Fresh Merchandising Operations Bakery Lead

Overview

Join our team as a Bakery Merchandising Operations Lead and help bring fresh, delicious bakery experiences to life across Coborn’s stores. In this role, you’ll support our bakery teams by creating the tools, programs, and guidance that help deliver beautiful displays, consistent quality, and strong sales.

Working from the Support Center, you’ll translate category direction into practical, easy-to-execute programs for our stores. You’ll build merchandising plans, develop training content, and partner closely with Store Operations leadership and the Training Lead to ensure every new set, reset, and initiative is clear, consistent, and achievable. Your influence comes through collaboration and strong relationships, not direct store authority, so communication and partnership are key.

You’ll help ensure every bakery program is well designed, clearly communicated, and measured for performance. From product freshness and presentation to shrink, margin, and guest experience, you’ll make sure bakery departments have what they need to succeed.

If you love great food, enjoy building helpful tools and training, and want to make an impact across multiple locations, this role could be a great fit. Apply today and help us continue delivering the bakery experience our guests love—because we think you might be the perfect recipe.

• Serve as the operational lead and primary support-center contact for the assigned Fresh department (e.g., Produce, Meat, Deli, Bakery, or Floral).
• Translate Fresh department strategies into executable plans, ensuring operational readiness and alignment with Store Operations.
• Monitor Fresh department performance metrics (sales, shrink, waste, compliance) and drive improvement actions in partnership with the Category Manager and Store Operations leaders.

• Manage the end-to-end coordination of Fresh department merchandising programs, including seasonal events, new item introductions, and display transitions.
• Develop and distribute clear execution instructions, calendars, and store communication in collaboration with Category, Space, and Marketing teams.
• Ensure that all Fresh department initiatives are operationally feasible and aligned with company standards and timing.

• Monitor store-level compliance data, audit findings, and exception reports for the assigned department.
• Identify execution gaps or recurring issues and partner with Store Operations and Category leadership to develop corrective plans.
• Track completion of corrective actions and document improvements for future planning cycles.

• Analyze shrink and waste trends within the assigned department and identify root causes tied to merchandising execution.
• Collaborate with Finance, Category, and Store Operations to reduce product loss through improved operational practices and display management.
• Support the development of tools and guides that improve store teams’ ability to manage product freshness and rotation.

• Develop and maintain Fresh department category-specific execution tools, visual playbooks, and training materials (job aids, quick-reference guides, videos, and presentation decks) used to communicate program standards to store teams.
• Partner with the Training Lead to translate technical and merchandising content into clear, engaging field-training resources.
• Ensure that all training content and execution tools are accurate, up-to-date, and aligned with operational processes, food-safety requirements, and merchandising objectives.
• Collect feedback from Store Operations and the Training Lead to refine and simplify training content for future use.

• Act as the key liaison between the assigned Category Manager/Director and Store Operations.
• Influence Store Operations leaders by using data, insights, and clear communication to drive execution excellence.
• Partner with cross-functional teams (Category, Space, Marketing, Finance) to ensure program feasibility and store readiness.

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