Bakery Service and Production Associate

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Keeps bakery department well stocked and appealing to meet customer demand.
• Smiles and greets customers, makes suggestions, answers questions about various products and preparation of cakes.
• Helps resolve customer concerns in a prompt and courteous manner.
• Mixes, shapes, proofs and bakes breads, rolls, sweet goods and cakes.
• Also makes up various items for the refrigerated and freezer cases.
• Fills donuts and places into frying oil.
• Flips donuts with sticks, removes donuts from oil and places onto racks for cooling.
• Decorates cakes and other bakery products using basic designs.
• Trims and cuts cakes to required specifications using dye or specific designs or may create custom designs.
• Spreads icing on cakes surface and between layers.
• Takes customer orders over the phone or in person at the store with a pleasant and positive attitude.
• Determines what the customer is looking for in terms of size, flavor and appearance.
• Creates the finished decorated product in timely fashion.
• Aids in filling, wrapping, pricing, stocking, and merchandising the bakery sales area while adhering to production logs.
• Pulls out of code products from shelves and reduces to predetermined retail for quick sale.
• Rotates items to ensure freshness.
• May assist with receiving, unloading, checking-in, breaking-down, and storing deliveries through operation of power jack or hand jack if properly trained.
• May assist with baling cardboard or other related duties if properly trained.
• Responsible for general sanitation in the department.
• Follows cleaning schedules and department guidelines to ensure that work areas, equipment, counters, display cases, etc. are well-maintained, clean and meet all health and OSHA requirements.
• Disposes of trash properly.
• Ensures smooth function of department and store by cooperating with co-workers and supervisors.
• Responsible to continuously improve job performance.
• Responsible for utilization of all company provided Personal Protected Equipment (PPE).

Qualification Requirements

• To perform this job successfully, the associate must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with or without an accommodation.
• Weis Markets is an Equal Opportunity Employer.