Bakery Worker

Job Summary of Bakery Worker:

As a Bakery Worker you are responsible for reviewing daily orders, preparing & replenishing products in a prompt, efficient and friendly manner. Additionally you will ensure a positive company image by providing courteous, friendly, and efficient customer service to customers and team members. At Hy-Vee our people are our strength. We promise a helpful smile in every aisle and those smiles can only come from a workforce that is fully engaged and committed to supporting our customers and each other. Core Competencies include partnerships Growth mindset, Results oriented, Customer focused and Professionalism.

Responsibilities of Bakery Worker:

• Delivering prompt, effective, and welcoming customer care through showing empathy, consideration, and tolerance in every customer engagement, with an emphasis on valuing customers as the primary individuals in the store.
• Displays a welcoming attitude by greeting customers with smiles, whether within the assigned department or in other sections of the store.
• Strives to create a personalized customer experience by making a point to remember and address customers by name.
• Aids customers in navigating to their desired products, fetching items that are out of reach, assisting with heavy lifting, noting customer suggestions, and executing various tasks to enhance the overall shopping experience.
• Determines the freshness of the food by examining its visual attributes and overall condition.
• Examines the orders scheduled for the day.
• Interacting with clients to note down their bakery preferences.
• Works with peers as a cohesive unit to guarantee customer contentment and uphold a pleasant work environment.
• Appreciates the importance of observing correct sanitation measures and ensures that the work area is consistently kept neat and clean.
• Ensures the readiness of an appropriate food provision and adheres to a production checklist.
• Predicts the necessary products for the department each day.
• Gets products ready, completes tasks, and restocks supplies as required.
• Retrieves items from the chilling unit in preparation for baking.
• Verifies merchandise, organizes it, and possibly evaluates payment records.
• Responsible for operating the department's registers, receiving payments, and giving change when required.
• Takes out trash on schedule.
• Ensures strict adherence to company policies and store-specific guidelines regarding personal hygiene and attire.
• Is consistently punctual in reporting for work shifts.
• Acquires products and supplies through the process of ordering them.
• Decides on pricing models for customer products.
• Dispatching orders according to demand.
• Aids in different sections of the store as per requirement.
• Fulfills additional job responsibilities and unique projects as needed.

Qualifications of Bakery Worker:

• Individuals without a high school or equivalent education
• Six months or less of related work experience.
• The proficiency to carry out intricate yet impartial written or verbal orders and address a few specific variables is necessary.
• Capability to perform elementary math operations like adding and subtracting; duplicating images, enumerating, and noting down.
• Demonstrate the capacity to comprehend and adhere to oral or visual directives; record pertinent details; solicit necessary materials through spoken or written means.

Physical Requirements of Bakery Worker:

• Must be able to physically perform medium work: exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, 20 pounds of force frequently, and 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Visual requirements include clarity of vision at a distance of more than 20 inches and less than 20 feet with or without correction, color vision, depth perception and field of vision.
• Must be able to perform the following physical activities: Climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions.

Working Conditions of Bakery Worker:

• Typically, the duties for this position are carried out in a traditional retail setting.
• Managing deadlines and dealing with multiple priorities is a common source of pressure for employees.
• Concerns arise from being exposed to flour dust, noisy environments, cleaning agents/solvents, electrical hazards, and extreme temperatures.

Machinery Utilized for Job Completion:

• Within a bakery setup, standard equipment such as mixers and ovens are employed for baking purposes
• wrapping
• label printer
• cash register
• telephone
• dishwasher
• bread slicer
• electric knife
• microwave
• Using airbrush techniques and imitating the style of a different artist.