Bakery Clerk-Evening Shift-Smithfield

Position Summary

Lee’s Marketplace is a family-owned grocery chain dedicated to providing a pleasant shopping experience for guests. The Bakery Clerks play a crucial role in the Bakery Department, assisting with production, display, and customer service.

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.
• 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.
• Engages in guest service by greeting and assisting guests, providing knowledgeable answers to inquiries, promoting a high level of morale, and resolving issues professionally.
• Handles product handling tasks such as stocking shelves, ensuring product freshness, packaging, and labeling.
• Maintains cleanliness and safety by keeping work areas clean, adhering to safety and sanitation procedures, reporting hazards, and following food safety guidelines.
• Operates cash registers, handles transactions accurately, follows store policies on returns, exchanges, and refunds, and ensures the security of cash and financial transactions.
• Collaborates with team members to achieve store goals, participates in meetings and training sessions, assists other departments, and works in a fast-paced environment.

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.
• Occasional use and climbing of step stools or ladders are required.

Education & Skills

• High school diploma or equivalent (preferred).
• Previous experience in retail or guest service (preferred).
• Previous specialty cheese experience (preferred).

Physical Demands

• Ability to write, speak, hear, and understand the spoken word to respond promptly to pages, requests, team members, and guests.
• Basic math skills for handling cash transactions.
• Good verbal communication skills.
• Ability to operate cooking machinery.

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.

Work Environment

• Friendly and supportive team atmosphere.
• Opportunities for career advancement and professional development.
• Safety forward atmosphere.
• Innovative, supportive, and input-driven management team.