Job Description
Title: Bakery Clerk
Job Status
Full Time/Part Time
Department
Bakery
Location
Kent’s Market
Reports To
Bakery Manager
Bakery Clerks play a vital role in ensuring smooth operations in the Bakery Department by providing excellent customer service, assisting with food preparation, and maintaining cleanliness. They are responsible for arranging and displaying baked goods attractively to enhance customer appeal. This includes rotating stock to maintain freshness and removing expired product. Bakery Clerks work closely with bakers and other employees to ensure efficient operations and meet customer demand.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- A Bakery Clerk is capable of pricing, dating, and wrapping or bagging all bakery products in accordance with the department and store’s policies.
- Ability to recognize the quality of and distinguish between the many different bakery products.
- Capable of filling, arranging, rotating and merchandising displays and display cases within the Bakery Department.
- Price and code date all bakery products clearly and accurately.
- Receive special orders properly and uses suggestive selling methods when possible.
- A Bakery Clerk will maintain attractive and appealing cases and displays for increased sales.
- Maintain product quality and cost control to maximize sales and profits and minimize losses.
- A Bakery Clerk possess knowledge of bakery items, descriptions and ingredients so as to better serve our customers and answer any questions that might arise.
- Supports the team by taking on additional tasks or responsibilities as requested.
Position Requirements
MINIMUM AGE: 18 Years
- Please note: weekend shifts are required (holidays as applicable)
- PERMITS: Food Handlers (preferred – willing to train)
Physical/Sensory Demands
Work is generally performed in a safe and comfortable store environment with the possibility of frequent exposure to hot or cold conditions. While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly required to grasp, push, pull, carry, stoop, twist, crouch, and reach; perform tasks requiring repetitive motion and eye, hand and foot coordination; hear and respond to customer inquiries. Also requires standing, walking and bending throughout the entire workday and the ability to maneuver heavy objects weighing up to 30 pounds from location to location.
Benefits
- Benefits offering: Full time ONLY (health, dental, vision, life, 401(k), paid time off)
- 10% off groceries for you and your family
- Flexible scheduling
- Opportunities for advancement
Kent’s Market is an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit unlawful discrimination against applicants or employees on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.
Skills Required
- Minimum age 18 years
- Weekend and holiday availability
- Food Handlers permit (preferred; employer willing to train)
- Ability to price, date, wrap, bag and code bakery products accurately
- Ability to recognize bakery product quality and know item descriptions/ingredients
- Ability to fill, arrange, rotate and merchandise displays and display cases
- Customer service skills and suggestive selling when appropriate
- Ability to stand, walk, bend throughout shift and maneuver objects up to 30 pounds
What We Do
Kent's Market is a grocery store chain dedicated to serving Utah communities with a commitment to quality and a hometown feel, operating since 1976.
