Trainee Bakery Manager

Pick n Pay; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Pick n Pay in Gauteng is seeking a skilled Baker/Bakery Supervisor to manage daily bakery operations, ensure products meet recipe standards and support store readiness at opening. This role requires transferability between stores, a minimum 3 years baking experience, and a Matric with a preferred NQF 3 bakery qualification.

You will oversee merchandising, food safety, and staff coaching while maintaining hygiene, stock rotation and adherence to SOPs.

Qualifications

• Matric/Grade 12 is required.
• NQF 3 Bakery qualification is preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years baker experience.
• Experience as baker/bakery supervisor.

Responsibilities

• Merchandising management and quality checks on merchandise.
• Ensure products are produced according to recipe specifications.
• Ensure department is ready for store opening time.
• Monitor hygiene, housekeeping and safe working standards.
• Manage stock rotation and adherence to food safety standards.
• Coach staff and manage Kronos scheduling; set targets.
• Handle administration and maintenance of equipment and processes.

Skills

Bakery experience

Team supervision

Store transferability

Education

Matric/ Grade 12

NQF 3 Bakery qualification (preferred)

Job description

It’s fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they’re doing!

To manage resources in order to maximise turnover and minimise shortage. Ensures that standards, processes and policies are adhered to.

Minimum requirements

Matric/ Grade 12

NQF 3 Bakery qualification (preferred)

Minimum of 3 years Baker experience
Experience as a Baker/ Bakery Supervisor
The incumbent may also be expected to perform other duties as assigned from time to time
This position will require transferability between stores

Competencies

Achieving results through others

Plan, organize and follow up on activities and plans

Adhere to standards and policies

Customer Orientation

Communication skills – clearly conveying message and actively listening

Business mindedness

Key responsibilities

Merchandising Management
Conducts regular quality checks on merchandise
Executes plano guide 100%
Handles product as per SOP
Ensures products are produced according to recipe specifications
Ensures department is ready for trade by store opening time
Identifies fast selling lines within store, and implications on margin and sales opportunities
Ensures product is wrapped and packed according to standards
Ensures sufficient product available for customer demand
Ensures compliance to hygiene, housekeeping and safe working standards
Monitors the implementation of all promotional activities – adherence to promotional calendar
Back up areas are kept clean and clear
Follows sell by dates, rotates stock as per policy/SOP on sales floor and back up area
Throughout day ensures department merchandising and cleanliness standards are maintained, keeping waste to a minimum

Food Safety & Hygiene
Ensures that hygiene and housekeeping standards are maintained

Ensures stock rotation
Monitors the adherence to food safety and health and safety standards are maintained
Manages Non-Conformances via effective corrective action
Implements cleaning schedules and checks effective cleaning and sanitation
Recording of Food Safety Daily Checklist

Customer Services Management
Responds to customer requests
Answers queries on out of stock - assists with replacement products, explains time to next delivery and issues which may be affecting stock availability
Ensures department standards are maintained, equipment is manned and in working order

Staff Management
Communicates critical information to staff
Set targets and activities – priorities, delegates and communicates Handles procedural, policy and legislative noncompliance
Attends monthly regional meetings - take information back to staff - responds to queries on turnover/waste Checks and amends Kronos scheduling
Coaches staff

Administration
Ensures that all equipment is properly maintained in effective working order
Ensures that general maintenance standards are met

Monitors waste, and ensures procedures are adhered to Monitors turnover and identifies opportunities for increasing turnover, and identifies and issues or barriers to achieving budgets.
Ensures allSELin place - print out and ensure all products have SEL current and legible by customer

Systems
Gap scanning out of stocks
Identifies, counts, and records out of stocks & over stocks
Draws excel report from SAP, communicate addresses stock concerns by completing excel sheet and sending to Demand Planning
Processes IDTs via SAP
Actions reduced to clear on SAP as per SOP
Checks for electronic communications regularly during the working day

Processes waste
Ensure PID’s are counted correctly as per the National P & L schedule.

Closing Date: 12 October 2026

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