Bakery Clerk

Overview

Job Summary:

Scales, mixes and bakes various bakery goods. Maintains proper inventory levels of products and ensures the cleanliness and appearance of the bakery department meets standards. Performs other related work. Generally works 6-8 hour shifts between 3:00 am and 10:00 pm.

• Seeks opportunities to welcome, engage, serve and thank customers. Maintains an atmosphere of friendly, enthusiastic customer service with an emphasis on taking care of the customer.
• Produce bakery products for retail stores.
• Operate and clean equipment and work area. Maintains clean, safe and sanitary bakery area and equipment.
• Package all fresh products following all packaging/handling procedures.
• Ensure quality of goods by following code.
• Mixes icing or other toppings by scaling and measuring ingredients, operating a mixer, reading the recipe, occasionally lifting 50 lbs. bags of sugar, shortening, and flour.
• Dumps icing or other toppings into large storage containers.
• Sets-up cakes by taking liner off, putting icing between layers of numerous items (i.e., 50 cakes at a time).
• Ices cakes by taking icing out of the container, combining the icing onto the cake, lifting buckets, bordering, placing specific decorations, etc. for numerous items (i.e., 50 cakes at a time).
• Packages cakes by placing in box.
• Labels bakery items by inputting data into DiGi machine for scanning, placing a label on container, etc.
• Displays products on shelves by placing them in an appealing manner and using FIFO for rotation.
• Takes orders by phone and in person from customers. Special orders by following orders from customers; using an air brush machine, tubes, tips, etc.
• Personalizes cakes by writing the desired words of the customer.
• Faces merchandise.
• Maintains an atmosphere of enthusiastic customer awareness with an emphasis on providing fast, friendly customer service.
• Engages in suggestive selling and other sales techniques in person, over the telephone and over the in-store intercom.
• Displays goods by following packaging/handling procedures. Follows company guidelines for setting up and maintaining stock, cleanliness and appeal of product show cases, display tables, and special displays; proper signing procedures, etc.
• Assists customers with inquiries (i.e., special orders for cakes and other bakery items) by knowing current pricing, ingredients, availability of product, advertised merchandise, etc.
• Ensures quality of goods by following code dating procedures and legal regulations or labeling and packaging for all in-store bakery products.
• Ensures quantity of goods is available by keeping manager informed of stock levels, accurately filling out inventory and production sheets as scheduled.
• Produce breads/rolls by mixing recipes. Setting up racks and pans, setting up machines, operating machines, lifting product, measuring ingredients, operating oven, proof box. Pushing and pulling racks.
• Clean work area using pressure hose, floor brush, squeegee, wiping off all work tables, scales utensils.
• Produce croissants. Folding by hand, proofing and baking.
• Opens and closes bakery according to company procedures.
• Performs other duties as assigned or needed.

• Ability to:
  Work varied shifts in a 24/7 operation; including night, weekends and holidays.
• Pushing and pulling approximately 100 lb. of product at a time on rack.
• Lift objects (i.e., mix) of various dimensions chest high up to 50 lbs.
• Conduct visual inspections, read and follow production guides, recipes and product labels, log production quantities, temperature readings, etc. on proper forms.
• Catch breads, put product onto trays for baking, operate kitchen utensils and equipment with manual dexterity and hand/eye coordination.
• Maintain composure in dealing with customers and co-workers.
• Reach overhead to place product on racks.
• Stand, walk and move rapidly for extended periods of time.
• Bend, stoop, balance, crouch, push, pull, lift, grasp, feel, perform repetitive movement, and reach frequently.
• Handle bakery ingredients.
• Perform basic math (add, subtract, divide and multiply) and compute weights and measures.
• Perform duties with mental alertness involving potential…