent training & mentorship

Job stability

Achievable growth/promotion opportunities

FREE cookies with every shift

Qualifications

• At least 1 year of working experience in a customer service focused role.
• Outgoing/friendly/patient.
• Ability to lift up to 40 lbs.

Responsibilities

• Provide incredible customer service and quality products.
• Support store leadership by maintaining operations.
• Manage cash handling and deposits.

Skills

Customer Service

Communication

Time Management

Leadership

Tools

Point of Sales systems

Job description

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As a Shift Leader at our Rogers Park store located at 6470 N Sheridan RD, Chicago Il 60626, you are the captain of our bakery day or night! You understand what it takes to “Own the Night” (and beyond), by predicting the flow of business during a successful shift. Your hands-on leadership style should not only include building orders, suggestive selling, baking, and interacting with customers – it will also mean taking pride in knowing that your prowess as a leading Insomniac attributes to a productive and fun night for your store!

SOME OUR SWEET SHIFT LEADER PERKS:

• Pay rate: $17.00/hr
• Flexible part-time work schedules
• Excellent training & mentorship
• Job stability with a rapidly growing and reputable company
• Achievable growth/promotion opportunities
• You get to work in a fun, exciting team environment
• FREE cookies with every shift!
  
  
  
  
  

WHAT WILL I DO AS A SHIFT LEADER?

• Provide incredible customer service and quality products to all of our guests throughout their experience within our bakeries
• Support store leadership by maintaining operations during your shift, communicating pertinent information, monitoring production efficiency, holding the team accountable to company standards and procedures, and assisting in the training and coaching of team members
• Prioritize and delegate tasks for baking, cashiering, packaging, and cleaning while leading the cookie crew team
• Support and work alongside the Cookie Crew
• Provide a safe, clean, working environment for our guests and staff and adhere to safe food handling practices
• Manage cash handling and deposits
  
  
  
  
  

DESIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:

• At least 1 year of working experience in a customer service focused role
• Point of Sales systems experience
• Outstanding communication, time management, and people skills
• Outgoing/friendly/patient
• Detail focused and results-oriented
• Ability to lead-by-example and motivate others
• Ability to lift up to 40 lbs
• Legally eligible to work in the United States
• Must be 18 years or older to be employed
  
  
  
  
  

About us:

Insomnia Cookies was founded in a college dorm room by then-student, Seth Berkowitz. Fast forward 20 years and so... many....cookies... later, our innovative bakery + delivery concept has become a cult brand known for its rabid following of cookie lovers who crave Insomnia’s warm, delicious delivery all day and late into the night. With an expanding footprint of over 300 stores globally, an experiential, “sweet-easy” concept as the brand’s flagship in Philadelphia, Pa. (where Insomnia Cookies is headquartered), and a rapidly-growing nationwide shipping and gifting portfolio... Insomnia Cookies is revolutionizing the cookie game by truly "Imagining What’s Possible"!

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Hospitality, Food and Beverage Services, and Retail

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