Bakery Associate

Overview: p style="margin: 0px;"emSoutheastern Grocers is committed to a culture of belonging and fostering an inclusive environment where we celebrate differences. As a a href="https://www.greatplacetowork.com/certified-company/1402499" target="_blank" rel="noopener"great place to work/a, we empower everyone to be their full, authentic selves. Read our a href="https://segrocers.icims.com/icims2/servlet/icims2?module=AppInertaction=downloadid=671303hashed=-1816960233" target="_blank" rel="noopener"Belonging, Inclusion and Diversity Statement here/a./em/pp style="margin-top: .35pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;" /span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="color: #2f6c94; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"Bakery Associate/span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /ptable style="margin-left: 6.5pt; border-collapse: collapse; border: none;"tbodytrtd style="width: 550.0pt; border: solid lightgrey 1.0pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in;" width="733"p style="margin: 7.0pt 0in .0001pt 5.0pt;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongspan style="color: #2f6c94;"Job Purpose/span/strong/span/p/td/trtrtd style="width: 550.0pt; border: solid lightgrey 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in;" width="733"p style="margin-top: 10.0pt;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongJob Summary/strong/span/pp style="margin: 1.0pt 0in .0001pt 18.4pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Assists in the daily operations of the bakery department. Increases customer confidence and loyalty by promoting and executing consistent and compliant operating conditions. Provides fresh and appealing products, courteous, knowledgeable and prompt service. Values diversity and supports an inclusive environment by embracing the backgrounds and experiences of the team./span/p/td/tr/tbody/tablep style="margin-top: .3pt;" /ptable style="margin-left: 6.5pt; border-collapse: collapse; border: none;"tbodytrtd style="width: 550.0pt; border: solid lightgrey 1.0pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in;" width="733"p style="margin: 7.0pt 0in .0001pt 5.0pt;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongspan style="color: #2f6c94;"Essential Responsibilities/span/strong/span/p/td/trtrtd style="width: 550.0pt; border: solid lightgrey 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in;" width="733"p style="margin-top: 10.0pt;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongPercent Of Responsibilities/strong/span/pp style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 1.25pt .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongResponsibility/strongstrong                                                                                                                             % Of Time/strong/span/pp style="margin-left: 18.4pt;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongSERVICE:/strongstrong                                                                                                                                      /strong60%/span/pp style="margin: 0in 99.05pt .0001pt 18.4pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Creates an environment that enables customers to feel welcome, important and appreciated that will increase customer confidence and loyalty. Delivers daily conditions that meet the company’s expectations for at shelf product availability, freshness, quality and value. Offers product samples, answers product questions and offers customers assistance in finding or suggesting products. Ensures customer requests and special orders are fulfilled./span/pp style="margin-left: 18.4pt;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongLEADERSHIP:/strongstrong                                                                                                                               /strong20%/span/pp style="margin: 0in 99.05pt .0001pt 18.4pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Promotes trust and respect among associates by collaborating, promoting teamwork, and communicating company, department, and job specific information. Adheres to all local, state, and federal laws, and company guidelines./span/pp style="margin-left: 18.4pt;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongFINANCIAL:/strongstrong                                                                                                                                  /strong10%/span/pp style="margin: 0in 102.6pt .0001pt 18.4pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Maintains an awareness of inventory/stocking conditions and reports any discrepancies in inventory. Reviews/inspects products for quality and freshness and takes appropriate action with those items. Prepares, packages, labels, and displays products for sale./span/pp style="margin: 0in 89.85pt .0001pt 18.4pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Utilizes production planning tools to accurately produce fresh products and ensures discarding or markdown processes are followed to reduce shrink. Ensures product is held at the proper temperature per food safety guidelines and retains documentation of temperate logs per policy./span/pp style="margin-left: 18.4pt;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongCOMPLIANCE/SAFETY:/strongstrong                                                                                                               /strong10%/span/pp style="margin: 0in 99.05pt .0001pt 18.4pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Ensures company standards for safety, proper food handling practices, sanitation and productivity are maintained. Adheres to all regulatory compliance requirements pertaining to food safety, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Country of Origin Labeling (COOL), and Department of Agriculture (DOA). Executes all product recalls and withdrawals in a timely manner while ensuring all items are secured and/span/p/td/tr/tbody/tablep style="margin: 0px;" /ptable style="margin-left: 6.5pt; border-collapse: collapse; border: none;"tbodytrtd style="width: 550.0pt; border: solid lightgrey 1.0pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in;" width="733"p style="margin: 10.0pt 99.05pt .0001pt 18.4pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"removed from customer access. Reinforces safety programs by complying with safety procedures and inspects and identifies unsafe conditions to report to store management. Notifies management of customer or employee accidents. Reports all safety risk, or issues, and illegal activity, including robbery, theft or fraud. Ensures adherence to wage and hour policies and regulations. Cultivates a culture of safety within the store. Ensures self and all associates are working safely and have received necessary safety training. Ensures Hazardous Assessments are posted for associate reference and that Personal Protective Equipment is available and utilized by all associates executing tasks within the department, as required. Ensures equipment is in good repair; reports and assists with remediation (ex. lock out/tag out of equipment) of safety hazards within the department./span/p/td/trtrtd style="width: 550.0pt; border: solid lightgrey 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in;" width="733"p style="margin-top: 10.0pt;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongDisclaimer/strong/span/pp style="margin: 1.0pt 0in .0001pt 18.4pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Performs other job-related duties as assigned./span/p/td/tr/tbody/tablep style="margin-top: .05pt;" /ptable style="margin-left: 6.5pt; border-collapse: collapse; border: none;"tbodytrtd style="width: 550.0pt; border: solid lightgrey 1.0pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in;" width="733"p style="margin: 7.0pt 0in .0001pt 5.0pt;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongspan style="color: #2f6c94;"Qualifications/span/strong/span/p/td/trtrtd style="width: 550.0pt; border: solid lightgrey 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in;" width="733"p style="margin-top: 10.0pt;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongRequired Education/strong/span/pp style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 1.25pt .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongRequired Education                                                       Course of Study/strong/span/pp style="margin-left: 18.4pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"N/A/span/p/td/trtrtd style="width: 550.0pt; border: solid lightgrey 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in;" width="733"p style="margin-top: 10.0pt;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongPreferred Education/strong/span/pp style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 1.25pt .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongPreferred Education                                                      Course of Study/strong/span/pp style="margin-left: 18.4pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"High School / GED/span/p/td/trtrtd style="width: 550.0pt; border: solid lightgrey 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in;" width="733"p style="margin-top: 10.0pt;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongLanguage Requirements/strong/span/pp style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 1.25pt .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongLanguage(s) Required                                                   Language(s) Preferred/strong/span/pp style="margin-left: 18.4pt;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"English                                                                           Spanish/span/p/td/trtrtd style="width: 550.0pt; border: solid lightgrey 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in;" width="733"p style="margin-top: 10.0pt;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongRelevant Experience/strong/span/pp style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 1.25pt .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongRelevant Experience                                                      Supervisory Experience/strong/span/pp style="margin-left: 18.4pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"0 -3 yrs minimum/span/p/td/trtrtd style="width: 550.0pt; border: solid lightgrey 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in;" width="733"p style="margin-top: 10.0pt;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongKnowledge, Skills Abilities Required/strong/span/pullispan style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Must be 18 years of age/span/lilispan style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Authorization to work in the United States or the ability to obtain the same./span/lilispan style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Successful completion of pre-employment drug testing and background check./span/lilispan style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Strong customer service skills./span/lilispan style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Exceptional interpersonal, motivational and communication skills./span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;" /p/td/tr/tbody/tablep style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;" /span/ptable style="margin-left: 6.5pt; border-collapse: collapse; border: none;"tbodytrtd style="width: 550.0pt; border: solid lightgrey 1.0pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in;" width="733"ullispan style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Operate bakery equipment (e.g., slicer, oven, scale, knives, box cutter and pricing gun) according to company guidelines./span/li/ul/td/tr/tbody/tablep style="margin-bottom: .05pt;" /ptable style="margin-left: 6.5pt; border-collapse: collapse; border: none;"tbodytrtd style="width: 550.0pt; border: solid lightgrey 1.0pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in;" width="733"p style="margin: 7.0pt 0in .0001pt 5.0pt;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongspan style="color: #2f6c94;"Environmental Factors/span/strong/span/p/td/trtrtd style="width: 550.0pt; border: solid lightgrey 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in;" width="733"p style="margin-top: 10.0pt;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongEnvironmental Factors/strong/span/pp style="margin: 1.0pt 18.8pt .0001pt 18.4pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Retail - Bakery: Physical Demands: While performing the essential functions of this position, the employee is regularly required to stand or walk on various types of flooring, utilize manual dexterity, talk, see, hear, smell and perform repetitive movements with both hands and/or both feet. The employee is frequently required to reach at waist level or overhead, carry, push, or lift various loads up to the required weights listed. The employee is occasionally required to sit, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch and climb up to 10 ft. Working Conditions: While performing the essential functions of this position, the employee may be exposed to working in indoor, outdoor, cold, freezing, heated, and wet/humid working conditions. Safety Risk Factors: The employee is frequently required to twist back and/or neck, walk on a slippery or cluttered floor surface, work with hazardous equipment and be exposed to sharp objects. The employee is occasionally required to be exposed to loud noise, skin irritants, nuisance dust, fumes and sprays, hazardous cleaning solutions and other toxins. Overall Required Equipment: cleaning supplies and equipment, general office equipment, register, pricing gun, scales, scanner, various material handling equipment, such as racks, carts, pallet jacks, shopping carts Department Specific Required Equipment: Powered cutting equipment, such as a slicers, saws, grinders, various knives, various ovens, stoves, rotisserie, fryers, steamers, proofer, wrapping equipment Preferred Equipment: baler/compactor, general hardware tools such as a ladder, pliers, wire cutters, box cutter Personal Protective Equipment: Goggles, Gloves, Cutting Gloves, Fryer Gloves, Oven Gloves, Back Brace Pulling Requirement: 250 lbs. Lifting Requirement: 35 lbs./span/p/td/trtrtd style="width: 550.0pt; border: solid lightgrey 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in;" width="733"p style="margin-top: 10.0pt;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongTravel Percent Overnight/strong/span/pp style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 1.25pt .25in;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongTravel Percent                                                               Overnight/strong/span/pp style="margin-left: 18.4pt;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Occasional                                                                     No/span/p/td/trtrtd style="width: 550.0pt; border: solid lightgrey 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 0in 0in 0in 0in;" width="733"p style="margin-top: 10.0pt;"span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongShift(s)/strong/span/pp style="margin: 1.0pt 0in .0001pt 18.4pt;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"Varied shifts./span/p/td/tr/tbody/table