Assistant Bakery Manager

Why choose us?

Are you ready to take the next step in your career? Join us for an exciting opportunity at Albertsons Companies, where innovation and customer service go hand-in-hand!

At Albertsons Companies, we are looking for someone who’s not just seeking a job, but someone who wants to make an impact. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to lead, innovate, and contribute to the growth of a company that values great service and lasting customer relationships. This position offers the chance to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment that’s constantly evolving.

Position Purpose

The Assistant Bakery Manager supports the daily operation of the Bakery Department while ensuring excellent customer service, high-quality products, proper inventory levels, food safety, sanitation, merchandising, and efficient department operations. This position assists with supervising, training, scheduling, and developing bakery associates while supporting sales, production, inventory, and profitability goals.

Duties and Responsibilities

Customer Service

- Provide fast, friendly, and professional customer service.
- Assist customers with product selections, special orders, and product recommendations.
- Respond appropriately to customer questions, phone calls, and concerns.
- Resolve customer concerns when possible and involve store leadership when necessary.
- Promote bakery products through suggestive selling and positive customer interactions.

Bakery Operations

- Assist with the preparation, packaging, displaying, and merchandising of bakery products.
- Maintain clean, attractive, fresh, and well-stocked bakery displays.
- Follow proper product preparation and packaging procedures.
- Support daily production planning and monitor production according to company procedures.
- Follow department opening and closing procedures.
- Ensure proper signing, labeling, and code dating of bakery products.
- Assist with receiving deliveries, verifying orders, inspecting product quality, stocking, and rotating merchandise.

Inventory & Merchandising

- Maintain appropriate inventory levels while ensuring product quality and freshness.
- Stock and rotate products and maintain organized cooler and freezer areas.
- Assist with controlling shrink, inventory, and department costs.
- Support physical inventory processes and required inventory reporting.
- Build and maintain promotional and seasonal displays.
- Monitor product dating and remove outdated or spoiled merchandise.
- Assist with maintaining accurate department records, production charts, sales and labor information, and required logs.

Leadership & Associate Development

- Assist with supervising, training, and assigning duties to bakery associates.
- Help schedule associates to maintain appropriate coverage and customer service levels.
- Train associates on department standards, store policies, sales procedures, food safety, and recordkeeping.
- Communicate department goals, performance expectations, and sales opportunities to associates.
- Help identify and develop associates with potential for advancement.
- Support department productivity and overall performance.

Food Safety & Sanitation

- Maintain a clean, sanitary, and safe bakery department.
- Ensure proper temperatures are maintained throughout product preparation, display, and storage.
- Follow established food handling, storage, packaging, labeling, and sanitation requirements.
- Maintain cleanliness of the sales floor, work areas, coolers, freezers, preparation areas, displays, and equipment.
- Follow workplace safety requirements and company policies.

Skills & Qualifications

- Strong customer service, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to lead, train, and work effectively with bakery associates.
- Working knowledge of bakery operations, production, merchandising, sanitation, inventory control, and product freshness.
- Basic mathematical skills, including knowledge of weights and measures.
- Strong organization and time-management skills.
- Ability to prioritize responsibilities in a fast-paced retail environment.
- Ability to safely operate bakery equipment and other department tools as required.

We also provide a variety of benefits including:

- Competitive wages paid weekly
· Access to up to 50% of your earned wages before payday, via our partnership with Stream
- Associate discounts
- Health and financial well-being benefits for eligible associates (Medical, Dental, 401k and more!)
- Time off (vacation, holidays, sick pay). For eligibility requirements please visit myACI Benefits
- Leaders invested in your training, career growth and development
- An inclusive work environment with talented colleagues who reflect the communities we serve

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