Bakery Manager

Job Title: Manager, Bakery

Reports to: Director, Store Operations

Directly Supervises: Assistant Manager and Team Leaders: indirectly 35-50 part time and full time  team members with varying levels of skill

Location: Danbury, CT

Job Summary:

Responsible for overall sales and profitability of the department.  Sales range from $2.5 – $7 Million based on store location.

Key Responsibilities:

• Utilize “The Round-Up” to make informed and insightful decisions
• Review daily sales.

• Ensure 90 day/6 month and annual reviews are conducted on time and are used as a tool to coach and develop team.
• Address poor performers /follow discipline procedures.
• Responsible for overall morale of department. 
• Work with food safety team to comply with all health code regulations.
• Work with team to ensure proper dated product.
• Help identify and develop new products through signs, packaging and show & sell.
• Work with demo manager and provide high sales and gross profit items for demo.
• Review returns and customer comments and act on them.
• Attend all department bash meetings and strategy meetings and follow up on all agreed goals.
• Review all “top 20”  and “hit list” year round.
• Lead department holiday planning; identify sales and other strategies.
• Share ideas and new “best sellers” with each store.
• Constantly update product and create new items.

Gross Profit

• Conduct weekly price surveys/review competitors’ ads and react as needed to remain competitive.
• Find and react to “hit and run” buys for profitability.
• Control inventory levels to ensure turnover and less waste.
• Evaluate merchandising opportunities daily to maximize GP.
• Review open-key report weekly to ensure proper ringing and speedy customer service.

Labor

• Review daily punches, weekly schedules, and prior weeks’ results – look for opportunities to improve efficiencies/better labor management
• Annual reviews

Expenses

• Conduct monthly inventory
• Review all monthly financial results with department management team and look for opportunities to make improvement.

Education and Experience:

• HS Diploma; Associates Degree preferred
• 5+ years of direct bakery operation and production experience through all seasons and holidays
• Has experience creating and managing production estimates in a high volume bakery. Has experience maximizing freshness by managing on-hand inventory, date control, and rotation
• Has experience producing with industrial capacity equipment in a scratch bakery environment
• Hands on experience in multiple sales departments with a particular emphasis on perishable areas.
• Can use the roundup to identify sale opportunities, create estimates, and use the piggy bank for labor scheduling
• Has experience writing POs, creating intra-store transfers, taking a physical inventory, and auditing the PO register
• Has experience managing vendor relationships to balance cost, quality, and availability
• Has experience training new team members on all areas of bakery operation
• Has strong merchandising ability
• Ability to prioritize, delegate and multi task
• Great communication skills

Personal Characteristics:

• Good people skills when interacting with team members, vendors and customers
• Firm but fair
• Ahead of the curve on trends
• Results-oriented
• Sales driven
• Problem solver
• Strong analytical and reasoning skills along with a common sense approach.
• High ethical and moral standards – Should be exceptionally trustworthy
• Ability to establish credibility with management team
• Satisfactory communication skills, written and verbal
• Ability to work under pressure with deadlines
• Has to have the ability to manage a large number of projects

Working Conditions:

• Time split between office work and in production area.

• Due to the use of the baking ovens, the temperature in the department maybe warmer than room temperature.
• Occasional standing, walking and lifting.

 Estimated pay range  $73,225 to $95,193 depending on qualifications and experience.

Happy Team Members Make Happy Customers!

Why you’ll love working here!

Family Oriented: We respect the personal balance between work and family with career opportunity and growth- over 80% of our managers have been promoted from within.

Benefits: 401 K plan for FT & PT team members, family & personal time, life insurance, on demand pay, WEEKLY pay checks, free food in the cafeteria, thank you luncheons, Holiday pay, referral bonus, subsidized safety shoes, dress up days, and much more!

Environment: Have you seen the Avocado Girls? Chiquita Banana? Or the singing Parrot?

 Pay Day: We’re thrilled to offer our employees Dayforce Wallet – a new way to get paid. Say bye-bye to pay day and hello to pay your way. Get your pay as soon as you earn it, at no cost to you – It’s your money, why should you have to wait? Request your pay as you earn it.  

We take pride in the power of diversity, inclusion, and being socially responsible to the communities which we live and do business

Apply today and start as soon as 1 week!

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http://www.stewleonards.com/work-at-stews/

Stew Leonard's is an equal opportunity at will employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, religion, color, disability, sex, sexual orientation or national origin.