Bakery​/Deli Department Specialist- Anderson Rd., Davis, CA

Bakery/Deli Department Specialist - 1900 Anderson Rd., Davis, CA 95616

About Us: We are California’s largest regional, full-service grocery chain founded over 70 years ago in Modesto, CA. With 194 stores across Central and Northern California and Western Nevada, our banners—Save Mart, Lucky, and Food Maxx—serve the unique needs of their communities.

Position Overview: The Bakery Department Specialist ensures that customer needs are met and exceeded by delivering remarkable customer service and providing customers with exceptional product knowledge. This role involves greeting and assisting customers, promoting sales, preparing, packaging, labeling, and merchandising products, maintaining department standards, and assisting with special orders.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Provide customers with a remarkable shopping experience by greeting and thanking customers in a prompt, courteous, and friendly manner, answering questions, and responding to customer requests for bakery products.
• Accurately place special orders and offer suggestions for event planning.
• Receive, inspect, and log products for accuracy of shipment and quality.
• Weigh, wrap/package, and label products for display; stock, rotate, and merchandise products to maintain freshness and appeal; restock and use supply items efficiently to eliminate waste and maintain the lowest supply cost.
• Maintain knowledge of bakery products and ad items to offer customers suggestions and provide direction of product location in the department.
• Prepare various baked foods according to company guidelines, ensuring proper food handling and safety.
• Communicate customer requests to department management.
• Follow all department procedures and operate appropriate department equipment and tools.
• Keep work areas and equipment clean, orderly, and free from safety hazards; report faulty equipment and hazards to management; follow established sanitation and safety guidelines.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits: Health, dental, vision, life and AD&D, 401K, tuition reimbursement and scholarship opportunities, vacation and personal holidays, and in-store purchase discounts.

Hiring pay range: $16.75 - $26.50

Requirements (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities):

• Product ordering, inventory control, bakery operations, merchandising, sales techniques, and department management.
• Learn and retain policies and procedures, make decisions, lead and instruct team members, recognize sale trends and indicators, work within and promote a team environment.
• Ability to read, write, and perform basic math calculations.
• Knowledge of strategies, practices, and tools for gathering, analyzing, and communicating information in a retail environment.
• Excellent communication skills to ensure excellent customer service; outgoing, friendly, and able to interact effectively at all levels across diverse cultures.
• Baking and decorating techniques, food safety practices.

Education: High School Diploma (or G.E.D.)

Experience: Six months of related experience, including previous bakery and cake decorating experience.

Other: Must be available to work a variety of required retail hours; must be able to operate equipment used in the department (oven, scales, label machine, etc.).

Physical: Basic store environment: ability to sit, stand, walk, kneel, stoop, use stairs, reach, pull and lift objects.

Competencies:

• Customer Focus
• Quality/Quantity of Work
• Personal and Interpersonal Skills

The Save Mart Companies is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we welcome resumes from individuals who will contribute to our diverse workforce.