Central Market Artisan Bakery Department Manager - Dallas

About the Role

As a CM Bakery Manager, you will oversee the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of the Bakery department while delivering excellent customer service. You will supervise a team of Partners, making key employment-related and business decisions to drive department success.

Responsibilities

• Use independent judgment to make employment-related decisions, including hiring, promoting, disciplining, and resolving Partner-related matters.
• Conduct interviews, performance reviews, and provide Partner feedback, training, and development; write department schedules.
• Lead a team to deliver superior customer service in all areas.
• Drive sales for promotional and special events throughout the store.
• Merchandise the department to maximize sales, ensuring abundance, effective presentation, signage, and art displays.
• Ensure product quality, presentation, and in-stock conditions; maintain vendor relationships.
• Collaborate with other department managers to achieve results.
• Maintain high product knowledge and ensure compliance with government and company regulations for freshness, safety, refrigeration, and sanitation.
• Achieve department budget goals, monitor shrink, labor, and expenses, and conduct weekly forecasting and production planning.
• Oversee product ordering, inventory controls, and client relationships.

The responsibilities outlined above are not exhaustive and may be modified based on business needs.

Requirements

• Scratch production experience preferred.
• Proven experience in bakery operations management.
• Experience managing teams of bakers and training new bakers to proficiency.

Skills

• Leadership of bakery teams with a passion for food and selling.
• Proficiency in computer systems and interpersonal communication.
• Ability to handle stressful situations and develop teams through delegation.
• Analytical skills for planning, organizing, and prioritizing tasks.
• Basic financial acumen, including knowledge of sales and gross profit percentages.
• Flexibility to work varied shifts.

Physical Demands & Working Conditions

• Work in a fast-paced retail environment with detailed and precise tasks.
• Frequently stand, walk, and reach at waist level; occasionally reach overhead, at shoulder, knee, or floor level.
• Bend, stoop, squat, crouch, kneel, climb stairs, pivot, twist, push/pull, and use fine motor skills.
• Demonstrate ability to lift up to 50 lbs and manage loads in excess of 70 lbs with assistance or by breaking down items.
• Occasionally exposed to hot, cold, loud noises, and wet conditions.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.