Deli/Bakery Associate

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discounts
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Deli/Bakery Associate Job Description

A Deli/Bakery Associate’s primary role is to assist customers in the services provided by the Deli/Bakery. 

Main duties include preparing, cooking, baking and serving customers in the Deli/Bakery Department. Responsible for phone orders, custom orders, serving customers, cleaning machinery and department and stocking when the inventory requires.  May be responsible for checking materials and supplies and reporting when stock is low.

 Works under immediate supervision of supervisor or manager and must rely on instructions. Primary job functions do not typically require exercising independent judgment. Abides by pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the job. The successful candidate will play a fundamental role in achieving our customer satisfaction and revenue growth objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Pleasantly deal with customers to ensure satisfaction.
• Greet customers when entering or leaving department and provide answers to customer inquiries regarding Produce items.
• Engages and maintains a professional working relationship with vendors.
• Food preparation including but not limited to, frying, seasoning, and baking items.
• Slice, weigh and wrap cold cuts and cheese products, print tags indicating weight, product, date, time and price.
• Assemble and decorate cakes or bakery items per customer’s request. 
• Handling customer phone orders or custom requests with courtesy and professionalism.
• Resolve customer complaints, guide them and provide relevant information
• Greet customers when entering or leaving department and provide answers to customer inquiries regarding Deli/Bakery items.
• Serve customers in the Daily Hot Line and provide information if asked about the items offered. 
• Maintaining a clean department by performing the following tasks: Clean cold cut and cheese display case, wash dishes used to prepare Deli/Bakery items, organize and clean display shelves when needed, mop floors daily, clean department equipment such as slicers, scale, stove, mixer, etc (this list is not all inclusive).
• Report mechanical problems with any equipment through the use of Work Order Forms.
• Answer customers' questions and get a manager if answer doesn't solve the issue
• Receive, inspect and store Deli/Bakery products upon delivery.

 

 
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
 
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, talk or hear. The employee is required to use their hands/arms to finger, handle or reach. They are required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel crouch or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit, taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include peripheral vision.