Bakery Manager

About the role

Do you enjoy preparing and baking cookies, bread, and muffins using proven ingredients? Does working in a professional kitchen excite you? Do you have a passion for delivering an extraordinary customer service experience while working in a fast paced and friendly environment? If the thought of helping people make healthy choices in one of the fastest growing retailers is up your alley – then we need YOU to join our winning team at Sprouts Farmers Market as a Bakery Manager!

Responsibilities

• Manage the daily output baking, production, and display of bakery products
• Supervise and monitor product quality and consistency, track inventory, and manage the bakery's budget
• Evaluate department conditions and operations to determine strengths and areas for improvement; develop improved practices and procedures
• Ensure company standards for safety, proper food handling practices, sanitation, and productivity are maintained
• Responsible for correct ordering, receiving, unloading, and storage
• Execute rotation of merchandise and building of displays
• Manage department inventory, in-stocks, pricing integrity, merchandising, labor, and other operational processes to Sprouts standards
• Plan and order according to company standards to maximize sales and gross profit
• Engage and evaluate team members through coaching, feedback, and one-on-one development discussions, and make recommendations on merit increases via completing the bi-annual performance review process
• Regularly attend and participate at in-store meetings
• Recruit, hire and make promotion/transfer decisions in collaboration with the Store Manager
• Confidently exercise independent judgment to address Team Member concerns
• Take and document corrective actions when needed, including collaboration with business and HR partners in managing performance to include coaching, counseling, progressive discipline, suspension, or termination when needed
• Ensure maximum productivity and efficiency by creating and adjusting schedules and staffing levels
• Communicate standards, expectations, policy changes, and product knowledge to team members
• Lead a team that collaborates to deliver the finest quality of product, highest level of service, and the greatest experience your customers will receive
• Serve as a Key Carrier for the store and/or act as a Manager on Duty (MOD) as needed

Qualifications

• Be at least 18 years of age with a minimum of 2 years' retail grocery experience
• Be dependable and reliable having the ability to work flexible schedule that changes; including night, weekends, and holidays
• Have and show outgoing and friendly behavior along with a positive attitude towards Team Members and customers
• Have good communication skills; and the ability to give and take direction participating in a team environment
• Be able to answer phones and take special orders
• Perform general housekeeping in the department; clean and sanitize work area (including tables, floor, walls, cases, cooler, freezer, etc.)
• Be able to operate and use knives, scales, wrappers, compactors, garbage disposals, pallet jacks, and hand trucks as needed
• Use knowledge of scales and weight measures to accurately weigh and label products
• Be able to stand for up to 3 hours continuously, for a total of 8 hours per shift
• Vertically transfer tray up to 5 lbs., from 7” to 64” for up to 10 hours, and vertically/horizontally transfer items up to 40 lbs., from 5” to 36”, for a distance up to 36 feet for up to 10 hours without mechanical assistance
• Adhere to all safety, health, and Weights and Measures regulations, and achieve and maintain a Food Handlers permit
• Possess a working knowledge of personnel reports, margin reports, weekly sales numbers, and