Bakery Clerk- Early Morning Shift-Smithfield

Position Summary

Lee’s Marketplace is a family-owned grocery chain dedicated to providing a delightful shopping experience for guests. The Bakery Clerks play a crucial role in the Bakery Department, ensuring the smooth operation and customer satisfaction.

Primary Position Duties

• Helps with the production, development, preparation, and maintenance of Bakery items in accordance with recipes and quality standards.
• Aids in the displaying and restocking of Bakery products, ensuring shelves and cases are filled, fresh, rotated, faced, and cleaned.
• Maintains accurate food inventories and educates customers about Lee’s wide variety of bakery options and other specialty food products.
• Stays updated on Lee’s Marketplace bakery products and services, and maintains training and certification by attending in-person trainings and utilizing digital training platforms.
• Processes and completes orders through digital and in-person order processing, and assists with other responsibilities as needed.
• Greet and assist guests in a friendly and courteous manner, providing knowledgeable answers to inquiries and promoting a high level of morale within the department and store.
• Prepares and processes guest orders promptly and finalizes purchases in a friendly manner, demonstrating excellent problem-solving skills.
• Assists in maintaining cleanliness and safety standards, reporting any safety hazards or equipment issues to management, adhering to food safety regulations, and contributing to cleaning responsibilities.
• Operates cash registers and handles transactions accurately, following store policies on returns, exchanges, and refunds, and ensuring the security of cash and other financial transactions.
• Collaborates with team members to achieve store goals, participates in meetings and training sessions, and assists other departments as needed.
• Works in a fast-paced, sometimes crowded environment with tact and patience, ensuring products are sold well before their expiration date.
• Attends departmental, store, and company meetings as required, promotes a harassment-free environment, and reports any potential harmful situations to management.

Position Requirements

• Age Requirement: 18 years+
• Food Handler's Permit required (can be obtained after hired)
• Availability: Flexible availability, including evenings, weekends, and holidays. Willingness to work varied hours according to the needs of the store.
• Physical Requirements: Ability to stand, walk, twist, sit, and bend for extended periods; ability to lift and carry items weighing up to 50 pounds; manual dexterity for handling small objects and operating equipment; repetitive use of hands and arms to push, pull, carry, lift, reach, grip, and balance; occasional stoop, crouch, kneel, or crawl; prolonged periods standing and walking; must be able to access and navigate all areas of the store; must be able to lift up to 50 pounds at times; lifting may include floor to shoulder and overhead lifting repeatedly; occasional use and climbing of step stools or ladders are required.
• Tools and Machinery: Commercial mixers, pallet jack, wheeler, trash compactor, oven, fryers, slicers/knives, wrapping machine, scales, sheeters, trays, pans, racks, tempering tools, temperature-controlled rooms, computers, phones, and any other items deemed necessary for the role.
• Education or Skills: High school diploma or equivalent (preferred); previous experience in retail or guest service (preferred); previous specialty cheese experience (preferred).
• Drive Skills and Abilities: Ability to write, speak, hear, and understand the spoken word to respond promptly to pages, requests, team members, and guests; ability to work in a fast-paced environment; basic math skills for handling cash transactions; good verbal communication skills; ability to operate cooking machinery.

Compensation and Benefits

• Competitive hourly wage/salary
• Paid time and a quarter on Sundays
• Benefits packages including health insurance, disability plans, EAP, 401k plans, and supplemental insurances
• 10% discount, restrictions apply
• Ace Hardware Discount at Lees Ace Hardware locations
• Paid Time Off to those who qualify