Job Type
Full-time, Part-time
Description
- Open the bakery early in the morning
- Clean kitchen equipment and tools before use
- Weigh flour and other ingredients to prepare dough
- Bake different bread types, like pretzels, baguettes and multigrain breads
- Adjust oven temperatures to ensure proper baking
- Mix various ingredients to create fillings for cakes and pies (e.g. chocolate ganache, caramel sauce and fruits)
- Decorate cakes with glazes, icings, buttercream and edible toppings, like flowers
- Shape dough to prepare different types of pastries, including croissants, cookies and sweet rolls
- Prepare custom-made pastries based on customers’ preferences (e.g. birthday cakes)
- Recommend recipes to renew our menu and attract more customers (e.g. gluten-free or vegan desserts)
- Track food supplies and place orders, as needed
- Provides premier customer service, including greeting customers and answering their questions
- Sells products by providing customers with information needed to make product-related decisions
- Takes and fills special orders for customers
- Finishes products (e.g. fills or ices donuts or pastries)
- Packages, labels, and prices products for self-service
- Maintains and fills bakery trays, display cases, and ingredient bins
- Operates the scale
- Operates the bread slicer
- Assists with unloading trucks and organizes and restocks supplies
- Assists in cleaning duties
Requirements
- Minimum 1 year experience in high volume bakery preparation or equivalent experience
- Organized, consistently follows through on commitments
- Demonstrates the ability to handle multiple demands
- Communications skills – clear directions, good listener
- Experience serving the public
- Ability to project friendly, outgoing personality
- The potential for prolonged standing, walking, squatting, and/or bending
- Ability to stand for long periods
- Ability to work in cold, wet conditions
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as department manuals and reports
- Ability to prioritize work tasks, multi-task, and maintain focus
- Willingness to work weekends
- Willingness and ability to learn and grow to meet the changing requirements of the job
- Evening/night work may be required
- Occasional high stress when dealing with systems/customers/staff, working a flexible schedule to include a variety of shifts -- afternoons, nights, weekends, and holidays
- Always have a positive attitude
- Understand key business standards related to food, service, and cleanliness
- Problem solving – Anticipating, analyzing, and identifying problem
- Understand key business standards related to food, service, and cleanliness
- Continuously interacting with customers and co-workers
- Willingness and ability to learn and grow to meet the changing requirements of the job
- Ability to lift heavy boxes frequently up to 40 pounds and occasionally up to 50 pounds
- Ability to walk and stand for long periods
- Ability to work in cold, wet conditions
- Prolonged standing, walking, squatting, and/or bending
- Repetitive use - hand to finger motions, handle or feel objects, reach with hands and arms
- Must be able to adjust vision to both day and night lighting and be able to focus on distant and close-range projects
- Occasionally high stress when dealing with systems/customers/staff
- Ability to remain calm under pressure and in stressful situations
- Willingness to work weekends
- Regular, predictable attendance
- Ability to work a flexible schedule to include a variety of shifts -- afternoons, nights, weekends, and holidays
- Perform other tasks assigned by management.
- Assist other customers in all departments, in prompt friendly courteous manger, referring them to other staff when necessary.
- Maintain department logs, cleaning schedules, safety materials, and inventory documents.
- Must have basic knowledge of math, weights, and measures.
- Performs duties in a safe and efficient manner
- Participates in training activities to increase personal skill levels, and to improve overall department processes and customer service.
- Meets the physical requirements to perform the job functions listed above
Salary Description
$18.00 - $20.00 per hour