Bakery Associate (Part Time, Flexible Schedule)

Bakery Associate

At Adams, we prioritize creating a warm and welcoming environment for both our customers and team members. We believe exceptional customer service goes beyond meeting needsit's about treating everyone with genuine respect, kindness, and appreciation. Each team member is expected to greet customers personally, serve them with friendly, polite, and knowledgeable assistance, and always put customer needs above other tasks. Additionally, we value a workplace where employees treat each other with the same courtesy and respect as our customers, fostering a collaborative and supportive atmosphere that reflects our commitment to service excellence.

Adams employees are expected to provide friendly service to our valuable customers, ensuring that each experience reflects the commitment to providing quality products that Adams is known for. For the Bakery Associate, this means delivering excellent customer service while maintaining the quality, freshness, and presentation of all baked goods, and supporting the daily operations of the bakery with care, attention to detail, and cleanliness.

Your Day-to-Day

• Provide friendly, helpful service while asking questions or taking orders to all customers in person and over the phone
• Greet and thank customers to create a welcoming shopping experience
• Assist with packaging and displaying fresh baked goods, ensuring quality and presentation
• Stay informed about bakery products, pricing, and current promotions
• Rotate and stock products to maintain freshness and keep displays full and organized
• Help with basic baking tasks like setting up cookies, muffins, or making donuts
• Maintain cleanliness of all bakery areas, including dishes, equipment, and display cases
• Support bakers and decorators as needed, including receiving deliveries and preparing items for sale
• If assigned; write on cakes, finish cakes and donuts for display.
• If assigned; make apple cider donuts.
• Assist Bakers/Decorators/Porter as needed throughout your shift

What You Bring to the Team

• Knowledge or willingness to learn all bakery goods being sold to better assist customers.
• Willingness to learn and demonstrate Adams' culture and values
• Willingness to work collaboratively and communicate with a team of co-workers and managers
• Exhibit enthusiasm, positivity and/or knowledge about Adams' products and quality

Working Conditions

• Must be 18 years old
• Consistently move, adjust, and position items weighing up to 50 pounds
• Ability to remain in a stationary position for duration of shift
• Occasionally ascend/descend a stepstool, stepladder, and/or ladder
• Repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers for duration of shift
• Communicate with others to exchange information
• Moving self in different positions to accomplish tasks including in tight and confined spaces
• Access to coolers and freezers within the Bakery.
• Access to garbage and cardboard compactor/crusher.
• Move and work quickly and productively with other coworkers.
• Follow all department safety policy and procedures.

Perks of the Job

At Adams, we believe in recognizing and rewarding excellent work with competitive compensation and meaningful benefits. In addition to quality compensation, at Adams you can expect generous medical, dental and vision coverage (for applicable roles), voluntary benefits like pet insurance, paid time off and holiday pay, flexible pay schedules with DailyPay, and best of all, our generous Employee Discount.

The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including skill sets, experience, training, certifications and other business needs.

At Adams, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each situation. We're committed to providing a supportive and rewarding environment that helps our team members thriveboth professionally and personally.

Requirements

Part time hours.

Thursday through Saturday shifts needed, 10 AM to 6 PM or 12 PM to 8 PM.

Sunday and Tuesday shifts needed, 5 AM to 12 PM.