Bakery Clerk

$31,200 - $40,872/Yr

WinCo Foods - McMinnville, OR

posted 6 months ago

Full-time
Onsite - McMinnville, OR
Food and Beverage Retailers

About the position

At WinCo Foods, our commitment to Employee Ownership is the secret ingredient in our sweet success story. As a Bakery Clerk, you'll not only indulge your passion for pastries but also become an integral part of a community that values every team member. People matter here, and your role in maintaining a clean workspace and ensuring the freshness of our baked goods directly contributes to the exceptional experience we provide. Join us in creating delightful moments for our customers and be part of a workplace where your dedication truly matters. In this role, you will be responsible for scaling, mixing, and baking various bakery goods while maintaining proper inventory levels and ensuring the cleanliness and appearance of the bakery department meets our high standards. You will consistently provide friendly, courteous service to both internal and external customers, ensuring that every interaction is positive and engaging. Your duties will include producing bakery products for retail stores, operating and cleaning equipment, packaging fresh products, and ensuring the quality of goods by following established codes and procedures. You will also be involved in mixing icing and other toppings, setting up and icing cakes, packaging bakery items, and displaying products in an appealing manner. Engaging with customers, taking orders, and personalizing cakes will be key aspects of your role. You will need to maintain an atmosphere of enthusiastic customer awareness, engage in suggestive selling, and assist customers with inquiries regarding special orders and product availability. Additionally, you will be responsible for ensuring that the bakery area is clean, safe, and sanitary, and that all products are properly labeled and displayed according to company guidelines.

Responsibilities

  • Seeks opportunities to welcome, engage, serve and thank customers.
  • Produce bakery products for retail stores.
  • Operate and clean equipment and work area.
  • Maintain clean, safe and sanitary bakery area and equipment.
  • Package all fresh products following all packaging/handling procedures.
  • Ensure quality of goods by following code.
  • Mix icing or other toppings by scaling and measuring ingredients, operating a mixer, reading the recipe, occasionally lifting 50 lbs. bags of sugar, shortening, and flour.
  • Dumps icing or other toppings into large storage containers.
  • Sets-up cakes by taking liner off, putting icing between layers of numerous items (i.e., 50 cakes at a time).
  • Ices cakes by taking icing out of the container, combining the icing onto the cake, lifting buckets, bordering, placing specific decorations, etc. for numerous items (i.e., 50 cakes at a time).
  • Packages cakes by placing in box.
  • Labels bakery items by inputting data into DiGi machine for scanning, placing a label on container, etc.
  • Displays products on shelves by placing them in an appealing manner and using FIFO for rotation.
  • Takes orders by phone and in person from customers.
  • Personalizes cakes by writing the desired words of the customer.
  • Faces merchandise.
  • Maintains an atmosphere of enthusiastic customer awareness with an emphasis on providing fast, friendly customer service.
  • Engages in suggestive selling and other sales techniques in person, over the telephone and over the in-store intercom.
  • Displays goods by following packaging/handling procedures.
  • Follows company guidelines for setting up and maintaining stock, cleanliness and appeal of product show cases, display tables, and special displays; proper signing procedures, etc.
  • Assists customers with inquiries (i.e., special orders for cakes and other bakery items) by knowing current pricing, ingredients, availability of product, advertised merchandise, etc.
  • Ensures quality of goods by following code dating procedures and legal regulations or labeling and packaging for all in-store bakery products.
  • Ensures quantity of goods is available by keeping manager informed of stock levels, accurately filling out inventory and production sheets as scheduled.
  • Produce breads/rolls by mixing recipes, setting up racks and pans, setting up machines, operating machines, lifting product, measuring ingredients, operating oven, proof box, pushing and pulling racks.
  • Clean work area using pressure hose, floor brush, squeegee, wiping off all work tables, scales utensils.
  • Produce croissants by folding by hand, proofing and baking.
  • Opens and closes bakery according to company procedures.
  • Performs other duties as assigned or needed.

Requirements

  • Ability to consistently provide friendly, courteous service to internal and external customers.
  • Ability to work varied hours primarily between the hours of 3:00 am to 10:00 pm in a 24/7 operation; including night, weekends and holidays.
  • Ability to push and pull approximately 100 lb. of product at a time on rack.
  • Ability to lift objects (i.e., mix) of various dimensions chest high up to 50 lbs.
  • Ability to conduct visual inspections, read and follow production guides, recipes and product labels, log production quantities, temperature readings, etc. on proper forms.
  • Ability to catch breads, put product onto trays for baking, operate kitchen utensils and equipment with manual dexterity and hand/eye coordination.
  • Ability to maintain composure in dealing with customers and co-workers.
  • Ability to reach overhead to place product on racks.
  • Ability to stand, walk and move rapidly for extended periods of time.
  • Ability to bend, stoop, balance, crouch, push, pull, lift, grasp, feel, perform repetitive movement, and reach frequently.
  • Ability to handle bakery ingredients.
  • Ability to perform basic math (add, subtract, divide and multiply) and compute weights and measures.
  • Ability to perform duties with mental alertness involving potential hazards with respect to baking procedures, equipment, and work aides.
  • Ability to respond to audible timers on baking equipment.
  • Ability to perform around equipment and product emitting heat (approximately 465 degrees).
  • Ability to follow safety and sanitation procedures and department policies. Use cleaning chemicals and handle related food products.
  • Ability to perform primary duties with efficiency and accuracy. Effectively manage time to ensure that deadlines are met. Prioritize and perform a variety of simultaneous tasks (multi-tasking).
  • Ability to wear hats, hairnets, gloves, and other personal protective equipment as required.
  • Ability to check labels and packaging of all manufactured products.
  • Ability to communicate (hearing & speech) effectively with customers to receive orders and perform customer relation skills.
  • Ability to communicate in writing to others and read and follow instructions.
  • Ability to work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment with a strong customer service orientation.
  • Ability to operate kitchen utensils and equipment with manual dexterity, speed, accuracy and hand/eye coordination.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of product content and perishability, safety and sanitation procedures and department policies and government regulations.
  • Must be 18 years of age or older.
  • Food Handlers Certification (Per State Laws)

Benefits

  • Vacation
  • Benefits Eligible
  • Employee Stock Ownership Plan
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