Assistant Bakery Manager

Assistant Bakery Manager
Location: Rancho Cucamonga, Ca.
Pay rate: $23.40-$24.49

Assistant Bakery Manager is responsible for assisting the Bakery Manager in planning, directing and managing the operation and performance of the bakery department and its team members.

• Smile and greet all customers and team members while providing extraordinary customer service.
• Assists bakery manager in writing team member schedules according to budget and adhering to meal period scheduling policy and part time scheduling.
• Effectively delegate, manage, train and evaluate department personnel in regards to tasks, Company rules, safety, attendance, behavior, appearance, personal development, team work, and customer service.
• Responsible for ensuring team members take breaks and meal periods in accordance to Company policy.
• Ensure all team members are properly trained on procedures in accordance to department guide.
• Correct and communicate unsafe acts by team members, unsafe conditions, or unsafe equipment immediately to bakery manager or store director.
• Promote and practice Bakery Safety Program on the proper use of approved cleaning chemicals.
• Work safely and be aware of co-workers and customer safety at all times.
• Exhibit leadership and act as an example for team members and customers; practice extraordinary customer and team member relations.
• Assists bakery manager in accurately projecting weekly department sales.
• Achieves and maintains Company goals and standards for merchandising, gross profits, orders, price integrity, inventory, presentation, signage, and quality of product.
• Assists customers with special bakery and cake orders in store or over the phone.
• Assists in the preparation and decoration of baked goods and cakes, as needed for sale or special requests by customers.
• Assumes the duties of bakery manager when necessary; plan, organize, direct and control activities, and operations of the department while following Company rules, policies and guidelines.
• Assists in monthly inventory audit.
• Assists in auditing pricing, codes and tares to ensure that every item is priced accurately.
• Aggressively merchandises products, keeps cases full, rotates and stocks as needed.
• Be aware of oven and proofer temperatures, and communicate any temperature discrepancies to bakery manager.
• Communicate to bakery manager inventory level of ingredients, supplies and baked goods to ensure adequate product for customers.
• Control department expenses; take action to control shrinkage and pilferage losses.
• Ensures all bakery products are prepared with consistency in quality, appearance, and weight according to Vallarta Supermarkets guidelines.
• Ensures cakes are made accurately according to customers order.
• Establishes proofer, mixer and baking time settings on ovens ensuring that baked good are removed from ovens when done, and removed for next process.
• Follow approved schematic provided by department supervisor, which are based on movement consumer demand and profitability.
• Follow Company price book unless directed otherwise by department supervisor, or corporate office.
• Maintain display cases, and countertops clean, organized and presentable.
• Order accurately from approved vendors. Order merchandise and control inventory to minimize out-of-stock and overstocks, and to maximize sales.
• Prepares dough, batters, and mixtures for various breads, cakes, and pastry products as needed, according to Vallarta Supermarket recipes and/or authorized by department supervisor.
• Accurately prepares merchandise for sale (pack, weigh, and price), according to policy and adhering to weights and measures and labeling laws.
• Promote sales by suggestive selling.
• Review all bakery department invoices and transfers; report any discrepancies to bakery manager, store director or department supervisor.
• Stocks and rotates baked goods to ensure freshness according to Company procedures and guidelines.
• Transports product to and from coolers and storage areas.
• Clean work area; sweep and mop floors, wash bakery equipment, supplies and utensils.
• Ensure favorable department image with customers in maintaining a clean, attractive and friendly department.
• Follow all health code regulations; ensure the highest standards of food safety, personal hygiene, and sanitation are followed and practiced according to health department regulations.
• Promote Company safety policies ensure that team members are using bakery equipment safely.
• Keep all product displays with adequate product and proper signage; maintain products on display in good presentation and at the temperatures according to health department regulations.
• Abide by all store rules, and Company policies as stated in Company’s Team member Handbook.
• Contact your bakery manager, store director or bakery supervisor regarding any questions, problems, or concerns.
• Ensure compliance weights and measures, and labeling laws.
• Keep key personnel advised of whereabouts at all times.
• Report team member injuries and or team member complaints of misconduct to bakery manager, store director, or department supervisor.
• Treat co-workers and customers respectfully at all times. Do not use obscene and/or profane language while working.
• Other duties as assigned.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS:

• Must have a good attitude, friendly and courteous personality, and enjoy working with the public.
• Knowledge of how to prepare and bake various kinds of baked goods. (Mexican, Central American, and American).
• Have knowledge of all different bakery products and ingredients.
• Experience with the care and use of professional bakery equipment, tools and ovens.
• Must be able to effectively manage in a fast paced environment, be able to accomplish various goals through others and have the ability to lead and be a mentor to others in order to develop their potential.
• Must have basic computer skills, including knowledge of Excel, Word and Outlook.
• Must be able to perform math calculations related to the job without error.
• Must be able to speak, read, write, and understand English

Vallarta Supermarkets is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to inclusion and diversity. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives and will consider all qualified applicants for employment in accordance with all state, local, and federal laws. Vallarta Supermarkets participates in the E-Verify program.

As of 2022, Vallarta counts on 53 stores throughout California (Ventura, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, Kern, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Tulare, Orange, and Fresno counties), and more than 8,000 team members. The Gonzalez family promises to continue to strive for excellence in everything we do so that our valued customers always have a Vallarta supermarket to call their own.From one small carnicería in Van Nuys in 1985 to 53 full-service markets across California, Vallarta Supermarkets is a living, breathing tribute to the hard work and customer dedication of our founding family and all of our valued employees.Vallarta Supermarkets was founded by Enrique Gonzalez Sr., who was later joined in the business by his four brothers, his son and nephew. Their family roots and humble origins began in the tiny town of Jalostotitlán, Jalisco, Mexico, where Enrique and his brothers were raised on a meager farm. Their parents instilled in them at very young ages the importance of family and the power of a strong work ethic to overcome challenges.When the opportunity arose to immigrate in the 1960’s, the Gonzalez family was thankful to stake their claim in the “land of opportunity,” the United States of America. Right away, the five brothers got to work in restaurants, either as short-order cooks or bussing tables. Even though some of the brothers were still in school, they all worked to help the family make ends meet.In 1985, Enrique Gonzalez Sr. began his journey in the grocery business when he opened Carniceria Vallarta in a 1,000 sq. ft market in Van Nuys, CA. He focused on selling the traditional cuts of meats popular in his native Mexico with an emphasis on unequaled quality and the friendliest of customer service. He soon expanded the business to a second location and brought his four brothers into the business. From there the adventure truly began, as they worked together as a family to build both a reputation for excellence and a successful business.The Gonzalez brothers believed that the key to Vallarta’s success would be to combine elevated customer service with the highest quality products to serve the growing Hispanic community whose needs may not be addressed by big chain stores.That’s why, from the beginning, Vallarta Supermarkets offered a wider variety of the freshest, traditional foods from Mexico, and Central and South America than any other store. They offered specialty and traditional items customers couldn’t find anywhere else: cut-to-order Latin-style meats (ranchera, diesmillo, lomo de res), spices, fresh fruit and produce, delicious prepared foods, pan dulce made daily, plus everything else you would expect from a traditional grocery store. Fast forward to today where Vallarta has expanded its offerings to include a juice and aquas frescas bar, tortilleria, bakery (panaderia), a cevicheria and more.