Assistant Bakery Manager

Quick Facts Assistant Bakery Manager responsible for leading Bakery Clerks and assisting with daily Bakery Department supervision. Description The Assistant Bakery Manager helps manage and merchandise the Bakery Department for maximum productivity and profit. The role oversees ordering and inventory controls, product quality, and the bakery team while ensuring excellent customer service. It also includes unloading and sorting store deliveries and operating/maintaining deli equipment, along with enforcing company health, safety, and sanitation guidelines. Responsibilities - Manage and lead Bakery Clerks; assist the Bakery Manager with daily supervision of Bakery Department operations - Assist with managing and merchandising the department for maximum productivity and profit - Order and control inventory; supervise product quality and Bakery team - Execute rotation of merchandise and build displays - Monitor incoming cases for damaged items - Ensure excellent customer service and monitor the quality of Bakery product - Unload and sort store deliveries; operate and maintain deli equipment - Execute all company health, safety, and sanitation guidelines/regulations and validate the Bakery team follows procedures Requirements - At least 18 years of age with a minimum of two years retail grocery experience and two years supervisory experience - Dependable and able to work a flexible schedule (night, weekends, holidays) - Outgoing and friendly with a positive attitude; able to interact with customers - Good communication skills; ability to give and take direction in a team environment - Ability to answer phones and take special orders - Perform general housekeeping; clean and sanitize work area (tables, floor, walls, cases, cooler, freezer, etc.) - 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 - Able to stand up to 3 hours continuously, for a total of 8 hours per shift; vertically transfer tray up to 5 lbs (7” to 64”) up to 10 hours; vertically/horizontally transfer items up to 40 lbs (5” to 36”), distance up to 36 feet for up to 10 hours without mechanical assistance - Adhere to safety, health, and Weights and Measures regulations; achieve and maintain a Food Handlers permit Benefits - Competitive pay - Sick time plan - Vacation accrual plan - Opportunities for career growth - 15% discount for you and one other family member in your household on all purchases made at Sprouts - Flexible schedules - Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - 401(K) Retirement savings plan with company match - Company paid life insurance - Contests and appreciation events throughout the year - Eligibility requirements may apply: bonus; affordable medical/dental/vision; Health Savings Account match; Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts; company paid short-term disability; paid parental leave; paid holidays - DailyPay: transfer earned money to access next business day, for free