Bakery Associate

Bakery Associate

Ensure practices are being followed in support of the food safety program; maintain equipment; keep bakery area neat and orderly. Efficiently produce large quantities of bakery products each day. Primary production processes are panning up dough, shaping/scoring dough, proofing, and baking, topping, sheeting, frying of donuts, pastries, and breads. Primary packaging processes are panning up finished products by store category as well as packaging retail packs, boxes, printing labels, etc.

• Adheres to the company's vision and mission
• Build relationships, promote the living brand, and serve as a product/brand advocate
• Adhere to company policies and procedures
• Commitment to quality
• Act with integrity, use sound judgment and ability to adapt
• Possess a sense of urgency
• Ensure that bakery areas are kept clean and organized
• Maintains sanitation and food safety through regular inspections of equipment, supplies and proper food storage
• Maintains proper rotation of products
• Must be able to mix dough and batters, make icings and fillings, produce and keep bakery neat and orderly
• Maintain systems and procedures for the ordering, receiving, storing, preparing and serving of food products
• Maintain systems and procedures for packaging and ship bakery/food products
• Ability to effectively operate all equipment required by position assigned
• Other duties as assigned

Competencies:

• Integrity and accountability
• Innovation and creativity
• Adaptive and flexible
• Teamwork and leadership
• Self-confidence and humility
• Professionalism and work ethic

Work Environment: Must have flexibility to work all shifts, all days of the week, when necessary. Ability to tolerate extreme temperatures. Exposure to cleaning solvents.

Role Qualifications:

• Communication skills necessary to produce food products in a safe and efficient manner.
• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Must have reliable transportation

Preferred Experience:

• Must have bakery/food service related experience.
• Certified food handler

Minimum Education Requirements:

• High school diploma, GED, or the equivalent

Required Skills:

• Situational awareness
• Strong customer orientation
• Strong team player
• Commitment to company mission and values
• Basic mathematical
• Constructively deals with conflict
• Adaptability; flexibility and receptive to change

Physical Requirements:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand for prolonged periods; work longer than eight (8) hour shifts, reach, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch; talk and hear; taste and smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus.