Trainee Bakery Manager

picknpay; Somerset West; On-site; ZAR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Pick n Pay Somerset West is seeking an experienced Bakery Supervisor to manage bakery operations, ensuring quality, efficiency and compliance across store premises.

The role requires leadership in merchandising, food safety, customer service, and staff coordination, with a focus on turning over products within standards and timelines. Transfer between stores may be required.

Qualifications

• Matric/Grade 12 is required.
• NQF 3 Bakery qualification preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years bakery experience.
• Experience as Bakery Supervisor.
• Role may require transfer between stores.

Responsibilities

• Conduct regular quality checks on merchandise.
• Ensure products are produced according to recipe specifications and SOP.
• Prepare department for trade by store opening time.
• Identify fast selling lines and impact on margin and sales.
• Maintain hygiene, housekeeping and safe working standards.
• Monitor promotional activities and adherence to calendar.
• Keep back-up areas clean and clear.
• Assist with stock rotation and waste minimization.

Skills

Bakery experience

Bakery supervisor

Store transferability

Communication skills

Education

Matric/Grade 12

NQF 3 Bakery qualification

Tools

SAP

Excel

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.

Requirements

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 standardsEnsures 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: 9 October 2026

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